Author: gregoryheller
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ActionCast: Camron Assadi of NTEN talks about NTC
Dan recorded me talking to Camron Assadi of N-TEN at the very beginning of the NTC.
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SpeedGeeking: Andrew Hoppin on Good Strom
Andrew Hoppin (of Draft Clark and CivicSpaceLabs fame) has a new project called GoodStorm. It is a socially progressive Cafe Press. THe site allows users to upload images and create products (t-shirts) that are sold through a webstore on the goodstorm site. The actual products are printed to order, so there is no risk for…
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SpeedGeeking: Gunner on Social Source Commons
Gunner of Aspiration Tech, founder of Penguin Day and co-creator of SpeedGeeking shows us how it is done!
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File Under: Should be Illegal
This should be illegal. John Ashcroft is now a lobbyist! “Clients would call in an individual who has a reputation for the highest level of integrity,” he said in an interview in his office. “Those who have been in government should not be forbidden from helping people deal with government, which is what I see…
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Zipcar and Car Sharing in the news
Great clip from CBS on Zipcar and car sharing. I would love to create a site/tool that allows folks to set up their own car sharing co-ops. Aaron and I were talking about this during my trip to the Bay Area last week. Wouldn’t it be great if I could log on to a website…
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Revisionist History, Political Hacks and Reporting
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<p>I just finished the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/12/magazine/312bwarner.html?ex=1143090000&en=0b8f3626e83ac6d2&ei=5070" target="new">Mark Warner profile piece in the NYT Magazine</a>/</p> <p>Mark seems like a good guy. Would probably make a good president and will be a decent candidate, he might be able to capture the nomination. But do the dems really want Mark Warner? He would be perhaps the most centrist…
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God Awful Highways
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<p>They call Seattle the Emerald City (or something like that i think..) And it is pretty nice, the lakes, the Cherry Blossoms, the mountains, the sound…. But the traffic! the horrible and inexplicable traffic jams on the awful highways! There are two major highways that run through the city, the 5 and 99. I have…
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Carbon Calculator
I found this site which has a nifty carbon calculator that walks you through a bunch of questions and tells you hoe many pounds of CO2 you are responsible for while looking at Participate.net, a pretty cool drupal site by the guys over at Lullabot that aims to connect people with actions/activism through offline activities…
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Drupal Convergence Dinner
If you are interested in Drupal, CivicSpace, CiviCRM and in seattle for NTEN NTC or Penguin Day, or just in town, please join us for dinner at the Pike Pub And Brewery. Please RSVP on Upcoming
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Congressional Cars
Just saw this on the Politicker. My favorite Congressman, Anthony Weiner is a good guy. Leasing one of hte cheapest cars on the Federal dime. See the complete list of congressional car leases.