Tag : recession

Discovered this inspiring post via Twitter when I got in to work this morning. It makes a convincing argument for the role of community/social technologies in helping both citizens and the nation pull together and through the recession.

Looked at very simply: hundreds of thousands of people are finding or are about to find themselves with a lot more time and a lot less money than they are used to. The result is at least three sets of needs

• practical/financial (e.g. how do I pay the rent/avoid my house being repossessed?)
• emotional/psychological (e.g. how do I face my friends? where do I get my identity from now I don’t have a job?)
• directional (e.g. what do I do with my time? how do I find work?)