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After reading Qasim Virjee’s post The State of the Web and Why we love Posterous, I am reminded of why I love technology. It’s a great read.
I can trace my love of the social web to before Facebook, MSN Messenger or ICQ. I’m sure it was Apple’s eWorld that sold me on the idea of using computers to communicate [...]
“Think globally, act locally.” It’s a phrase that has been used in many contexts, but commonly conveys the desire to change the world one community at a time. This expression popped into my head when I was reading about some global initiatives that are harnessing creativity, supporting its growth and facilitating its distribution in [...]
We heard some exciting news this week. Google will be launching additional support for web-based storage (all file types). This is big news for Framework. We are working to be an open-data organization that focuses on creating information once, distributing it widely, and accessing it anywhere. You’ve heard us mention this model before. With the additional file [...]
There is a lot of debate in the technology space about what the best solutions are for nonprofit and charitable organizations. The power of volunteers contributing to the Linux, SugarCRM or Mozilla open-source community are clear examples of great, low cost tools available to broad public, providing high value to its user base. In many ways, the values [...]
A few weeks ago Anil mentioned that if a picture can tell a thousand words, an interactive map can tell a million. Not bad. I think I’m in the right field of study.
My name is Mike Dror and I’m an Urban Studies student at the University of Toronto. I’ve been interning at Framework for the [...]
