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xiaonanli
explore1918
8y
Planting A Tree Online To Green Desert
Planting A Tree Online To Green Desert
How and where would you dispense $10,000; $100,000; $1,000,000: $10,000,000 to have maximum impact? This is a hard question. What is maximum impact you want to get by spending money? To get more money,
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landy-yinan
philanthropy
8y
When My Institute Win The Lottery...
When My Institute Win The Lottery...
If there were a huge amount of money waiting for you to dispense in urban community development, what would you do? It’s always more exited to imagine assumption like that. However, it’s a little bit hard
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yingchen
explore1918
8y
How and where would you dispense $10,000; $100,000; $1,000,000: $10,000,000 to have maximum impact?
How and where would you dispense $10,000; $100,000; $1,000,000: $10,000,000 to have maximum impact?
This is a platitude question that I usually asked my cousins. They have different answers but the same goal. For example, one planned to recharge the King's Glory game; another wanted to buy a house for
chelseareed
education
8y
Collaboration and Education: Funding Philly Public History
Collaboration and Education: Funding Philly Public History
We are coming to a close on #philly5151's class project for the 2018 semester (to read more about the details of our class and program, head here!), and this week we are tasked with thinking about impact.
landy-yinan
steemit
8y
Steemit: Between Social Media and Professional Content Platform
Steemit: Between Social Media and Professional Content Platform
Picture from Earning money by posting content online is not merely the privilege of professional writers thanks to blockchain technology. With the use of decentralised network in content production, it
yingchen
phillyhistory
8y
Blogging Experience And Some Immature Suggestions for Steemit
Blogging Experience And Some Immature Suggestions for Steemit
Philly History Blogging experience This semester is quite different from others because I get to know a quite innovative platform to post my blogs. Here I'd like to thank Prof. Finkel for introducing us
yingchen
steemit
8y
Will Steemit Overturn Traditional Media?
Will Steemit Overturn Traditional Media?
Steemit proposes an innovative incentive model in the field of content output, which is a kind of incentive mode that has never been used before and cannot be used by traditional platforms. It is of great
yingchen
phillyhistory
8y
Too Many Things To Be Repaired, But Too Few People Can Repair Them
Too Many Things To Be Repaired, But Too Few People Can Repair Them
"Thousands of years of civilization, there are too many things to be repaired, but too few people can repair them," said Jiang Daoyin, a master of ancient porcelain restoration. In China, there
chelseareed
music
9y
Giant Steps Toward the Digital Age: Interactive and Collaborative Music History
Giant Steps Toward the Digital Age: Interactive and Collaborative Music History
Interacting with the Inter-web Good evening, Steemians! In just a few days, I will be defending my thesis, and my brain has been focused exclusively on Philadelphia’s jazz history for what seems like 68
landy-yinan
explore1918
9y
Eco-ways to "Cater" to Audience
Eco-ways to "Cater" to Audience
Picture from Obviously, traditional institutions like museums and art institutes are catering to audience in this era. Different from old time that there were limited choices for people to spend their
xiaonanli
explore1918
9y
1918: Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!
1918: Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman!
Last month we lost one of our most lovely physicist Stephen William Hawking. Mr. Hawking is a splendid and interesting physicist. He had some guest appearances in Star Trek: The Next Generation, Big Bang,
landy-yinan
museum
9y
Expending Dimensions: Augmented Reality Use in Museum
Expending Dimensions: Augmented Reality Use in Museum
Picture from: Museum usually leaves people an impression of rigidity and detachment, which impedes the thorough access of publics to the knowledge. However, knowledge in the museum is not unfathomable
chelseareed
phillyhistory
9y
A Transformative Pitch: "Shipping" Institutions
A Transformative Pitch: "Shipping" Institutions
Shipping /SHipiNG/ noun: the act of wanting and supporting two individuals involved in a romantic relationship. DISCLAIMER: This picture in no way indicates my support of a Harmony ship. Now, shipping
landy-yinan
explore1918
9y
Changing Mission: The Reformation of Historical Society of Pennsylvania
Changing Mission: The Reformation of Historical Society of Pennsylvania
As one of the oldest historical societies, HSP owns a big materials collection including books, manuscripts, family histories and artifacts from different times. But due to the overlook of museum function
tmaust
loi2018
9y
The Row Home Museum: Letter of Intent
The Row Home Museum: Letter of Intent
Yesterday, I wrote about the gaps I see in Philadelphia's history system. Today I give you, the funders, a mock Letter of Intent for a project that could meet some of those needs. It is a version of an
tmaust
microloan
9y
Building Investment Momentum
Building Investment Momentum
This post is part of the Philadelphia History Initiative (@phillyhistory). This week our class took stock of the experiment so far and continued posing questions about the financial future of the cultural
yinanzhou
phillyhistory
9y
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Yinan's Debut!
Yinan's Debut!
Hi there! My name is Yinan Zhou 周怡南, from Shanghai China. I’m a graduate student in Temple Master of Liberal Arts program. Self-introduction is always a tough job to me, cause it’s easy to find out that
tmaust
introduceyourself
9y
Hello Steemit! - Public Historian in the City of Brotherly Love
Hello Steemit! - Public Historian in the City of Brotherly Love
Hi folks! My name is Ted Maust and I'm getting an M.A. in public history from Temple University. On the water with classmates from Studies in American Material Culture, Fall 2017. Photo by Charlie Hersh
kenfinkel
phillyhistory
9y
Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Breintnall and the problem of excess genius
Benjamin Franklin, Joseph Breintnall and the problem of excess genius
An 18th-century leaf-printing project as it relates to counterfeit-resistant currency, discussed here by @voronoi, features the printer’s partner, the go-to Founding Father: Benjamin Franklin. Source:

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