Q6. What's the future of Terrain.org, as ecomedia and otherwise?

Scenario 2

Amazon Kindle DX
The Amazon Kindle DX wireless
reading device: perfect for the
new virtual broadside?

Under Scenario 2, Terrain.org trends more with technology itself. The journal continues to offer literary and technical contributions — and more interactive features — delivered through mobile devices, ranging from internet phones to Amazon's Kindle or Kindle DX wireless handheld reading devices.

From an ecomedia perspective, I could envision Terrain.org channeling more real-time environmental news, given the resources to do so. The Terrain.org Blog (under)serves in that capacity to a degree now, but much more can be done.

Additionally, website visitors increasingly expect to be able to provide feedback on the literature, article, or case study. Terrain.org will add the ability for registered site visitors to comment on the issue's contributions, providing for an ongoing "virtual" conversation on the piece, which also builds community around the journal itself. I think here of Orion magazine's excellent comment feature seen, for example, on Ben Quick's essay "The Boneyard" (comment thread here).

What else? Whether virtual or actual, a crystal ball may be in order....

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