Trish Snyder at Bloggingforacause dug up an old post by Ed Duke about "unaffiliated volunteers." She got a terriffic comment about the trend from another blogger, Dalene. Unaffiliated volunteers is a trend absolutely consistent with the participatory nature of the intenet. They can get thing done quickly by using the net to organize others for a goal. And they’re going ...
Read More »a shel of my former self
In his blog, a shel of my former self, Shel Holtz makes Intra-sting points about intranets and wikis.
Read More »Party with a Purpose-Olympics
Yesterday I was reading a fund raising magazine about the shapes and sizes of fund raising that included some unique methods. Then I thought of one of my own methods. It is not new, a "Party with a Purpose" has been around the ACS for a long time, but not with an Olympic theme. If a couple of these parties ...
Read More »Yahoo, Flickr and Google tug-of-war
This Fortune article looks at the evolution of online social networking and search technology. When Yahoo bought Flickr two aspects of the tiny deal raised eyebrows, says reporter Oliver Ryan. Ryan says, "First, Yahoo already had the most popular photo-sharing site around. Second, and more important, instead of merging Flickr with its existing photos team, Yahoo placed Flickr in its ...
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