The Realist Idealist

…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 thankful to be a small part of it, and raise a bit of awareness of them [...]

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…what would it be? Are we hard liquor or something smoother? Billy Bob at the bar takin’ down a Coors Light or James Bond sipping a martini over a game of cards? More like gin and tonic or rum and coke? Fruity? Shaken? Umbrellas? Stirred? Olives?
Whether you are one to partake or not, this is [...]

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I’m in London this week for the kick off of the Webby’s People’s Voice Awards sponsored by .Org.
www.thewebbys.org
Almost every time I’ve said “.Org” someone has responded, “Oh great, which one?” The answer is the interesting thing; the “.Org” I mean, and the one making this event happen, is actually an “org”anization unto itself as a [...]

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I am very pleased to announce that ADOOGA.com has officially launched the Beta version of its website today!
Why am I pleased you might ask? If you did ask, I might answer that there are two reasons.
1) It’s the brain child of one of my best friends and 2) It’s fun, innovative, and has huge [...]

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<script type=”text/javascript” src=”http://shots.snap.com/ss/95f0dc342a26c3da87727767b468a6ff/snap_shots.js”></script> I’ve had a couple different conversations/arguments about Twitter in the last few weeks - both online and off. I will admit, I was once adamantly averse to tweeting as I saw it mostly as a big time waster. Then I went to SXSW.
At SXSW I saw how it could be [...]

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I’m in San Diego this weekend for one of my quarterly meetings on the national board of directors for Hostelling International.
(Yes, the weather is insanely gorgeous.)
One of the incredible programs run by HI is called World Travel 101.
They are conducted in REIs and hostels and all kinds of places around the country, and I was [...]

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You probably won’t be able to request paid time off on March 12, but on Favorday that’s not the point.

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I’m a cyclist.
Stick with me here; this is relevant.
One of the things I’ve always loved about cycling is that if you care enough about the sport you can have access to the exact same equipment or tools that the best riders in the world use. That is to say, I can [...]

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Original post on HuffPo - jake brewer
“…Our organization offers innovative and competent services to empower communities and organizations aimed at stimulating collaborative initiatives; while simultaneously developing harmonious relations which leverage…”
I can’t finish.
Last week I got an email that used that line to describe a company’s socially responsible work. This email follows hundreds of others this [...]

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