Joe Edelman

Writing

• The Mobile Manifesto
• The Groundcrew Lifestyle

Initiatives

• Groundcrew—software for the coordination of communities, by communities, for the granting of wishes, and for making things happen in the real world.

• Notecard Parties—a great way to make any party you’re throwing more fun.

• North Star—a community center for unschooling and teenage liberation.

• Contact Improvisation—I teach workshops about once a month. Call for info.

Previous activity

• ‘Get a Life’ Radio Show—we lead people out of their homes and workplaces and into the streets on a guided adventure.

• Two-Minute Performance Nights—the Northampton Microperformance Potluck is currently deactivated. I will revive it someday. Contact me if you want to organize one.

• Physics of Ninjas—equal parts stealth, gymnastics, parkour, physics, and anatomy.

• Couchsurfing.com—a hospitality exchange network and trust system I worked on.

• The Ripple Monetary System

• Emergency Communities—a national nonprofit currently serving thousands each day in the gulf coast.

• Secret Agents and Ninjas of Northampton—Find locals to do mischievous things. (this list is currently down)

• Northampton Alliance for Dance Collaboration—find people to collaborate on dance projects. (also down)

Past work

• Joe has worked for The Gov’t of Tibet in Exile, Interval Research Corporation, the MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab, WGBH Television, Dartmouth College, renesys.com, skyfish.com, and a lot of other companies. He works as a software architect, an event manager, a dance teacher, and some other things.