Things We Like (March 2009)
Submitted by Brett on Fri, 04/03/2009 - 7:59am.
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- The New York Times continues to produce great examples of interactive maps. Here's one visualizing the recession. As wine enthusiasts, we hate to use this phrase, but here's hoping the colors turn from burgundy to pink pretty soon.
- We have a thing for maps, it's true. Epicurious has one listing seasonal produce available in your area by month. (If you have an iPhone, you can get an app that takes it one step further, with links to nearby farmers markets.)
- Geek poetry. Holly posted a video of the Nonprofit ROI Poetry slam at SXSW. How awesome is it? Very.
- Ethan Zuckerman's "Cute Cat Theory of Digital Activism": "Web 1.0 was invented to allow physicists to share research papers. Web 2.0 was created to allow people to share pictures of cute cats." If you haven't already seen this, it's a great read.
- It's also a great segue. You already know where this is going, don't you? Yep: cats on treadmills.
- Beth Kanter tipped us to this flowchart on how to respond to blog posts about your organization. It's put out by the U.S. Air Force. We're not sure what's most surprising: that the Air Force cares about its Web2.0 image, that somebody in the USAF knows what a troll is, or that it has some really good advice.
- Google's Chrome Experiments. But if you get caught playing their browser-based Tetris clone, you didn't hear it from us. (Oh, and if you want to drive yourself insane, try this hi-def version.)
- The appropriation of big ideas for good. IdealistNews.org aims to be the Digg, er, Reddit of social news sites, while Academic Earth wants to be the Hulu of education. But where's the TARP of nonprofit funding?
- Social actions wants you to tap their API. You could win cash monies!
