Gregory Heller

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  • NYT: Alive and Well in Silicon Valley

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    NYT ran this article about NY’s Silicon Valley. The salient points were something like this: tehse second wave companies are frugal, they are not taking VC, they are managing growth. The best line from the piece was this A lot could go wrong to derail the momentum of New York’s technology scene. Advertising spending could…

  • WorldChanging: Green Building Action Plan

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    From World Changing: California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger is a bit of an enigma. He has promoted state policies that have alienated both progressives and moderates (as demonstrated by the resounding election defeat for his various initiatives), but has done more to push a green agenda than pretty much any previous governor. The latest step in…

  • Ad Council “Public Service” annoucement Discourages Activism

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    This has got to be one of the strangest AdCouncil ads I have every seen. The plackard reads something like “Stop Pollution” and the bottom reads something like “Saving the World Isn’t easy, saving a life is. Give Blood.” The AdCouncil is an industry/corporate financed nonprofit group that creates and places “public service announcements”.

  • Paying for Wifi?

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    I recently traveled from Seattle to the Bay Area (SeaTac to OAK on Alaskan Air). I got the SeaTac early (because I could get a free ride) and figured that I would be able to find an internet hotspot there. Low and Behold, between a Starbucks and some other Coffee Company, I was told that…

  • Seattle Drupal – CivicSpace – CiviCRM

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    Friday after NTEN’s closing reception, we will be getting together to talk drupal and civicrm.

  • Seattle Drupal-Camp Planning Meeting

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    A few of us are getting together in Seattle on Wednesday, March 15th, to start planning a DrupalCamp for Seattle! All are welcome… We’re meeting upstairs at 1:30 at Caffe Vita in Capitol Hill: http://www.caffevita.com/location.html So far the people attending are: – Samantha Moscheck – Gregory Heller – Jakob Perry – Mike Moscheck — Seattle…

  • Why We Fight

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    <p><a href="http://www.civicactions.com/node/274">Last night I went to see the Eugene Jarecki documentary "Why We Fight" about America's propensity towards militarization and war. The film was disturbing. People will say it is “over the top” or slander it as “left wing liberal media propaganda”. Those people will continue to ignore the fact that there is something very…

  • It's Been a while

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    <p>It has been a while since i have blogged over here. Things are great in seattle. I made a trip back to new york about a week or so ago (i guess two weeks now) and i'll be back in Ny in early April.</p> <p>I have been blogging more frequently over at <a href="http://www.civicactions.com/gregoryheller/blog">CivicActions</a></p> <p>I'll…

  • Productivity: Mozilla Thunderbird and Calendar enhancement Ideas

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    I have been thinking about how i would improve Mozilla Thunderbird and calendar since before the GooToDo demonstration at BarcampNYC, but that really got my ideas swirling. Just yesterday, Hope and I were talking about email and productivity and the 800 messages in her inbox. So I started thinking a bit more about what I…

  • Why We Fight

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    Why We Fight Last night I went to see the Eugene Jarecki documentary “Why We Fight” about America’s propensity towards militarization and war. The film was disturbing. People will say it is “over the topâ€? or slander it as “left wing liberal media propagandaâ€?. Those people will continue to ignore the fact that there is…