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Why Advocates for Change Should Understand Wikipedia

I did not begin my Wikipedia-editing journey for altruistic reasons. I was in a business meeting, bored out of my mind, thinking about my then-upcoming visit to ExxonMobil’s annual shareholder meeting in Dallas where I would present HRC’s shareholder resolution … Continue reading

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FreeRice.com — Learn to Fight Hunger

FreeRice.com tests your vocabulary, and for each word you get right, 10 grains of rice are donated to the U.N. The effort began in early October and appears to be growing tremendously. It’s a sister site of Poverty.com, which is … Continue reading

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iConcertCal

Thanks to DownloadSquad, and my trusty personalized iGoogle homepage (which means I didn’t actually go to the DownloadSquad website to get the news…), I just found the COOLEST gadget in ages. Except I have no idea what kind of privacy … Continue reading

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