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At lunch this week, Lucy Bernholz explained that blogging was her way of procrastinating from doing a bunch of things on her todo list, including a bunch of writing. The irony, she noted, was that she probably wrote at least a book’s worth of blog posts during that time.

In her observation lies the kernel of truth that stayed in my head—how does a book get written?

One word at a time.

Just the same way a blog gets written.

At CTFC, I’ve always felt kinship to Lucy’s idea of a knowledge foundation. We will not be the biggest foundation in the world. Others have a bit of a head start. We can, however, be the best at sharing what we know, what works, and what we can learn.

And what we have to offer is insight on how communities can rethink and recast the best of who they are and what they do and how they get it—through innovative and transformative applications of technology.

You may have noticed that our website, www.zerodivide.org has been refreshed. It has been lovingly rebuilt by FloatLeft and is now powered by drupal. Which means we have blogs.

Blogging is a new thing for us. I’m hoping that my fellow Zerodividers will also take up the blogging mantle.

I mean who wouldn’t want to learn what Laura Efurd is learning about advances in community wireless; how Priscilla Enriquez is crafting a community investment model to catalyze networks of community enterprises; how Ruth Williams is finding a community-building movement in the space between hip hop, technology and social justice; how Jocelyn Yin is our own gadget maven and a keen observer of the happenings in youth media; how Tim Wu effortlessly connects the worlds of technology, media, arts, policymakers while telling the best stories about his travels across the world; and, finally, how great would it be to read blog posts by Tessie Guillermo, a philanthropy CEO who understands the power of technology and community and the role of community organizations in a networked world.

So let us share with you what we are learning, and let us learn from you.

One word at a time.