Podunk Origins

IN the Beginning, there was Podunk . . . pure and simple!
And the age old question, “Where do thoughts come from?” can finally been answered, for PODUNK is the place where ideas begin.

The word PODUNK is of Algonquian origin, meaning "where you sink in meyer" a boggy place....Modern physical science teaches us that this is where life on earth began, where the energy of creation was channeled and nourished by the richness of the primordial bog to become the incubator of terrestrial life.

PODUNK.com exists to enable people to a gain a guiding sense of humor and understanding of how to get things done in life using the active and creative aspects of their true podunk~potential. We at Podunk believe that oppoortunities increase as one's abilities and aims achieve a healthy sense of balance and good humor.

IN the beginning, life was podunk simple.... Podunk.com will always be shining the comedic spotlight on how best to learn, because learning how to learn, is more important than learning what to learn . . . and that’s our story and we’re sticking to it!

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In internet terms, as you see it today, Podunk University (a.k.a. podunk.com), is of ancient and antiquated design, but the concept is as viable today, as when it was first conceived of nearly thirty years ago... people need a good laugh and sound advice.

With the economy spiraling downward for the past year and a half, the need for a depository of career guidance is increasingly evident. Podunk.com has the potential to become a good natured, highly visual, thoroughly entertaining, 200% wholesome... “omni~po.dunk” clearinghouse of inspiration and opportunities: where aptitudes & abilities can be safely tested; where a thousand educational & training links can be leasily accessed and critiqued; and where employment and service possibilities can be accessed by advantaged navigation™.

Wayback in beginning, circa 1982, one of the earliest podunk postulates asked, “What does the average guy need?” Twenty-seven years later, little has change except that there are far more average guys!



Limitations & Delimitations
(Subjective)

What we see for this website is a highly visual, easily interactive, search and solutions center, where people float along on a lazy river of mainstream information, flanked by pertinent (peripheral) visual links to accelerate inquiry or offer joyful detours.

At present, the projected design is far beyond my architectural abilities. In 1968, at Harvard Summer School, I took a course in the history of American Architecture from Hugh Morrison, future dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design. In the ensuing 40+ years, I’ve learned a great deal about dwelling houses and human nature, but a quick look at my supposed “html” will easily show that I don’t know beans about ID, IT, Flash, ad finitum!

Podunk.com can rise to great heights of comedic service, and "all seriousness aside," could even be purposefully advanced to “.edu” credentialing.

Advice and Investors welcome.

Bill Fletcher
William Stephen Fletcher
president@podunk.com