About Project Mosaic

Authors

Project Mosaic was written by Daniel and Jamie Keshet. Daniel has had CFS since 1995. Jamie leads support groups for parents of children and adolescents with CFS in Massachusetts, USA.

Contacting the Authors

You can contact the authors via this form or at dkesh@channel1.com or at:
Project Mosaic
Riverside Counseling Center
Suite 10
259 Walnut Street
Newton, MA 02460
USA

Why We Wrote It

We originally wrote this to help people we know understand what CFS is like. There was already a lot of information out there about the history, politics, and biology of the illness. So we decided to describe what the illness is like for those who experience it. Anyway, that's all we knew enough to write about. (:

How You May Use It

You are free to copy or change any or all of Project Mosaic. Although we don't require it, we ask that you give us credit if you do use any part of the Project (and don't give us credit for any parts you write). If you do edit or extend this Project, all we ask is that you give everybody else these same rights to copy or extend your work. If you would like to add to the project, but can't share your additions in this way, e-mail us; we're pretty flexible.

How You Might Use It

If you have CFS, you might give a copy of this to your friends (or family or co-workers...). You might want to write a new section on a subject we didn't include. You might even want to write about how CFS has affected you or rewrite every section using examples from your life. If you write something you think others would find useful (including your personal experiences), e-mail us and maybe we will include your contribution in future versions.

Why It's Called Project Mosaic

  1. We hope this project will reflect the experiences of many people with CFS, blended together into an elegant mosaic.
  2. At the time we started writing it, Jamie was making a patchwork quilt, which is kind of like a mosaic.
  3. We needed a name.

History

5/20/00

Changed "Causes" to be less specific about certain agents because it was too wordy and technical. Old page still available here.

5/7/00

Minor changes to Introduction to CFS, About Project Mosaic, and Daily Patterns. Stopped using versions numbers.

Version 0.81 (4/30/00)

Rolled author and version into one page called "About this Document" and added more sections to that page. Changed form for feedback. Named the project.

Pre-release version 0.8 (4/18/2000)

Opening our doors to the world for the very first time.