Introducing The Legacy Of Lore Project

This project first came to mind around the spring of 2006 in a college calculus class. The trigger was looking for a simple definition, and either finding resources that were insufficient, or incomprehensible. Being the creative intellectual I am, the problem both irritated and intrigued me. First I designed a better resource framework than I could find, but it would be worth little without being implemented. So, I set about trying to find a way to do that. As time went, one challenge led to another. Now, nearly four years later I am able to start this project

The initial idea of the project was to create a resource framework for small pieces of content used like blocks to build larger resources. By organizing the resources with several variables, such as jargon, complexity and style there are several ways to alter the type of resource you are looking for. After using such a system for a while it should become obvious what kinds of resource preferences you have. With tools that support the process of finding, building and organizing the resources it should be easy to adapt the resources into solutions.

However, it seemed less effective to follow the pattern of remaking the wheel, like many resource collection do, so it made more sense to facilitate access to resources that already exist. This came to mind due to all the quality resources I've found over the years that could be given access to through a meta-collect; a collection of collections. Why make what's already in existence when just helping people find them will suffice. After all, that would have to be done whether the resources were made from scratch or not.

The tools, framework and much more have been theoretically designed, in general, but I don't have what it takes to test them, much less implement them right now. That's why I'm working on some other parts of the bigger project I've theoretically designed, such as community and helping people better understand what's needed for learning and problem solving. That's how the art club and book ideas started. With the possibility of helping people become better learners and problem solvers, comes the possibility of getting help to build the rest of the sub-projects.

My hope is that through the book project I'll be starting with, and the art club project built on top of the book project, people will start to gather around this umbrella project and help. As the one person behind the Legacy Of Lore project, I can do a little at a time. As a single person leading a dedicated group, backed by many others, I can guide the building and maintenance of the Legacy Of Lore efforts.

Now, for those who have noticed that Legacy Of Lore and Laugh Out Loud can both be shortened to LOL, yes I did that on purpose. Laughter is good for the body, heart and mind. I consider this part of the legacy we have been given. There are so many healthy ways to relax, have fun and enjoy life. If we learn how to appreciate the little things in life, recognize the opportunity for good in every situation and stop getting so hung up on our pride and selfishness, we will then have tools to live our lives despite what pain may come our way. There is much to learn, and so much good that can be done with that learning. That's what this project is about, learning and doing good with what we learn.