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welcome! · posted 27 July 07 under

I think that tackling the great problems of today would be a lot easier if we found a way to make helping accessible to everyone, not just the brave few who are willing/able to throw everything to the wind and devote themselves entirely to a cause. I haven’t found a lot of resources for people with a limited amount of resources for helping, which is a shame since that’s most of us.

At casualactivist.org, i write about my attempts at incremental improvement, focusing on the easy, practical things. If the experiment goes well, stay tuned for http://rabidlyoverzealousactivist.org. In the meantime, thank you for reading!

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play a game, learn some stuff, feed some people · posted 20 October 07 under

The next time you’re looking to waste time on the internet, check out freerice.com. The site donates 10 grains of rice for every word for which you can guess the correct meaning, courtesy of sponsors whose ads are tasteful and not the least bit distracting/overwhelming/annoying.

The level of difficulty is adjusted to keep you in the zone where you’re most likely to internalize new words, so you might really learn something. And while 10 grains at a time isn’t a lot, I think the success of this site could really inspire a lot of change.

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Ruby for Change · posted 21 August 07 under ,

At the Ruby Hoedown last weekend, I attended a small talk about using (the programming language) Ruby for social change. It was at this talk that Ruby for Change was born, a group for Ruby developers to volunteer their services to help improve services or processes for non-profit organizations that might not have the budget to pay for such a thing themselves. The mailing list is really picking up speed, and the group is currently exploring projects to tackle. If you are involved with or know of an NPO that could really benefit from customized software, please drop me a line and I’ll pass it along.

Slightly more on-topic:
Among the people at the talk was the creator of buyindie.net, a site based out of Washington DC that acts as a directory for locally-owned businesses. Several cities already have a great deal of resources listed, and if you don’t live in one of them, you’re welcomed to contribute your own favorite local shops. Check it out!

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