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New York's Capital Region a Pepsi Refresh Hotbed

Submitted by Jesse on Sat, 09/04/2010 - 08:02
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This article by Tom Keyser in the Albany (NY) Times Union provides an interesting look behind the scenes at what goes into winning a Pepsi Refresh grant. Not only is it a learnable skill, but when a community learns the techniques, it can get behind a multitude of causes.

If you look at a map of grant winners, you see that the Capital Region compares favorably to New York City but far exceeds Boston, Hartford, Philadelphia and Baltimore. Take a look yourself at http://awesome.good.is/pepsirefreshmap.html.

Crowdsourcing: Pro and Con

Submitted by Jesse on Tue, 08/31/2010 - 08:25
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Crowdsourcing is one of the most contentious topics in the world of charities today. The term was first used by Jeff Howe in a 2006 Wired magazine article, and it has become part of the digital/social conversation. (There's more at http://northcountryconsulting.com/crowdsourcing.)

Crowdsourcing is part of the idea behind contests for charities such as Pepsi Refresh, Chase Community Giving, and (as announced in a commercial on the Emmy Awards show) the Clorox Power a Bright Future contest. All of these have the same basic pattern:

Creating ePub Books Using iWork Pages

Submitted by Jesse on Sun, 08/29/2010 - 09:17
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The August 2010 update to iWork lets you export a Pages word processing document to ePub format. That means you can add it to your iTunes library and synchronize it to iBooks on your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch.

This document provides a step-by-step guide to creating those ePub files and managing them. You'll also see the differences in the various formats: this document is downloadable in Pages, PDF, and ePub formats.

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