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725 posts on careers, communication, technology and civic life, since 2005.

  1. The Way We Work: Gregory Works From Anywhere

    Seattle, Oakland, San Francisco, Los Angeles, New York… And the airports of those cities are just some of the places I’ve worked from in the last two weeks. I get through security and my eyes shoot furtive glances at the bottom 2 feet of walls searching (sometimes in vain) for a power outlet, preferably one that is next to a seat. Recently I have started seeing Samsung “charging stations” in some airports. A brilliant idea who’s time is long over due: multiple outlets on a bistro hight mini table.

  2. The Way We Work (Wednesdays)

    At CivicActions we talk a lot about the lifestyle implications of the way we work. Many “remote” or “virtual” workers will rave about the freedom of working from home, or the benefits of not having a commute. But I think we all know that there are challenges that come with the benefits, and each of us who has worked like this has developed strategies, techniques, schedules and other “coping mechanisms” to to address them.

  3. Typing On An XO (OLPC)

    I am at Jenn’s house for the upcoming project managers’ retreat, and have been playing with an XO (OLPC). After spending far too much time trying to open it, and far too much time trying to save a document, and far too much time playing with TamTamJam (the music program) I decided to try to browse our website, and now I find myself leaving a blog entry. The XO is definitely cute, but perhaps because I already have so many preconceived notions of how a computer works, and what certain icons mean, I have been finding the adjustment a little difficult.

  5. DrupalCon Boston 2008: Offset Your Carbon Footprint

    In my ongoing campaign to think and be carbon neutral , and spread the message far and wide, I asked the DrupalCon Boston organizers to post information about offsetting the carbon footprint associated with traveling to DrupalCon in March . I hope that individuals and shops will consider purchasing offsets for their DrupalCon associated travel, as well as other travel.

  6. JUSTCAUSE: Is Your Organization Ready for Online Social Networking?

    Just before the holiday break, I spoke with Alyssa Royce, Editor of JUSTCAUSE about non profits, the internet and the social networking (full disclosure: they are one of our clients, and I worked with them on the site which launched at the end of the summer). Alyssa was researching an article on nonprofits and social networking for the GuideStar newsletter.

  7. CivicActions Joins The Drupal Association

    CivicActions has been a proud sponsor of all manner of Drupal events, most recently our Gold Sponsorship of DrupalCon in Barcelona, September 2007, but also Drupal Camps in New York, Seattle, Toronto and Berkeley. Last year when the Drupal Association started accepting donations a number of our partners and contractors made donations.

  9. My Carbon Footprint for 2007

    As folks might know, I’m a bit of an eco-geek. I’ve been talking about my carbon footprint for a few years now and can remember when it might cause someone’s eyes to completely glaze over. But then we learned about An Inconvenient Truth , a new island was discovered after part of Greenland’s ice sheet melted , and Al Gore and the IPCC one the Nobel Prize . We all know that

  10. Carbon Offsetting Under Fire

    As an outspoken carbon offsetter, this past Sunday and Monday I found my inbox filling with emails from friends about the NYT Week In Review cover story on Carbon Offsets . The Times article compared carbon offsets to indulgences offered by the church and suggested that the industry needs a Martin Luther to come along and spark a reformation.