Politics, the environment, technology, activism. And stuff.
Posted in General on Dec 31st, 2009
My mom’s inkjet printer gave up the ghost a couple of weeks ago, and so one of my holiday-visit to-dos was to get her a new printer. After a bit of online research, I chose a Canon Pixma iP4700, since it was cheap ($50), simple, well-reveiwed and compact enough to fit on her rather small [...]
Posted in General on Dec 30th, 2009
Lean Improvement Initiative Without TechnologyProcess improvement first, IT implementation second. Heckyeah!UW Grad Student to Launch New Olympia SiteCitizens of Farmville, petition your (real) representatives! :: The Future of the Internet — …
Posted in General on Dec 29th, 2009
Andreas Jung recently wrote “zopyx.trashfinder,” a quick-and-dirty script for assessing whether folks releasing software via the Python community’s “PyPI” repository are providing minimal metadata and actually making releases. (Andreas has been on the warpath against sloppy release management, it seems, perhaps having been recently frustrated.) Andreas has assessed the zope., plone., and collective.* namespaces so far. [...]
Posted in General on Dec 28th, 2009
The Trouser Bomber Effect: Watching Government Cure Incompetence with IdiocyYou Say You Want A ConstitutionTunnel worriesPresumably by Cary Moon, but byline is unclear.Why The President Went Golfing Today
Posted in General on Dec 23rd, 2009
Jarn: LinguaPlone 3.0Let It Snow…Baby Clothes20 Questions for Bill KillersNo Money On The First Date
Posted in General on Dec 16th, 2009
In the ongoing quest for solid, low-cost email broadcasting that has strong integration with Salesforce.com, I have had an eye on MailChimp, which offers a really slick, low-cost email blasting service that we had hoped could become a low-end replacement for Vertical Response, which has somewhat limited capabilities in its Salesforce integration. MailChimp has a very [...]
Posted in General on Dec 14th, 2009
Seattle’s Carbon Footprint: Assessing The Assessment$1.4 Billion Oregon Wind Deal AnnouncedUS Open Government Directive is DisappointingInteresting perspective: the US OGD is incomplete because it doesn’t consider data collection from citizens, nor engagement on their turf.
Posted in General on Dec 10th, 2009
Groundwire’s Salesforce CRM consulting practice continues to grow explosively, and we’re again looking to hire a smart, passionate CRM consultant to build engagement and organizing databases for our environmental movement client organizations. This is a great opportunity to work at the cutting edge of nonprofit technology and to be part of a tight-knit, collaborative team. Full [...]
Posted in General on Dec 9th, 2009
Official Google Blog: Join this group: Google Groups joins Google AppsThis really makes Google Apps more useful!Port of Olympia sued over Budd Inlet pollutionHow James Hansen Gets Cap and Trade Wrong — Sightline Daily – Northwest News that MattersEric de Place joins Paul Krugman in rebutting James Hansen’s attacks on cap and trade.Worldchanging’s Alex Steffen [...]
Posted in General on Dec 8th, 2009
David Roberts thinks Copenhagen is a bubbling cauldron of media hype. Consider: Copenhagen maxed out on journalist registrations, at 5,000. Supposedly there were more than 10,000 waiting in line even after that. The place is choked with journalists, not to mention folks from think tanks and NGOs who are supposed to be blogging on it. There [...]
Posted in General on Dec 7th, 2009
Copenhagen: Greenpeace's Ole' Bama
Posted in General on Dec 5th, 2009
Beware Social Media Snake Oil – BusinessWeek“All the hype may obscure the real potential of these online tools.”What Just Happened?: The meaning of McGinn’s win
Posted in General on Dec 3rd, 2009
WebLion: WebLion is HiringAs bullets fly, the Seattle Times tweetsMovementWashington State to Microsoft: why aren’t you paying your taxes?The Sociotechnical Renaissance: Four Core Ideas for Supporters of InnovationThe Dogbert theory of the debtApplies to more than just debt, and sometimes repeating big numbers with no context is used to impress.Valentine Web Systems: Plone powers 50GB [...]
Posted in General on Dec 3rd, 2009
Washington state’s Environmental Priorities Coalition has released their 2010 Environment Priorities. These are the key issues that the entire Washington state environmental movement are going to drive forward via team offense. The three 2010 environmental priorities are: Safe Baby Bottle Act This act would phase out BPA in baby [...]