January, 2010

Judi Sohn

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Nonprofits: Have we had enough of "vote for me" fundraising yet?

Judi Sohn

This weekend, the winners were announced in the Chase Community Challenge. On paper, it seemed simple enough. Chase gives $5 million to nonprofits based solely on the votes of regular folk on Facebook. "Their money, our votes." In reality, the challenge illustrated exactly why these "vote for me" contests in the nonprofit world have got to go away.

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Awesome file viewer in Box.net

Judi Sohn

via blog.box.net. Finally! Box.net has always had the ability to preview files, but it was through their Open Box system so 1. it sent the file to a 3rd party and 2. it was too slow. This new file viewer works right in Box.net and is quite fast. I can't count how many times I downloaded files from Box.net just to see what it was, only to have to dump them from my Downloads folder later.

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AT&T Nation Unlimited is rip-off for larger family plans

Judi Sohn

As rumored, AT&T unveiled new unlimited plans last week that went into effect yesterday. $69/month for unlimited voice. If you have a smartphone, tack on another $30/month for unlimited data. Strangely, this still doesn't include SMS so you'll need another $20/month for that. Still, compared to the price of a metered minutes plan, it's not a bad deal.

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Amazon eBook pricing war: Thanks for being evil, Apple

Judi Sohn

Eric has a Kindle and loves it. One of the things we both love most about his Kindle is that he can get most books for $9.99. Me, I prefer audio books. I can read while I'm knitting and doing things around the house. Even though Apple has an easy way to get audio books in iTunes I don't do that. Instead, I get my books from Audible where I can get a $25 audio book for a credit that only cost me around $15 a month.

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Amazon eBook pricing war: Thanks for being evil, Apple

Judi Sohn

Eric has a Kindle and loves it. One of the things we both love most about his Kindle is that he can get most books for $9.99. Me, I prefer audio books. I can read while I'm knitting and doing things around the house. Even though Apple has an easy way to get audio books in iTunes I don't do that. Instead, I get my books from Audible where I can get a $25 audio book for a credit that only cost me around $15 a month.

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The iPad will probably be a great device. Someday.

Judi Sohn

I'm not buying an iPad , nor am I buying into the hype about it. I love that with Apple products, folks don't realize that they can't live without something until Steve Jobs tells them what they can't live without. At this moment we have 5 Macs in active use in our home, 2 iPhones and one iPhone without SIM that's essentially an iPod Touch. But I'm a realist, not a fangirl.

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The iPad will probably be a great device. Someday.

Judi Sohn

I'm not buying an iPad , nor am I buying into the hype about it. I love that with Apple products, folks don't realize that they can't live without something until Steve Jobs tells them what they can't live without. At this moment we have 5 Macs in active use in our home, 2 iPhones and one iPhone without SIM that's essentially an iPod Touch.

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