I'm on the board of directors for a scrappy little, youth technology/media arts organization called Street Level Youth Media. Today was the annual benefit, a very fine affair that also reminded me that a lot of the board has turned over recently and after 10 years the organization is looking to a new chapter. Street Level is interesting in that it's one of the few places in Chicago where underserved young people can get a healthy dose of video and audio production training.
Which reminded me of David Weinberger's post about Digital Bicycle. In essence, Digital Bicycle is about building peer-to-peer technologies for grass roots media organizations to distribute their works. And since the software is going to be open source, looks perfect for the thrifty non-profit organization. Sounds right up Street Level's alley.