From the monthly archives: September 2007

Orange Networking is a real 501c3

By On September 28, 2007 · 2 Comments

Last night I opened an envelope from the IRS. In it was Orange Networking’s acceptance letter giving the organization official tax exempt status. Orange Networking is now a real 501(c)(3) organization! YEAH!

Orange Networking (ON) is a non-profit organization working to foster equal access to the Internet so that all people may benefit from [...]

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Donate to Help OP Grow

By On September 24, 2007 · 1 Comment

Please donate to the Orange Politics fundraising drive to help pay for site improvements. Read more here.

Our last update was 3 years ago, and OP is seriously needing better identity management and improved community tools. I think drupal will be a good solution for us, and I hope to work with [...]

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Social Software and Multimedia Consultant for Hire

By On September 24, 2007 · 1 Comment

I am now available for hire to consult on the creation, care, and feeding of online communities. Plus I can create audio and video for the web. To get an idea of my professional experience you can check out my resume here and my portfolio here.

I’ve been contributing to and creating blogs [...]

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N&O article about Anton and NC Science Blogging Conference

By On September 22, 2007 · 3 Comments

Dan Barkin of the News and Observer has a good article called Bloggers Talk Science. It tells a short but good story about the marvelous Mister Sugar and shares the details of the NC Science Blogging Conference. It also tells the world about all the cool stuff we’ve done with our blogger meet-up [...]

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MuniWireless.com analyst on Chapel Hill’s free Wi-Fi

By On September 20, 2007 · Leave a Comment

The Independent Weekly has a great article by Fiona Morgan called Carol Ellison: MuniWireless.com analyst on Chapel Hill’s free Wi-Fi. Its a short interview discussing Chapel Hill’s involvement with public wifi. Here is the most important part to me.

Carol Ellison -

I would be very surprised if Chapel Hill encountered any of [...]

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200kbps is NOT modern Broadband

By On September 19, 2007 · Leave a Comment

The Daily Tar Heel has a new article about broadband in Orange County. Its called Initiative looks to expand high-speed internet access. Here is a small bit of it:

About 90 percent of Orange County can access high-speed Internet, according to a report released Friday by the e-NC Authority.

The report reviewed an [...]

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The New Basketball Net

By On September 18, 2007 · Leave a Comment

In anxious anticipation of college basketball season in Chapel Hill, North Carolina we put up a new net. Our communities court is pretty messed up from neglect but its wonderful to even have one. We’re shooting some hoops for fun and to get a little exercise. Maybe other people [...]

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NYTimes Pay Wall Comes Down

By On September 17, 2007 · Leave a Comment

Times to End Charges on Web Site This is major like Google buying YouTube. It will open minds to so much. Especially old skool newspaper owners. I hope. Will think more about this and maybe comment more later. wow. I found out via: Justinsomnia

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Shared Space for Creative Work

By On September 12, 2007 · Leave a Comment

UNC student run newspaper the Daily Tar Heel has a article today about my Coworking business plan. Its called Resident plans shared space for creative work. It does a good job of describing what I want to do and has quotes from the wonderful Tara Hunt of Citizen Space (a huge influence [...]

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Video Site Design

By On September 9, 2007 · Leave a Comment

I just ran across CNN’s new website design and am pretty impressed. So many other MSM websites are cluttered and hard to use. Check out the video page.

Amazingly clean and usable. The HD video content is great looking… even if I have to watch a commercial first. [...]

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