August '07 Tech News

Building Better Communities Through Technology


I would like to thank T4T Colorado in providing me with an opportunity to get intimately acquainted with the Colorado Springs community, the community in which I live in. My AmeriCorps*VISTA term was an exceptional experience in that we, as a community, were able to identify a real need and address it effectively...
...read Lisa's farewell letter

Getting more, online

Online Purchasing: It's a Buyer's Market

"Outside of groceries, clothing, and basic essentials, I make nearly all of my purchases online." Aside from being a trendy Web 2.0 technology, feedback and ratings are important tools in safely and effectively uploading cash to the Internet.

Getting Your Information Out There: RSS Feeds and Podcasts

If you're looking to try some new ways of getting your website content out to your audience, try starting here. You'll get some help figuring out whether an RSS feed or a podcast would work for your organization, and you'll find lots of good (and free!) resources for getting it done right.


Events and Announcements

World Community Grid Turns 100,000

The World Community Grid announced, earlier this month, that two important milestones have been reached: the completion of the Genome Comparison Project and surpassing of 100,000 years of cumulative run-time. Thanks to everyone who did their part!

Get started Podcasting! For August, we're giving away one podcasting book to a reader who comments on any part of this month's Tech News. Get your name in the hat today!

Congratulations to our first give-away recipients: Steve K. is receiving a podcasting book and Kaitlin O. a P4 computer.

(By the way, I've got a fair number of training guides available just for the asking!)


Calendar of Event

T4T instructors have August off -- and a very merry unbirthday to all of you.

Podcast!!

Submitted by jmalenky on Wed, 08/01/2007 - 1:48pm.

this is a shameless comment to be able to get the Podcast book. will miss Lisa in COS. everyone enjoy the time off!~ good info here as always

RSS feeds

Submitted by shytnik on Thu, 08/16/2007 - 3:27pm.

I recently worked on some podcasts for the internet safety foundation. The article on Podcast and RSS feeds and the book would have been great if it would have been before I had to research it all and figure it out. But I still wouldn't mind the book, I'm sure I didn't figure it all out.

Detective Clayton Blackwell

Colorado Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force

www.coloradoicac.com

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