Flock – A FREE Web Browser

Flock is a free web browser that makes it easier than ever to share photos, stay up-to-date with news from your favorite sites, and search the Web. This first beta has a bunch of features that offer a glimpse at where we’re headed: Photos: Sharing photos is one of the main ways people connect with their friends online, and we believe Flock delivers a rich end-to-end experience for Flickr and PhotoBucket users. Uploading: Getting pictures online doesn’t have to be tedious. In Flock beta 1, users can simply drag pictures onto the Photo icon to upload them, batch upload with our photo uploader, or even drag and drop pictures onto any form field on the web (we’ll store the picture on your Flickr or Photobucket account, then insert the appropriate HTML snippet into the form). Discovery: On any web page (such as a Typepad blog, a MySpace page…), mouse over any public picture that’s hosted on Flickr or Photobucket and we’ll offer to show you the entire photostream in our photo topbar. And once you’re there, you can scroll through thumbnails (including nice big ones) faster then ever before. It’s fast and addictive! Sharing: Right click any picture to blog it. Or drag a photo thumbnail into any comment field on the web. Or drag a picture from your desktop into a comment field. Then talk about it. Notification: Keep a list of your photo buddies and Flock will tell you when your friends have new pictures. We’ll import your Flickr friends list and let you add anyone on Flickr or Photobucket. News: RSS made easy. With Flock you can preview any RSS feed, then easily add it to your RSS aggregator (we call it My News). You can then view new stories by feed, by category, or aggregated across all categories (our front page shows you today’s headlines). We also tell you when you have new stories – keeping you up to date at all times. http://www.flock.com/

We ask tougher questions of our fellow community activists????

Interesting article… Community Entrepreneurship By Michael H. Shuman While the spread of nonprofit entrepreneurship training programs for low-income Americans is a hopeful sign, to truly turn around low-income communities these programs must also teach the value of local ownership and socially useful goods and services……… “If a new model of entrepreneurship that benefits the inner city is to emerge, it must come from community-minded activists, philanthropists, and small businesspeople. And while the spread of nonprofit entrepreneurial training programs for low-income Americans is a hopeful development, most of these programs still fail to link business development with community development. It’s therefore all the more important that we ask tougher questions of our fellow community activists who are promoting business training for young people.” http://www.nhi.org/online/issues/107/shuman.html

Flock – A FREE Web Browser

Flock is a free web browser that makes it easier than ever to share photos, stay up-to-date with news from your favorite sites, and search the Web. This first beta has a bunch of features that offer a glimpse at where we’re headed: Photos: Sharing photos is one of the main ways people connect with their friends online, and we believe Flock delivers a rich end-to-end experience for Flickr and PhotoBucket users. Uploading: Getting pictures online doesn’t have to be tedious. In Flock beta 1, users can simply drag pictures onto the Photo icon to upload them, batch upload with our photo uploader, or even drag and drop pictures onto any form field on the web (we’ll store the picture on your Flickr or Photobucket account, then insert the appropriate HTML snippet into the form). Discovery: On any web page (such as a Typepad blog, a MySpace page…), mouse over any public picture that’s hosted on Flickr or Photobucket and we’ll offer to show you the entire photostream in our photo topbar. And once you’re there, you can scroll through thumbnails (including nice big ones) faster then ever before. It’s fast and addictive! Sharing: Right click any picture to blog it. Or drag a photo thumbnail into any comment field on the web. Or drag a picture from your desktop into a comment field. Then talk about it. Notification: Keep a list of your photo buddies and Flock will tell you when your friends have new pictures. We’ll import your Flickr friends list and let you add anyone on Flickr or Photobucket. News: RSS made easy. With Flock you can preview any RSS feed, then easily add it to your RSS aggregator (we call it My News). You can then view new stories by feed, by category, or aggregated across all categories (our front page shows you today’s headlines). We also tell you when you have new stories – keeping you up to date at all times. http://www.flock.com/

Partnering with IBSA

Partnering with IBSA – Join Our Black Business Network Community! Since our inception in 1993 to centralize the efforts of organizations, associations and groups committed to the Black business community, we have had literally millions of hits, over a half of million page views from hundreds of thousands of unique visitors. However, that was just the tip of the iceberg! About a year ago, we asked Black Business Owners, Corporate and Government Buyers, M/WBE Coordinators and other Organizations & Agencies how these businesses could best prosper from Internet technology. Our website structure is a combination of what they said and more! By using our growing partnership with Black Business Owners, Federal & State Purchasing Directors, Non-Profit Organizations, Corporate Buyers and M/WBE Coordinators, we are committed to building a large and widely used Black business network. It is our goal to list at least 100,000 Black-owned business enterprises, in addition to 5,000 Corporate or Government Buyers & M/WBE Coordinators over the next seven years. As a premium business partner, we want to help you will gain significant exposure and presence in the minority & women owned business community! www.ibsa-inc.org

A Nonprofit’s Guide to the Blogosphere

FEATURE STORY A Nonprofit’s Guide to the Blogosphere To find out the latest advice, links, and insights on blogging, we went straight to the horse’s mouth. Or should we say, straight to the bloggers’ posts. Read on for tips on why nonprofits should consider blogging, how you can find blogs that cover your interests, and ways to make your blog stand out — all from nonprofit technology bloggers themselves. By: Willow Cook, TechSoup May 22, 2006 Community: Content [more]