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Monthly Archive March, 2005

Is Podcasting right for Nonprofits?

Marnie Webb suggests that podcasting is a “good way [for nonprofits] to get content out.” I don’t disagree, but, whereas I believe that nonprofits have been painfully slow to adapt blogging as a model for both content and message management (and especially syndication; Marnie’s employer was virtually silent on RSS/XML syndication for a long, [...]

It’s Getting Drafty

The Daily Kos posts about how the military is falling significantly short of its recruitment goals - goals it has to meet in order to keep a fresh supply of rested and ready troops to send to the world’s hot spots.
Kos postulates that the Army’s continuing inability to find people to volunteer to be shot [...]

Have You Met Life Today?

All week long the Met Life blimp has been buzzing around downtown. Seems like an expensive way to influence a handful of powerbrokers. Is some big shindig going on that I don’t know about?
I wonder why it’s here?

I am a Serf and Visa is my Lord

E. J. Dionne gets it almost exactly right. He argues that the bankruptcy bill before Congress, which would gut Chapter 7 bankruptcy, a policy which allows consumers with too much debt to wipe the slate clean, does not distinguish between the unfortunate son who has a heart attack and can’t pay his medical bills [...]

Dydd Gwyl Dewi hapus!

Happy Saint David’s Day.