article thumbnail

Great reads from around the web on June 8th

Amy Sample Ward

HopePhones.org | Old phones save lives. Donate yours to a medical clinic in a developing country today - "HopePhones, a new campaign, launched today that enables anyone to provide health services to those in the developing world – by donating your old cell phones! " Tags: roundup bookmarks. " - Joe Solomon.

article thumbnail

Senior-Friendly Tools To Get Grandma Wired

NTEN

Claire Sale, NetSquared. So, I turned that question to my friends and the NetSquared community, and got some really great responses that I'd like to share with you. Browser Bookmarks - To start with, I created bookmarks for my Grandma to be able to access her favorite sites without having to use Google Search or remembering the URL.

Tools 92
professionals

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Sharing Nonprofit & NGO Tech Stories

Have Fun - Do Good

As I've mentioned in previous posts, I'm the Community Builder for NetSquared , a project of Tech Soup that is helping to bring the social web to nonprofits & NGOs by sharing stories and building tools. Last month 80+ folks showed up so come on over and join the fun. It's at Varnish Art and Wine Bar @ 77 Natoma in SF from 6-8 PM.

NGO 40
article thumbnail

J. Leroy says "OMG Blogging is so not Web 2.0"

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I bookmarked in delicious a post by David Weinberger saying blogging is Web 1.0 On Netsquared , there was a recent post about Bioneers and some thoughts about a session about online tools and mobilizing. Maybe it's a generational thing, and my daughter will see online/offline the way I see phone/f2f.

Web 50
article thumbnail

Developers and Nonprofits Come Together to Make Apps for Change

Tech Soup

The user can go to any bus stop and simply text the stop ID number (listed on every bus stop) to a local phone number (415-528-3226). The reality is that not everybody has a device, such as a phone or laptop, which connects to Wi-Fi. The user will receive a text with the three closest locations that have free Internet access.