http://www.internautconsulting.com/wordpress Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 17 Oct 2008 12:08:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A colleague recently sent me this article (below) recently and I just had to comment. Its basic premise is that Bill Gates has done more to advance ’social value’ through Microsoft than he ever will through his philanthropy (despite the fact that even Gates seemingly disagrees with this premise). The logic ... http://www.internautconsulting.com/wordpress/?p=27 For years I’ve heard people criticize the increasing popularity of humanity interfacing online rather than in person as the end of real connections between people and the empathy that proximity provides. My response has been that cultures naturally evolve and that generations that grow up pre-book, pre-radio, pre-tv or pre-PC ... http://www.internautconsulting.com/wordpress/?p=25 Person of the Year: You — Yes, you. You control the Information Age. Welcome to your world. Time’s Person of the Year selection raises some provacative questions. I admit it’s a great way to sell magazines and reinvigorate a rather traditional yearly rite of passage. The question of who really is ... http://www.internautconsulting.com/wordpress/?p=24 It’s been some time since I blogged — a steady flow of consulting work will do that to you sometimes In any case, just when nonprofits thought it was safe to go back in the water and surf the Internet again — having learned what they needed ... http://www.internautconsulting.com/wordpress/?p=23 The Internet has been promoted as ushering in a new era of disintermediation. The spin is that the Internet eliminates the middleman between the knowledge/service/product provider and the consumer. Both sides can deal directly with each other without the need for other intervention. The term “middleman” or intermediary, describes some ... http://www.internautconsulting.com/wordpress/?p=22 The reluctant blogger — that would be me. I think too much of the blogosphere is dedicated to self-importance or self-help. I am referring to blogs that are: 1) Narcissistic: “I have something to say about my life or what I think” blogs 2) Wannabee: “I want to be a talking head ... http://www.internautconsulting.com/wordpress/?p=21 When I was at OSI I had a white board in my office that I used to quickly explain the nonprofit capacity conundrum and how it affected technology and other capacity implementations. Discussing the issue with others my thinking has evolved somewhat and I thought it would be a good ... http://www.internautconsulting.com/wordpress/?p=15 Watching the recent immigrant protests I was reminded how many in my own [Baby Boomer] generation bemoan the fact that young Americans don’t get out on the street anymore the protest significant issues, like the war in Iraq, the way the Baby Boomers once did at their age. This lack ... http://www.internautconsulting.com/wordpress/?p=14 Managing Capaciteria.org as a free non-profit resource, I have approached some donors (and some have actually approached me) to support the endeavor. The problem is I am not a 501(c)3 nonprofit — As a recovering funder, I am not very comfortable with the appropriateness of such a small operation becoming ... http://www.internautconsulting.com/wordpress/?p=13 I have had a nonprofit capacity fetish for some time now – identifying it as the holy grail of more efficient and effective work and the source of most of the problems in the sector — from how nonprofits cooperate, to how they deploy technology. I have been trying ... http://www.internautconsulting.com/wordpress/?p=12