Author: gregoryheller

<p>Last week I was demo-ing [lk:sandbox.openngo.org/crm|CiviCRM] to someone. I searched on a fairly common name (it was the name of the person i was meeting with, and I had just entered their record) and among the records returned was one for an employee of a major proprietary web and communication services firm. My assumption was…

<p>David Geilhufe writes on his Social Source Software blog:</p> <p><cite>[l:http://feeds.feedburner.com/SocialSourceSoftware?m=35|This emergent Social Source ecosystem has already begun rhythmic oscillation… PicNet and CivicActions are starting to use the technology for customers and are increasingly communicating with the partners with the strong links (CivicSpace Labs and Social Source Foundation). Over time, if enough actors join the system,…

<p>I have just started reading [l:http://www.gladwell.com/books.html|Blink] by Malcom Gladwell (first read about it on [l:http://edbatista.com|Ed Batista's blog] and so far I am blown away. I love it.</p> <p>I may post some impressions about it. I also still have to post some impressions from [l:http://free-culture.org|Free Culture] by Larry Lessig.</p>

<p>If I were more informed on the matter, i would offer my analysis or opinion, but at this point I am not, however i think this email fwdd by a [l:http://fen.net|coworker (Fen)] seems pretty on point.</p> <p>From Fen:<br /> <cite><br /> I've included some of my commentary on the bottom, sent earlier to the Identity…

<p>OK, I feel remiss that I haven't mentioned this earlier but I have been super Busy.</p> <p>here is the Deal, [lk:citizenspeak.org|CitizenSpeak] = excellent<br /> I donated to the campaign to get the software rebuilt and ported to the drupal framework. Jo Lee is looking for a total of $1500 to pay a developer and she…

<p>[via <a href="http://sarahgarland.com/BigBite.pdf">BigBite.pdf (application/pdf Object)</a>]:</p> <p><cite></cite> </p><p>This is a PDF of an article that ran abotu 2 weeks ago in newsday. The article is a mixed bag in my crusade against street fairs. It seems that Manhattanites hate them (I am joined by Sue Goren, fellow NYU alum) and outerborough parents of small children love…

<p><cite>As Prime Minister Tony Blair has said, in this new economy, “Talent is the 21st century wealth.â€? If you’ve got the skills, you’ve got the education, and you have the opportunity to upgrade and improve both, you’ll be able to compete and win anywhere. If not, the fall will be further and harder than it…

<p>Ian Ward over at [lk:developmentseed.org] just posted a good article with some [l:http://www.developmentseed.org/blog/node/287|tips on themeing].</p> <p>He makes a good point, read [l:http://drupal.org/node/509|the documentation on theming.</p>

<p>You can download the audio of the Skills Share call on Archive.org<br /> <a href="http://www.archive.org/download/skillsshares/CivicSpaceVirtSkillsShare_Themes.mp3" title="http://www.archive.org/download/skillsshares/CivicSpaceVirtSkillsShare_Themes.mp3">http://www.archive.org/download/skillsshares/CivicSpaceVirtSkillsShare_T…</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=opensource_audio&collectionid=skillsshares" title="http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=opensource_audio&collectionid=skillsshares">http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=opensource_…</a></p>

<p>Attached is the chat log from the Civic Space Virtual Skills Share on Themes. My thoughts on the skills share, as well as the audio log are coming soon.</p> <table id="attachments" class="sticky-enabled"> <thead><tr><th>Attachment</th><th>Size</th> </tr></thead> <tbody> <tr class="odd"><td><a href="http://home.gregoryheller.com/sites/gregoryheller.com/files/civicspace_virt_20050614.html">civicspace_virt_20050614.html</a></td><td>73.08 KB</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>