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Blogworld 2011: Yes, Virginia, There are Blogging Superheroes

Selfish Giving

I’ve followed Darren since the very start of my blog in December 2004. I also finally met Chris Garrett , Grant Griffiths , Denise Wakeman , Jason Falls , Deborah Ng , C. In short, John is a great person to hang out with at a conference! (Which means my wife wants to kill him. )

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

They originally wanted to organize a conference to convene social innovators and social entrepreneurs on the nonprofit tech cutting edge to see what everyone was doing. Billy was formerly director of partnerships at Meetup.com and had shown the power of it during the 2004 presidential campaign. What Is Web 2.0? " 20-20 Hindsight.

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Our Much Improved Tech Support In TechSoup's Refurbished Computer Initiative

Tech Soup

In 2004 we published our Islands In The Wastestream study, which measured the demand for low-cost computers among U.S.-based When all was said and done, we received a 2005 seed-funding grant from Full Circle Fund and launched the Refurbished Computer Initiative program. This conference is still going strong and is organized by PCRR.