As you can see from many of our blog posts, we’re somewhat struggling with getting a good grip on Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) and their role for governance and accountability. We’re also somewhat split along the lines of enthusiasm and scepticism with regard to the possibilities of using ICTs to straighten out a distorted public sphere and further development

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eProcurement: At the Beginning of Every Major Change, There’s a Little Website

Traditional Irish Colcannon Celebrate St. Patty’s Day this year with more than just a pint of Guinness. Tip your hat to some classic Irish dishes in CSR’s newest class – Irish Traditional Cooking

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Luck of the Irish

Schools in developing economies often have limited resources and students are therefore required to work together on the same computer which may not always offer the best learning experience. One Computer, Multiple Mice To help schools get the most out of their limited computing budgets, Microsoft has developed a new software platform called MultiPoint that allows multiple students in a classroom to interact with a single computer simultaneously using their own mouse.

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When You Have Just One Computer for the Whole Classroom

By BILL KRAMER A week ago, before the Massachusetts special election, health reformers felt that their house was almost finished. The edifice of health reform had been built painstakingly using blueprints designed by policy and political experts during the past…

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House of Straw or House of Bricks?

I’ve been averaging about one post a week which makes me, in technical blogging terms, a lame-o. There may be a dearth of homes for sale, but there continues to be a boatload of buyer interest. Consequently, we have been working the day, night and swing shifts trying to keep up

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Listing feeds for your favorite San Diego Zip codes

I hope that you have at least considered getting a free account at Elance this week, because that’s where the quality jobs cropped up. If you haven’t yet, I would recommend it–of all the bid sites I’ve worked for, Elance seems to provide the lowest proportion of bad jobs, which sets it apart. Let’s get to the freelance writing jobs ! The Freelance Writing Jobs Part-time editor – Red Flag Media seeks a Philadelphia-based editor to work on a new publication

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Freelance Writing Jobs – January 26th, 2010

If you live by the philosophy that what ever you do today you will harvest tomorrow, you are a very intelligent person.  Then you also know that what ever you do this week, you will reap next week, and if we bring it up one step: What ever you do in 2010r you will reap for

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Time, Consistent Work and Affiliate marketing Equals Success

If I asked you to define what an A-list blogger actually is, what would you say? I’m sure the usual thoughts like “thousands of subscribers,” “lots of comments,” and “large influence” come to mind. While these may be things that many of us agree on, they aren’t really about the blogger , they’re about the blog .

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How to Become an A-List Blogger

By Matthew Holt Gilles Frydman is one of the leading ePatients. He started and runs ACOR (Association of Cancer Online Resources) and has discussed the role of engaged patients with rare diseases at the last few Health 2.0 Conferences. We’ll…

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ACOR, Health 2.0 in the US & Europe: Gilles Frydman tells all

If you live in or near Santa Cruz, you might want to come downtown to Lulu’s at the Octagon this sunday and buy some pastries.  We’ll be having a bakesale to help raise money for Haiti.  All proceeds will go to the UN World Food Program’s work in Haiti.  Right after the earthquake hit Haiti, quite a few of you wrote to ask if we could redirect the funds we raised from Menu for Hope 6 (a substantial sum of nearly $80K ) to support specifically the rescue work in Haiti.  Alas, once the money was committed at the beginning of the fundraiser, there was no way to re-channel the funds after the fact.  Menu for Hope was such a successful online campaign, but I don’t want to do another one so soon after – even NPR do their pledge breaks only once a quarter!  So I thought I’d do something a little more local this time. My friend Manthri, the owner of the lovely Lulu’s at the Octagon which is my nearly-daily coffee stop in Santa Cruz, agrees to host a bakesale at his cafe.  So I’ll be baking lots of good things – little coffee cakes, cupcakes, cookies, pop-tarts, financiers, et cetera, et cetera.  All things sweet and delicious that guarantee not to add pounds or inches to your svelte physique – because everybody knows there’s no better workout than good karma!    If you want to participate and you’re in the area, come by the cafe on Sunday, bring your family, your friends, your cake-loving dogs, and help us help Haiti.  Besides my goodies, you can expect loads of others, such as my friend Doree’s famous Doreo’s (which are just like Oreo’s but without the crap you can’t spell and likely don’t want to ingest.)  Leave a comment here and let me know if you want to bring stuff.  Share this post on Facebook, tweet about us, help us get the words out. Update: Charity Dasenbrock of  For Life Personal Chef   will be bringing some Gluten Free goodies for the sale, so you can join us even if you’re gluten intolerance

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Bakesale for Haiti – eat it and don’t regret it ‘cos there’s no workout like good karma!

This video was too funny to keep to myself.  I can tell that this tot’s mom has a great attitude – she has the confidence to bring her child into the kitchen at such a young age, and manages to stay relaxed and positive…no matter what happens. But maybe – just maybe – he should have

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Cooking With Toddlers – Funny Things Can Happen

We have all heard the horror stories abut online income affiliate programs and networks and these have made people nervous about joining one. Most of these stories are related to programs that are illegal and a good point to keep in mind is that none of these programs actually have any worthwhile product

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What to Look for When Marketing Online Income Affiliate Network Programs

The aftershocks that have rocked the region near the 7.0 earthquake of January 12 in Haiti will continue for months, if not years, according to a report by the United States Geological Survey (USGS).  It is important to understand the nature of the seismic activity in this region as this knowledge will be significant in the near-term relief efforts, but perhaps more importantly, in the long term rebuilding of the infrastructure of the country near Port-Au-Prince, and the many surrounding comm…

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Assessment of the Haiti Earthquake and Aftershocks

Note: This interview was conducted in July 2009, originally for The Query-Free Freelancer blog. Due the merger of these two blogs, I chose to change the publish date to send it live as-new for AFW readers who may have missed it.

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Self-Publishing Books: An Interview with Peter Bowerman

As it’s my birthday today – not saying, before you ask – I’ve been talking to the nice people at Kingston University about offering a special reduction on the Writing Commercial Women’s Fiction course I’m running there from March 15 to 18 .

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Birthday Treat – Reduction on my Writing Women’s Fiction course

If you’ve never played Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, take a trip to the Oracle of Bacon, where you can see how far any actor is from Bacon in the Hollywood movie network. And once you’ve played that game, check out my new article at Yale Environment 360 to see how ecosystems are a lot like Hollywood, at least when it comes to networking.

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Kevin Bacon Meets The Sharks of the Caribbean | The Loom

Google Suggest is one of the most interesting and useful features of Google. As you type words in the Google search box, it will try to guess what you are looking for and offer suggestions in real-time

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Compare Google Suggest Results Visually

One of the more complicated free pattern sets available from About.com Cross Stitch is the Vintage Seamstress Valentine Collection . If you are looking for an advanced Valentine-themed project, check these out.

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Free Vintage Seamstress Valentine Pattern

Do your kids eat cereal for breakfast? Last month General Mills announced that they are going to commit to reducing the sugar in cereals advertised to children under 12 years old to single digit grams of sugar. They also plan to increase key nutrients such as calcium and vitamin D providing a whole grain to help make cereal a source of some of the key ingredients in your child’s diet..

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GE Is Reducing Sugar In Their Cereals

In your pursuit to become wealthy through the internet, or during your search for such magical tools that can greatly enhance your business revenue you must have come across MLM marketing systems.

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MLM Marketing System – Learn How This Will Benefit Your Business