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Jun 6, 2008 1:51am
“ Today, in accordance with the common wisdom, everyone expects continuous technological progress and the social repercussions that follow. But the future will be far more surprising than most observers realize: few have truly internalized the implications of the fact that the rate of change itself is accelerating. ” - The Law of Accelerating Returns
Jun 6, 2008 1:40am
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Jun 6, 2008 1:36am
“ Robert Lam, whose Eco2go was named last month as one of the 50 finalists for the top prizes, says he decided to develop his application, which helps users compute and reduce their carbon footprints, for the Android platform rather than the iPhone because it’s so much easier. Developing for the iPhone “would have cost us an annual fee to list our application, and we would have to share 30% of our revenue with Apple as well,” Lam says. That said, Lam is already looking into porting the app over to the iPhone after Eco2go is established. The iPhone could end up being enormously popular, and at this stage of the game there’s no sense in foreclosing options. ” - Who Will Rule The New Internet? - TIME
Jun 6, 2008 1:32am
“ Social is the new black,” says Joe Kraus, who oversees Google’s efforts to build out a social layer that runs across the entire Web. ” - Who Will Rule The New Internet? - TIME
Jun 6, 2008 1:21am
“ Forget trying to wait on executives. Change can only come through a bottom-up battle. ” - × × timoni.org × ×
Jun 5, 2008 1:21am
“ The study concludes that humans are creatures of habit, mostly visiting the same few spots time and time again. Most people also move less than 10km on a regular basis, according to the study published in the journal Nature. ” - BBC NEWS | Science/Nature | Mobile phones expose human habits
Jun 4, 2008 2:26am
“ when it comes to information, the merchants who raised great sums to bring us the best of the silk road no longer are needed. as the past ten years have taught us, the networks between us all shrink infinitely when we reach out. ” - on the luck of seven | an open-source journey around the world documenting free culture, social innovators & global change.
Jun 1, 2008 1:06am

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May 31, 2008 11:03am

Tech Consulting Work @ SF Works

Our friends at SF Works are looking for a technology consultant to assess CRM capabilities and beyond (See below for scope of work provided by SF Works).

 Please contact Eugenie Fitzgerald efitzgerald@sfworks.org for more information, and tell her that I sent you.

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Tech-consultancy scope
 
Contract drafting
 
·Drafting detailed technical specifications for adding new benefit programs to the software tool
 ·Negotiating development and delivery timeline (including milestone setting and review)
 ·Defining roles, responsibilities, expectations of SF Works and our technology vendor in areas not limited to research, QA-testing, trouble-shooting protocols, product and service delivery
 ·Ensure all the necessary components of an IT-vendor-contract is included
 
2.Technology Evaluation
 
·Evaluate and make recommendations on new or existing technology tools including benefits enrollment software, CRM systems and databases, Tax
·Preparation/HR/payroll and other software programs used by individuals, businesses, nonprofits and government organizations.
·Help us understand backend integration capabilities between different systems. 
 

May 31, 2008 1:11am
“ What those of us in the audience wanted to know was “Why is this project great? What immense problem are you going to solve? ” - Marketing Net2 Projects | community technology advocate
May 30, 2008 5:56pm
“ Who needs your community? ” - Global Dreams for a Wireless Web - NYTimes.com
May 30, 2008 5:43pm
“ More than half the world’s 100 uncontacted tribes live in Brazil or Peru, Survival International says. ” - BBC NEWS | Americas | Isolated tribe spotted in Brazil
May 30, 2008 5:40pm
“ I feel like he did it for the publicity,” says Luis “Auto” Alicea, a former member of Kryogeniks, who runs a website hosting screenshots of hacks in progress. “The fame. ” - Comcast Hijackers Say They Warned the Company First | Threat Level from Wired.com
May 30, 2008 5:36pm
“ IT is going to become much more about information and how it can be used to help the business grow and prosper. This IT function is going to leave the IT department as we know it today and will migrate into the business unit itself. ” - The Business Of IT: Gartner Reveals Top 10 Technologies
May 29, 2008 12:37pm
“ You think you’re doing good… but you’re… an information terrorist! I’m sorry to tell you…your hands are filthy! You fucked me! That’s what you did. You fucked me and you fucked my workers! ” - American Apparel, LLC - Knowmore.org
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