the3six5NG
the3six5NG
Background
A few years ago, I (AJ) stumbled on the excellent the3six5 project; founded and curated by two Chicago based blokes — Len Kendall and Daniel Honigman. Over the course of 2011 I would get the opportunity to contribute one piece to what was essentially a crowd sourced diary, as did @funkolaaniand @tonianni. The principal objective of the project was to pull together 365 perspectives of the world — in 365 words and pictures — from 365 different people. Reading through the archives at the original the3six5recently, I was reminded of how much variety and nuance such a project can generate, an impact perhaps most measurable by its spawning of local editions — most notable being the3six5chicago which was eventually migrated to an online paper. There was also a local Denver edition and a Sinclair one. Unfortunately, after a three year run, the original 3six5 project came to an end on December 31st, 2012.
As we mulled over this, the idea of seeding a local edition — a ‘Nigerian’ the3six5 — came to mind as a possible project we could progress through 2013. In addition to the guidelines which guided Dan and Len’s original project, the only stipulation was that each author had a Nigerian connection — this being defined as loosely as possible to include people who by dint of association have strong Nigerian connections.
Wordpress (the3six5ng.wordpress.com) was our choice for hosting the project over the two ‘seasons’ it ran — between March and July 2013 and also intermittently in June 2016. These Medium pages represent the archives for what was a truly interesting experiment, one which if the time and energy permits in the future, I’d like to run again.
The intent is to keep this ‘live’ as long as Medium exists (fingers crossed), as well as maintain the URL (the3six5ng.com). To get in touch on anything, you can email us here.
We couldn’t have done this without the help and energy of a number of people who helped publicise, drive social interaction and curate the stories here represented. In no particular order, very many thanks to the cool tweeps represented by the @tonianni, @funkolaani, @kiahs_, @therustgeek, @MissCaramelD and @Inpoco handles
Adios!