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Upcoming Nonprofits Live: DIY Blogging

Tech Soup

Jody was introduced to blogging while on assignment with the public affairs team assigned to the Houston Astrodome during the American Red Cross disaster relief efforts following Hurricane Katrina. She returned home and started a “mommy blog” – purely as a hobby and virtual scrapbook.

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"Leveling the Playing Field" Through Broadband and Public Computers

NTEN

How to provide computers and access is a critical question. . In 2001 a hurricane struck that island of Cuba, straining that nation's ability to provide commodities such as rice and corn for their population. Due to US restraints on trade, Cuba was only able to purchase Missouri rice through a cash trade.