Join us for a chat on tagging and nonprofits

Sun, 28 May 2006 14:44:53 -0000

Wednesday, May 31 at 9:00 AM PACIFIC DAYLIGHT TIME

BarCampParis le 10 juin 2006

Thu, 25 May 2006 15:41:15 -0000

Podcast: NetSquared: remix the web for social change

Sun, 21 May 2006 13:52:29 -0000

From Odeo

"A few quick
updates about what s happening at NetSquared followed by Eddie Codel s
interviews with JD Lasica of OurMedia.org and
Venus Rodriguez of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. Plus you ll
hear a message from one of the WineCamp organizers, Tara Hunt of
Riya.com and HorsePigCow"

More info: www.netsquared.org

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Quand les geeks et les ONG se rencontrent dans un vignoble...

Wed, 10 May 2006 20:34:20 -0000

L'id�e est de reprendre le principe du BarCamp

Chris Messina (aka factoriejoe), un des organisateurs qui a d�j� particip� au MicroBarCampParis, sera par le plus grand des hasards � l'UpFING' 06 d�but mai � Aix-en-Provence... L'id�e d'un WineCamp fran�ais � cette occasion l'enthousiasme beaucoup : si certains ont des avis/id�es � ce propos, l'envie de commencer un wiki WineCampFrance me d�mange...

Pour les wikistes francophones : WineCamp sur CraoWiki

Pour les anglophones : WineCamp sur Omidyar Network

From the Bar Camp Blog

"What do you get when you put a bunch of geeks, a bunch of do-gooders
and a bunch of wine together for a weekend in California s Calaveras
County?

You get WineCamp !

WineCamp...

Tagging and social bookmarking for nonprofits

Mon, 08 May 2006 18:48:46 -0000

Better World Microformats

Sun, 22 Jan 2006 22:03:08 -0000

Tom Munnecke on Omidyar Network

"

I just ran across the Microformats web site. (Those who know me will recognize my attraction to all things "micro" or better yet, "nano"). Microformats define code that can be embedded in web pages to be interpreted by applications. For example:

hCard format for exchange of user address information

RelPayment
is meant as a general way to facilitate acts of support, and thus this
specification makes no assumptions on the type of support.

It seems to me that this opens some interesting doors to a scalable
model for better world activities, allowing folks to embed web pages to
include Better World Opportunities and tracking information. For
example,...

For Mozilla Firefox users: OMIDYAR.NET Search Engine Plugin

Tue, 29 Nov 2005 08:56:42 -0000

Thanks to Hy Vu for his work.

WANT A FREE OMIDYAR.NET SEARCH ENGINE FOR YOUR MOZILLA FIREFOX BROWSER?

FIND OMIDYAR.NET INFORMATION FASTER. GET, USE AND SHARE IT WITH EVERYONE!

You must have the Mozilla Firefox browser
installed for this to work. After installation, simply close and
restart the browser and you're good to go.

Earthquake in Pakistan: THERE ARE NO EXCUSES!

Fri, 21 Oct 2005 09:16:48 -0000

THERE ARE NO EXCUSES

" There are no excuses. If we are to show ourselves
worthy of calling ourselves members of humankind, we must rise to this
challenge. Our response will be no less than a measure of our humanity. " Kofi Annan 19 October 2005

First Light from Google "social entrepreneur" program [google.org]

Thu, 13 Oct 2005 10:12:46 -0000

A few months ago I wrote "wait and see...." concerning:

"We hope that someday this institution [the google foundation]
will eclipse Google itself in overall world impact by ambitiously
applying innovation and significant resources to the largest of the
world's problems."

- Sergey Brin & Larry Page

Today the first Light helps for seeing!

From Reuters:

"Google officials said Google.org is partly modelled on the Omidyar Network (http://www.omidyar.net/corp/partners.shtml/), a new model philanthropy funded by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar.

Frustrated by the limits of conventional non-profit philanthropy,
Omidyar and his wife, Pam, have set up an investment group that looks
to make businesses work as a tool for social good, a spokeswoman for
the...

Darfur: the status quo is not an option

Thu, 13 Oct 2005 06:15:48 -0000

Full text

By Dr James Smith

12 Oct 05

"Reporting back on his recent visit to

Darfur

,
the Special Advisor to the Secretary General on Genocide Prevention has
recommended that the Security Council invite the African Union to
consider reinforcing the mandate of AMIS to make it more explicit with
regards to the protection of civilians. In a statement on 10 October
which should compel the UN Security Council to follow the Special
Advisor s recommendation, the AU announced its decision to bring the
situation to the attention of the UN Security Council."

To read the Special Advisor's report, click here

To read the AU communique, click here