Seriously, I need to draw the line somewhere — I’m no longer going to accept friend requests on Facebook from people I have not met in person or at least spoken with over the phone. Sorry to those I ignore in advance.
I’m not sure how many readers of this blog are local to Seattle, but if you are, there is a happy hour event August 5th worth attending — at least IMO. SeaMo, short for Seattle Microfinance Organization, is putting on a “microbrews and microfinance” event next week at Pike Pub for those interested in learning more about microfinance.
Where: Pike Pub, 1415 First Avenu, Seattle, WA 98101
When: August 5th @ 5:45
Lea Werbal from the Grameen Foundation Technology Center will be a guest presenter. There’s a short background over at SeaMo –
A Program Officer at Grameen Foundation’s Technology Center, Lea Werbel oversees the Village Phone Assistance Center website, conducts outreach to microfinance institutions interested in Village Phone, and has logged many hours working to create a multiday training designed for organizations working to implement their own Village Phone programs. Prior to joining Grameen last June, Lea was a full-time masters student at the University of Washington focused on the intersection of communication and international development. Before coming to Seattle, she worked in both media outreach and fundraising at two large non-profits in New York City. During breaks between jobs she has lived in London, conducted research in Zambia, and volunteered at a community radio station in Ghana.
Of course, I couldn’t write a post about microfinance without plugging the microfinance blog my friend and I started a few months ago — myKRO.org. Anyway, I hope to see you Seattle locals next week!
Wow, I haven’t been blogging much here. But, that’s not going to change this week (unfortunately) — I’m in San Francisco at Real Estate Connect for the rest of this week. Back to blogging next week (hopefully)!
Trying to think of a business idea for your start up? If the answer is yes, but you’re drawing a blank on the actual idea — you’re in luck. Paul Graham from Y Combinator has put together a great list.
Several things, but one of them is certainly the fact that Google makes a LOT of money — 1.25 billion in Q2 to be exact. But Microsoft still makes more
The media landscape is sure changing, isn’t it? It should be interesting to see what type of adoption the NPR API gets with the web 2.0 community.
Since I spend a fair amount of my time as a community manager for Zillow, I’m going to have to answer yes to the question of whether startup companies need community managers.
On Saturday, President Bush said this (among other things):
It’s time for members of Congress to address the pain that high gas prices are causing our citizens. Every extra dollar that American families spend because of high gas prices is one less dollar they can use to put food on the table or send a child to college. The American people deserve better.
“Addressing the pain” means removing the 27 year old ban on offshore drilling in Bush’s opinion. The fact that Bush seems to think opening up protected lands for drilling is going to help our gas prices is crazy (IMO) — I hope Congress stands firm and does something for the long-term instead of making a stupid decision that will harm our already troubled environment. Removing the ban would just be yet another bandaid that won’t solve anything in the long term.
I think the traditional phone book is all but dead. Pictures say a thousand words — in this case, I think the pictures below say the answer to whether or not anyone uses phonebooks anymore is a resounding “NO“.
This is underneath the mailboxes in my building
This is outside the apartment building next door
The Mashable crew is in town this weekend for a networking event — SummerMash Seattle.
When: July 12th, Saturday, 7:00 – 10:00 PM
Where: Showbox SoDo, 1700 1st Avenue South, Seattle, WA 98134
What else?:DJ El Toro, Light Appetizers, Drink Tickets, Door Prizes and more…
RSVP?: Tickets will be released through Eventbrite, 21+ Only
Normally, I would say hope to see you there — however, my sister’s wedding is the same time this weekend, so of course that takes priority.
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