“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 transaction, at the very least the time it takes to actually exchange. Right now, most digital transactions go through credit card companies, which take a cut of transactions at numerous points. These cuts are mainly felt by sellers, eg WalMart, instead of buyers.

The advantage of online networks, like online games, is that they can use their own currency and bypass transaction fees. Of course, the currency of most online games don’t have a wide scope of value. But Microsoft Points are growing in their area of use–Xbox subscriptions, Zune items, and apps are all bought with Microsoft Points. PayPal offers an almost universal scope, and they’ve already allowed for a frictionless account. Kiva is an innovative microfinancing site, however it’s also an important checkpoint for a digital medium of exchange.

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 to make charts; categorize tasks
2. idea-bank — tweet ideas; categorize them; see related threads

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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