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Wanted: RSS calendaring

Jul 27, 2005 |

At the top of my wishlist: a good RSS calendaring tool that would let me share my whereabouts with friends, family and well-wishers. (If anyone has a technology that can specifically exclude ill-wishers, so much the better.) The absolute minimum that I need is...

Amping up for BlogHer

Jul 27, 2005 |

I'm not just the t-shirt girl: I'm going to be live and in person at BlogHer this weekend, facilitating a fantabulous advanced tools session with Marnie Webb and George Oates. Marnie has set up an Advanced Tools blog just for our session. We hope that BlogHer...

H2O Playlist

Jul 27, 2005 |

The latest tool I'm exploring is H2O Playlist, a project of the Berkman Center. What is H20? An H2O Playlist is a series of links to books, articles, and other materials that collectively explore an idea or set the stage for a course, discussion, or current event....

Become an online engagement pro

Jul 20, 2005 |

This fall I'm teaching two e-engagement programs through Simon Fraser University in Vancouver. One of the programs is a TeleForum (a series of conference calls) so it's accessible to participants anywhere in the world. Please let your colleagues and friends know about...

The perfect event blogging tool?

Jul 14, 2005 |

I met a really amazing group of people at AdvocacyDev, some of whom I expect to see again at Web of Change. Within the amazing group were a number of bloggers, and I’m looking forward to checking out their blogs. So here’s an idea: event-specific blogrolls. I’d love...

From AdvocacyDev

Jul 13, 2005 |

Today is the last day of AdvocacyDev II, a gathering of people using technology to support nonprofit and social change work. As promised by Mark Surman, it's been a truly mind-blowing experience. A big part of what's amazing is the event organizing and facilitation...

Grad school advice

Jul 2, 2005 |

From time to time people ask me for advice about whether and how to apply to graduate school. I completed a PhD in political science at Harvard in 2004 and have thought a lot about whether, when and how people might want to apply to graduate school. Over time I’ve...

Moving WordPress: redirects

Jun 30, 2005 |

I recently moved my blog from http://alexandrasaamuel.com/blog to http://alexandrasaamuel.com. That involved not only moving my actual WordPress program files but also figuring out how to redirect visitors following outdated links to my old content. Today the...

.bed

Jun 29, 2005 |

Our headboard needs an ICANN-accredited domain registrar. We always come up with the best domain names as we're falling asleep, and forget them by the morning. No godaddy jokes, please.