Category Archives: Communities

Ada Lovelace Women in Technology Day

Ada Lovelace Day is an international day of celebration and blogging to draw attention to women excelling in technology so that tomorrow’s women in technology have visible and celebrated female role models in math and science. Choosing just one woman … Continue reading

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Happy Holidays!

I’m taking the holiday off to recharge, relax and eat tasty food, but I wanted to leave you with some good articles to dive into when you feel the need to escape: Terry Heaton explains why survival isn’t a strategy … Continue reading

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Well Wishes

Laura at Pistachio Consulting is asking her readers and Twitter followers to help her save 35,000 children between now and Christmas by donating $2.00 to the CharityWater.org clean water campaign. Every day, 4,500 children die because they lack access to … Continue reading

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Menu for Hope V

Menu for Hope is an annual fundraising campaign hosted by Pim Techamuanvivit and a revolving cast of food bloggers around the world. Five years ago, the devastating tsunami in Southeast Asia inspired her to find a way to help, and … Continue reading

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Hanging ‘Round the Water Cooler

Hanging ‘Round the Water Cooler Originally uploaded by foundphotoslj . Every Tuesday I can be found at the NTEN Watercooler dispensing helpful advice on printing, WordPress, blogging, twitter and general communications issues , but this week , I’ll be there … Continue reading

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Universal Declaration of Human Rights’ 60th Anniversary

Sixty years ago, the drafters of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) set about their task of enumerating the rights all humans were entitled to as citizens of the world. Led by the visionary Eleanor Roosevelt, they drew upon … Continue reading

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Help the Most, Win A Lot

As part of their 10th anniversary celebration, Google has just announced its Project 10 to the 100th, a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible. They’re backing this up with $10m in funding, … Continue reading

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Hurricane Ike

As with Gustav, the online community has come together to provide timely news, information, resources, site widgets and support as Ike blows into Texas via the Hurricane Information Center. If you want to be able to pitch in and help … Continue reading

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Pre-Press Internship, Fall 2008

I’m delighted to pass along an internship opportunity here in the Richmond, VA market. This looks like an excellent opportunity to learn some leading edge technology, too: ColorTree Inc. of VA is a leader in the custom envelope industry. For … Continue reading

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Social Network Behavior Analysis – the Oracle is in

Ethan Zuckerman has a great post up on Visualizing Social Networks via Excel, and shares some interesting behavioral patterns for Usenet technical support via Microsoft Research. The findings identified some key behavioral patterns in participants: Rather than analyzing the content … Continue reading

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