February 2010
5 posts
Volunteering is awesome
I’m trying to redirect my career toward helping nonprofits design, implement, and use information technology to improve their work and extend their capacity. Being fairly new to Seattle, I’m looking for groups to become involved with that are also at the intersection of nonprofits and technology. I welcome suggestions! I’ll also buy you a beer if you work in technology for nonprofits in...
unemployed? start a job search support group.
Did I mention I’m looking for work? Well one of the best things I’ve done for my job search is joining a support group. I had several people recommend this to me, but I was skeptical. I’m shy, and though I like to commiserate I wasn’t sure how helpful that would be. And I didn’t know what else to do in a support group but to commiserate.
Then a new colleague-friend...
Yes! (you know what I'm talking about)
I thankfully had a couple job interviews this week, but that meant no time to post. I will get caught up, ahead even, with regular posts. And many or most of them will not be about social networking.
But Buzz has everyone talking. I’ll weigh in when we’ve all had more time with it.
In the meantime, please read some other people’s thoughts on the issue:
via Jon Stahl:
Faux...
social networking ftw
For a while before my facebook emancipation I’ve been considering what set of criteria would make a lasting social networking tool.
What seems obvious to me is that everyone has a different set of preferences, but eventually the network effect leads us all to one platform, and everyone compromises to varying degrees in order to interact. Can we make everyone happy and connected? What would...
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facebook
So I deleted my facebook account today. I’m not sure why I was so scorched earth about it, and it was an emotional experience, but I’m convinced I’m better off. We’ll see what the reaction is.
I first joined facebook because I noticed that people forgot to invite me to events that they organized on facebook. That should have been a red flag that facebook sort of warps how...
