Politics, the environment, technology, activism. And stuff.
Posted in General on May 27th, 2008
I’m very excited to share the news that Joel Burton will be bringing his Plone Bootcamp classes back to Seattle for the third year. Joel will be offering a repeat performance of his basic week-long “Plone Bootcamp” class (June 16-20) suitable for folks getting started building Plone websites. Assuming his voice doesn’t give out after […]
Posted in General on May 20th, 2008
Our old house is officially now on the market. 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, great big yard, garage and more! Loads of charm in a highly walkable area of Crown Hill. We’ve had 7 great years there; now it’s your turn! UPDATE: it’s sold! I’m excited to give someone else the chance to live in and love […]
Posted in General on May 19th, 2008
Our awesome partners-in-crime at NPower Seattle are hiring for their fast-growing CRM consulting practice. They’ve also got a senior position open for their Director of Services, who oversees their various consulting practices. Both are great opportunities for nonprofit techies looking to make the move to Seattle! Tags: nptech, jobs
Posted in General on May 19th, 2008
What happens when an irresistible force and an immovable object team up and pull in the same direction? Triangle Bootcamp-a-rama! That’s right — Plone training legends Joel Burton and Chris Calloway have teamed up to organize two solid weeks of Plone and Python training in Chapel Hill, NC this summer. They’re delivering three classes: Customizing Plone (Joel), […]
Posted in General on May 19th, 2008
Have you bought your plane tickets for Plone Symposium New Orleans 2008 yet? Alan Runyan, Toby Roberts and the team at Enfold Systems have put together a fantastic program that includes: 2 days of Joel Burton’s amazing Plone Bootcamp training — pretty much the best way to jumpstart yourself as […]
Posted in General on May 14th, 2008
Could it be? Did David Brooks just write something fairly perceptive and intelligent? In their arguments with Christopher Hitchens and Richard Dawkins, the faithful have been defending the existence of God. That was the easy debate. The real challenge is going to come from people who feel the existence of the sacred, but who think […]
Posted in General on May 12th, 2008
My amazing colleagues Drew Bernard and Shawn Kemp are burning up the internet tubes connecting Portland to Bellingham with some great thinking about how to apply “functional thinking” to environmental groups’ websites. I love to see this kind of high-powered big-picture thinking in public. Tags: websites, nptech
Posted in General on May 4th, 2008
Thomas Friedman doesn’t write much that resonates with me, but this snippet from his column in today’s New York Times caught me: Much nonsense has been written about how Hillary Clinton is “toughening up” Barack Obama so he’ll be tough enough to withstand Republican attacks. Sorry, we don’t need a president who is tough enough to […]
Posted in General on May 3rd, 2008
We need routing not aggregation. – Kellan, on social software Tags: technology
Posted in 7 on May 2nd, 2008
Visualizing Salesforce connections with Adobe Flex cool screencast of Flex app to visualize connections between contacts in Salesforce (tags: salesforce screencast networks)
Posted in 7 on May 1st, 2008
Social Citizens Blog new think-piece from Allison Fine on millenial activism. (tags: activism research online-organizing)
Posted in General on May 1st, 2008
Zephyr Teachout waxes eloquent about May Day: May Day is not about people in the streets. I like streets as much as the next person, but streets, like the internet, are only tools–in 1890 they were powerful tools, and the right tools to use, but if you confuse the image with the action, you can spend […]
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