Politics, the environment, technology, activism. And stuff.
Posted in General on Feb 28th, 2010
I’ve had a Squeezebox as my digital music system for over three years now; it’s still one of the best few hundred bucks I’ve ever spent on electronics. The Squeezebox’s server software runs on a server. Since 2006, I’ve been using an old Dell Dimension 2350 that we had lying around. But this weekend, I upgraded [...]
Posted in General on Feb 18th, 2010
Shortly before dashing out the door for Pycon 2010, David Glick pushed out a 1.0 release of Popup Forms for Plone, which he and Steve McMahon built on top of Steve’s excellent Pipbox and PloneFormGen products. Popup Forms for Plone makes it point-and-click easy to create timer-driven javascript popup forms anywhere in your Plone site. You [...]
Posted in General on Feb 18th, 2010
Here’s a pattern I’ve observed. Many website design clients, especially those who have never been responsible for a website project before, expect to a process that goes roughly like this: 1) Talk about requirements 2) Do a complete graphic design 3) Fully implement the design in the site 4) Then move on to building out the functional elements [...]
Posted in General on Feb 17th, 2010
We’ve got two open positions at Groundwire right now: one for a CRM database consultant and one for a manager for our “Groundwire Labs” innovation program. Both are incredible opportunities for a creative, entrepreneurial social change technologist who wants to join one of the most accomplished teams in the nonprofit sector. I’ve been here for nearly [...]
Posted in General on Feb 10th, 2010
Faux Friendship – The Chronicle Review – The Chronicle of Higher EducationWow, fascinating and damning indictment of “online friendship.”How Google Buzz Is Disruptive – Open Data Standards – NYTimes.comI would like this to be true. Oh please.
Posted in General on Feb 9th, 2010
Worldchanging: Bright Green: Where Did We Go Wrong on "Green Jobs"?Some really interesting, thoughtful conversation here.David Glick: Reflections on building a member directory using Plone and Salesforce.comCorrecting the Oil Industry’s ErrorsJon Stewart Disembowels, Eviscerates, Then Destroys The Blogosphere (VIDEO) | TPM LiveWireFunny and on point. Boom!State Senate votes to ban chemical BPA in baby [...]
Posted in General on Feb 4th, 2010
Access Denied: Abuses and Failures Under BC's FOI Act — Dogwood InitiativeGreat report from Dogwood InitiativePutting Kemper Freeman Jr. in his placeWhat Should SR-520 Be?
Posted in General on Feb 1st, 2010
Recession Forces Nonprofits to Consolidate – WSJ.comHmm, more anecdotes, but no hard data on the actual number of nonprofits merging or closing. Does anybody track this?Amazon, Macmillan: an outsider's guide to the fight – Charlie's DiaryTotally fascinating.A "shock jock" in Montana has a great fall — High Country NewsGood news for decency.