A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources and other goodies.
- Happy 30th birthday, .org. The first .org domain was registered on July 10, 1985.
- The OED birthday word generator shows which words originated in your birthyear. (.org’s birth word? “Gobsmacked.”)
- Edie the Spaniel’s friends tried out Tindog—Tinder for dogs—one day. A gobsmacking experience?
- Every day should be take your dog to work day.
- This “meow-nificent” (I did not make that up) cat library brings shelter kitties to your office and invites you to take them home. It’s like bingeing on cute.
- Here are the stages of binge watching videos on Netflix.
- Netflix schmetflix. These videos from Burma, shared via Engage Media, deserve your uninterrupted attention.
- This video explores the inner workings of an artificial brain.
- These pictures explore the inside and edifice of an abandoned church that is shaped like a chicken and surrounded by dense forest.
- Here’s how California farmers, who find themselves surrounded by drought not forest, are using data-informed tech to grow more with less.
- Ida B. Wells, surrounded by injustice, was a leader in using data-informed journalism to fight lynching. Her article, “Lynching and the Excuse For It,” was published in the Independent before she was 40 years old.
- These NGen Fellows convened by Independent Sector are leaders under 40 years old. Check out their work and life.
- Millennials want a work-life balance. Their bosses just don’t get why.
- Do you find yourself asking, “Why?” Werner Herzog motivational posters are here for you.
