TOMS Shoes, Inc. employs the One for One business model. For every pair of shoes I buy, they send another pair to a child in need. The idea of “conscious capitalism” is to create sustainable charity that’s based on for-profit business as opposed to relying on donations or fundraising. Shoes run the average 50-$60. They are [...]

Who reads digg? As an aggregator, digg does not create content, but pulls it in from other sites that do the hard work. This makes for an interesting division between those who read digg first, and then go to the content with those who first read the content. Digg is supposed to save me time by [...]

Creative Commons, more than simply a framework for sharing content, is an extraordinary example of a private solution to a public policy problem. The nature of the Internet is such that the fundamental unit of exchange is a copy. As such, copyright law applies to the Internet at every level of transaction. Technically, it’s illegal to [...]

Design21 is a social design network. Social design is taking design, which is often considered a process exclusive for developing products and services, and directing it towards social issues. The social networking site incorporates a competition series. Challenges are centered around the the sites mission statement–to “inspire social consciousness through design.” Some examples: 1. Game Changers: Design [...]

“PayPal provides Kiva with free payment processing. Kiva’s is the first account at PayPal with a free payment processing agreement.” The first, and not likely the last. Money is a medium of exchange. Kiva is a milestone in the transition from paper money to digital money because of its position with PayPal. Exchanges incur a cost of [...]

“PayPal provides Kiva with free payment processing. Kiva’s is the first account at PayPal with a free payment processing agreement.” The first, and not likely the last. Money is a medium of exchange. Kiva is a milestone in the transition from paper money to digital money because of it’s position with PayPal. Exchanges incur a cost of [...]

How to get tweets to a spreadsheet Now we can analyze tweets as data. The value of this is that tweeting is no longer just social. It can now be a way to collect and evaluate data. Here are two options that come to mind: 1. time-tracking — track your daily activity by the minute; use excel [...]

Business was quick to adopt technology. Government finally follows suit. 5. Nextgov — news on government technology 4. Govloop — social networking for government 3. MAP Light — compare votes for a bill with $ contributions for that same bill 2. Sunlight Labs — develop software for government 1. Open Congress — track congressional bills

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