Category Archives: Technology
Civic Hackers for Haiti
The technical systems and information infrastructure that the entire network of relief requires, however, is also something that typically needs re-building and supporting in times of disaster, and “civic hackers” as are answering the call. Continue reading
Clean Energy in the Blood
As many of you know… and as many of you don’t know… I recently took up work in the clean energy field as the Internet Director/Chief Technology Officer/Strategic Communications guy of the Energy Action Coalition. James Hansen has testified that … Continue reading
Where There’s a Will, There’s… Algeria.
“The current race is to see who will control renewable energy technologies, and we are in the race,” Algerian Energy Minister Chakib Khelil told reporters. “We have the human and financial resources, and we have the will.” Minister Khelil’s statement … Continue reading
BrightKite.com – Where People Are (maybe NGOs?)
A colleague just introduced me to BrightKite.com and as I’ve been playing with it all I can think of are the nearly infinite possibilties for it. First and foremost the service is going to need to be integrated with others … Continue reading
A Webby’s Interview About .ORG’s
…with me. It does feel a little weird to post something from elsewhere that is essentially about yourself, but that said, I think the work that PIR/.ORG is doing to promote do-gooders on the web is great. Put simply, I’m … Continue reading
Connecting With the Blogosphere …for good.
I’ve heard a lot of talk around the nonprofit sector in the last 6-9 months about “blogger strategy” and “leveraging the blogosphere.” That is to say, a lot of people are talking about how to get bloggers to write (positively) … Continue reading
Donation Dashboard – Amazon-like Tools for Donating
No matter how much I try not to have the conversations about online fundraising – mostly because others who know much more about it than I should be having them – I sure do end up talking about it an … Continue reading
Google and Salesforce Do it Again
To be perfectly honest, as much as I love the products that come out, I get a little tired of writing and talking about Google and Salesforce. I really wish some other companies would develop and innovate on the same … Continue reading
“The Grid” May Replace “The Internet”
And maybe sooner than we think. Just about the time the entire world is starting to get access, the internet could possibly be made obsolete by a new “grid” system which is 10,000 times faster than broadband connections. The Telegraph … Continue reading
PlusOneMe.com – Gold Stars for Grown Ups
My programmatic highlight of SXSW Interactive a few weeks ago, by far, was the keynote address given by Jane McGonigal – a noted game designer and games researcher, specializing in pervasive games and alternate reality games. In all honesty, before … Continue reading