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The lesson, my friends, is to know where your wifi comes from

Judi Sohn

I was sitting in Washington, DC's Union Station on Friday, waiting for my 7 pm train home and available networks popped up on my iPhone as I was checking email. I feel sorry for anyone whose laptop is set to auto-join available networks, because apparently they've been pwned. Leave a comment »

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The lesson, my friends, is to know where your wifi comes from

Judi Sohn

I was sitting in Washington, DC's Union Station on Friday, waiting for my 7 pm train home and available networks popped up on my iPhone as I was checking email. I feel sorry for anyone whose laptop is set to auto-join available networks, because apparently they've been pwned. Leave a comment »

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Tips for Remote Presenting

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I thought we could use the chat back channel but since there was only laptop in the room we needed another system for backchannel communication. My next remote apperance is at Blackbaud Conference on October 20-21st in Washington, DC as part of the keynote to be delivered live by Allison.

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Tech Soup

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Care2

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

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NTEN

Shortly after the Colorectal Cancer Coalition was incorporated as an organization in March 2005 we hired an admin, bought her a laptop and gave her a desk in a tiny single room office sublet from another organization in Washington, DC. Keep a library of training materials. Have a doomsday plan.

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