2 month ago
Linkorama : Will Profit Motive Undermine Trust in Truste? - Bits - Technology - New York Times Blog - That is the view of Truste, a 10-year-old non-profit organization that certifies that Web sites meet some minimum standards to protect the privacy of their users. The group is converting to for-profit status and selling the bulk of its newly created stock
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4 month ago
Linkorama : FreeRice - For each word you get right, we donate 20 grains of rice to the United Nations World Food Program.
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4 month ago
Linkorama : TBA Live, Ustream.TV - Gnomes racing for charity in warcraft
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5 month ago
Linkorama : When Tech Innovation Has a Social Mission - Indeed, for decades, Silicon Valley has been defined by the tension between the technologist’s urge to share information and the industrialist’s incentive to profit.
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6 month ago
Linkorama : Ride the Lobster - Ride the Lobster is an 800km, 5-day international unicycle race set for 16-20th June 2008. Nova Scotia, Canada.
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9 month ago
Linkorama : How to help Kiva more Viral - Similar to the Giving Tree app on Facebook, which is unfortunately so buggy it is useless
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Linkorama : Business Idea of the Day - Will donate to Kiva to match every idea
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Linkorama : RE: Making Kiva More Viral - Seesmic praise in response ot my seesnip
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19 month ago
Linkorama : Run for China - Please consider sponsoring me for Grandma's Marathon and my Run for Chinese Education. Not only will I be putting the proverbial feet to the pavement ... for 26.2 miles, but I am also contributing $600 of my own money.
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27 month ago
Linkorama : A conversation with Warren Buffett - fascinating to think how significant the Gates endowment is, while being driven by an entrepreneurial model. Carnegie is spinning in his grave with glee.
Rod Begbie : FORTUNE Magazine: A conversation with Warren Buffett - Interview with Warren Buffet concerning his massive donation to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation last week. Basically explains that he'd rather their team spends his money, than him having to hire more people. [via] #
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30 month ago
Linkorama : Right Brain Trust - Just like math formalizes analytical processes, poetics provides a set of instruments for the process of creative thought. This theory goes far beyond rhyming conventions and proposes a brand new way of applying poetics in business, science, and social or
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32 month ago
Linkorama : Microsoft Would Put Poor Online by Cellphone - sustainable software politics
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33 month ago
Linkorama : Center for Citizen Media - Dan Gillmor: Starting in 2006, I'll be putting together a nonprofit Center for Citizen Media. The goals are to study, encourage and help enable the emergent grassroots media sphere, with a major focus on citizen journalism.
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33 month ago
Linkorama : Save Plugged In - East Palo Alto's Imminent Loss, and How You Can Help
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34 month ago
Linkorama : Omidyar: on Microfinance - Interview with David Kirkpatrick
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34 month ago
Linkorama : 10 over 100 - James: He Made His Money on a Whim, but Now He's Got a Serious Idea
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35 month ago
Linkorama : Craig to invest in Wikipedia? - Could be. If I were to make a significant contribution to Wikipedia, for example, given that it is a journalism effort, ultimately, would that be considered an investment?
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35 month ago
Linkorama : Why Aren't We Ashamed? - We are failing to be heros when it matters most
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35 month ago
Linkorama : Getting through cancerr - Through the wiki, the support, concern and worry of friends, family, and colleagues is channelled and converted into small actions that make a difference.
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