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Things We Like (October 2013)

NTEN

When everyone''s favorite spam twitter account revealed itself to be an art project, there was a little but of uproar. Which brings up an interesting question: Can spam be art? Just because we''re adults doesn''t mean we can''t have fun on Halloween. nptech nten' Like the government ?

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Strengthen Your Community with a Knowledge Sharing Network

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Marnie Webb introduced the nptech tag to help aggregate nonprofit technology content. Nptech resources can be found on delicious , flickr , slideshare , and Twitter. Peter Campbell leveraged RSS to pull the tagged items into nptech. org / blog /2007/03/20/ nptech - tagging - community. Further reading: http :// www.

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Symbols in Subject Lines… ? Them or ? Them?

Connection Cafe

The main push back was that including symbols like stars or hearts in the subject line increases the likelihood that a message would land in the recipient’s spam folder and goes against “best practices.”. Overuse of a technique like this is when you start getting in trouble with spam filters.

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Things We Like: Best of 2009

NTEN

Not only is it nifty piece, it attracted some of our best spam comments of the year: "Thanks for pants. Actually, some of the funniest protest signs of 2009 would make good spam comment fodder, if you happen to work for a fly-by-night SEO firm. For added fun, try changing one of the characters. Patience pants.

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April NetSquared Events in Your Community

Tech Soup

That’s what happens when you gather the #nptech tribe together! So join your local NetSquared group and start participating in the fun. Vancouver, Canada: The Canadian Anti-Spam Act: What you need to know before July 1. And if you don’t have a local group we’ll help you start your own. Upcoming Events.

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The 2011 NTC Scholarship Silent Auction is Now Open!

NTEN

I will knit to size a pair of Wonder Warmers—really fun and funky cabled, button up fingerless gloves made with Bellingham,WA-spun Spincycle yarn. It went into my spam filter, FYI.) Wonder Warmers--hand spun, hand knit gloves Donated by Barbara Christensen. Be prepared! Heres what you need to do: Create an account at our auction site.

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How to Find the Audience You Want (When They’re Not Necessarily Coming Your Way)

NTEN

What do your supporters do for fun? It should go without saying that we’re not advocating spamming blog comments with embedded links to your website – not only will that guarantee your comments get deleted, but you can also get yourself blacklisted.). How to do that?