Change Makers

My favorite technology conference starts today and you can attend it too. Pop! Tech is a conference held each October in beautiful Camden, Maine. I had the pleasure of attending in 2006 and I not only enjoyed it, I benefitted from it as well. The theme this year is Scarcity and Abundance. Speakers include Malcolm Gladwell, and Chris Anderson. Unfortunately, ...

Back in the video Jeans…or Genes? I mentioned that Pacific Biosciences was claiming it was working on technology to sequence a whole human genome in 15 minutes! Sounded a lot like a boast to entice VC funding. But they’ve gotten a step closer to making the thing a reality. According to Technology Review they now have a video of the ...

Bloggers Blog reports on a great use of social media by a new nonprofit. Actually, social media gave birth to that nonprofit, To Write Love On Her Arms. It started out with a two-page story posted on MySpace and has grown to a community of 200,000. Young adults and teens suffering from depression and drug abuse have sought out the ...

So this week you read about the HAM Tweet-up going on here in Austin. In fact you may plan on going, or attending the grill at Whole Foods or just supporting the community. But besides those things can you do me a favor? Change your avatar on all your social networks. This really helps build awareness and worked wonders for ...