"Another day, another Google service," so they say. This time it’s Google Base, a kind of general purpose ad system. The list of pre-set categories for items includes:events, jobs, news articles, reference articles, reviews and want ads. You can create your own category label. It’s all user-created input and it’s free. So the move is on to see how many ...

Sarah commented a few days ago that companies like Yahoo! are planning to make podcasting simpler. In passing she suggested that I have "advanced tech skills." I demur. My tech skills are mediocre at best. Mastering new media tools is not more difficult than learning your first word processor or spreadsheet program. It’s just unfamiliar and there is a learning ...

There’s a special section of the NY Times today on giving and charity. Part of the lead article raises the question of whether some tax exempt organizations are appropriate, because it appears that a lot of the donate dollars aren’t tricking down to the poor and those most in need. In other words, some are claiming charity "ain’t what it ...

I was doing a little homework before attending a technology roundtable later today sponsored by TechuMentor. On the NetSquared blog, author Chris Locke mentions that corporations are beginning to refer to the "Goodle economy."  Locke then goes on to say: Nonprofits should similarly be aware of — and concerned about — the way Google is changing "business as usual." Traditional ...