comcast-must-die
“Earnest desire for such companies to change their ways. This site offers an opportunity — for you to vent your grievances (civilly, please) and for Comcast to pay close attention.”
(tags: access business criticism TV tidbits+fodder)
Thanks, Prof Pearson! « Do They Know It’s Christmas?
My friend Kim Pearson pointed this out to me, she’s so pleased by [...]
Steelcase
So close… and yet so far…
Continuing on my curmudgeonly kick today… I’m trying to improve my ergonomics for working at home, so I’m seeking a small adjustable-height working surface. Sounds simple, right? Right….
Mostly I want to be able to work with my laptop (my main — and only — computer) at an ergonomically [...]
Hey, VOIPyourlife: I’m not smiling…
A couple of months ago I signed up for an internet-based (VOIP) phone service called VOIPyourlife. I’d growing increasingly dissatisfied with the high cost and lack of key features from my landline provider.
There are several things I like about VOIPyourlife — a good web-based interface for configuring the features on my [...]
McDonough.com
Despite the bow tie, this is one very smart guy worth listening to. Today’s lesson: Focus on becoming better, not on being less bad.
Social Innovation Conversations: William McDonough
Just when I was in search of hope, meaning, and inspiration for life and the world in general, This shows up in my podcast playlist. Wow, this is [...]
Welcome to Buzzword Preview · Buzzword
Cool flash-based and web-based word processor. Google docs on nice-looking steroids!
(tags: services sharing writing editing)
S&M blogger outs web host malware attack | The Register
“Veaux stumbled on the attack after Googling his own name. 56 pages of results, many of which contained a strange mishmash of text. Aoon discovered all but [...]
Memeo LifeAgent, A Digital Life Assistant
Dave Taylor highly recommends this Mac backup tool: “LifeAgent is above and beyond the de facto Mac backup tool, Retrospect, and at less than half the price ($30 v. $90) a steal by comparison”
(tags: Mac software)
Beat Blogging: A Posse to Improve Interviews: Tools for Microblogging
Good overview of some popular microblogging [...]
Beth’s Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media: America’s Giving Challenge: Parade Magazine and Case Foundation
“PARADE and The Case Foundation announced the America’s Giving Challenge to award $500,000 to charities. Web 2.0 tool called a “charity badge” to promote participants’ causes and help their charity get $50,000.”
(tags: widgets nonprofits funding magazines)
matthewbuckland.com » The Guide, with [...]
A few of my Twitter friends.
Lately I’ve been finding Twitter increasingly engaging and relevant in both my personal and professional life. I don’t follow a lot of people there: currently I have only 39 “Twitter friends,” only about a third of whom post regularly, the rest sporadically. But it’s useful. It helps me maintain a [...]
odd time signatures » Blog Archive » Matthew Murray: Toxicity, Online Community, and Religion with a Twist
“One of the limitations and dangers of online support communitiesis that there will be that one person who is determined not to get help and is actually triggered by discussions of their past experiences, bitterness, and even abuse.”
(tags: community [...]
Ex-Pentecostals.org forums
Colorado gunman Matthew Murray displayed a disturbing pattern of behavior in these forums. Could this community have acted earlier to prevent tragedy?
Make no mistake: Online support forums, whether grassroots community efforts or run by organizations, generally do a hell of a lot of good. You can find support forums dealing with just about any [...]
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