Giving and Reaping… Microsoft’s CSR Offensive

Microsoft has recently introduced an intriguing not for profit plan called Microsoft Unlimited Potential. The goal is to at the very least, double the number of people who are currently online by 2015 from 1 to 2 billion, by ensuring that the poorest people in various nations have access to computers.
Microsoft intends [...]

Planning for Technology to Fail

We all have the horror stories… the cell phone that died, the computer crashed, the broadband internet service that died exactly when you needed it.  These things are the hazards of technology.  They are the price we pay to be so interconnected, so wired, so accessible.  They make our lives so much easier in some [...]

Good Magazine Interview Update

Unfortunately, scheduling conflicts are challenging the conduct of my interview with Good Magazine.  I still have prospects however, so please hang in there until I am able to provide the interview I’ve promised.  In the meantime, I will be interviewing an alternate candidate as a bonus.  Please, stay connected.

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The Prospect of Issue Oriented Cellphone Gaming

How many times per week do we witness persons in transit glued to their cellphones, deeply engaged games to pass their travel time pleasurably?  For me, this is a daily occurrence on public transportation.   Phone companies and their software partners make millions from the sale of phone games and these games are only becoming [...]

The Hidden Costs of Donating

Technology rears its head in fundraising in the most unique ways.  There have always been tellathons whereby  people call in to make a donation so donation by phone is nothing new.  The latest innovation however, allows people to make charitable donations via text messages on their cellphone.  AT&T has been one of the earliest companies [...]

Good Magazine – What’s good about it?

In my humble opinion, everything I have seen so far.  
A hidden treasure in the bushes and vines of the magazine world, Good magazine is a fledgling periodical for those interested in actively learning  fantastic things about and  participating in the world around them.  Self-dubbed “media for people who give a damn” Good magazine provides [...]

Non-profits and Consumer Generated Content

Advertisers have wasted no time tapping into the potential of online activities and consequently, a plethora of consumer generated content has emerged,  creating positive experiences for consumers and becoming a boon to businesses across the world.  Threadless.com is one such company.  Here different designers submit designs for prospective t-shirts, the community at large votes on [...]

Design for the Other 90%

From May 4th to September 23rd, The Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum of the Smithsonian Institute will be showcasing an interesting exhibit entitled “Design for the Other 90%”.   It will feature new inventions/designs that are geared specifically towards making the lives of the less fortunate around the world, easier and more functional. 
The designs are [...]