In the spring of 2009 we helped create a unique tool for connecting people with volunteer and donation opportunities, as part of the Change the Web challenge. It’s a great contest, and a cool technology, but it needs some explanation….
I attended the Austin Twestival last night; it seemed to come off successfully though I did not stay until the end. A lot of people showed up – Ace’s Lounge did not look at all empty by 9pm and the crowd only thickened thereafter. I had the honor of locking horns with @aaronmsb at inflatable [...]
This is my second post in a very short series about technical volunteers. This topic has been capably covered before, so really, these are just my thoughts on the matter. Jayne Cravens has some thoughtful content on the subject, among others. So, how do you make the best use of your technical volunteers and keep [...]
Sometimes I feel like I have one foot each in two canoes. The nonprofit community and technology community are both seaworthy vessels, but when trying to bring the two together there are a lot of ways to fall in a lake. Also, I like to stretch my metaphors. These two posts (next one soon) are [...]
I’m going to bloom into a perfect old dude someday, because even now, I only adopt new things with a fair measure of grumbling and wariness. To wit, I made fun of Twitter for months – mainly with references to ‘Twits’ instead of Tweets – before being shamed into accepting it at my first Austin [...]
