Google Author Profile Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know about SOPA and PIPA, although realistically, the news media has fallen down quite well on reporting the controversial legislation and the fallout from it. Even though some of the most high-traffic websites across the board have promised to shut down in protest, and internet founders and giants have come out in protest, the mainstream media coverage has been scant, at best. While industry giants such as Reddit, WordPress.org, and Wikipedia proposed blacking their [...]

I believe in online volunteerism. Those of you who know me have seen and shared in a lot of what I care about. I do a great deal of online work and I promote it every chance that I can. In fact, sometimes I promote it HERE. In November’s Item I related how Doe Network could help you to make a difference by volunteering online from your computer and your living room.   I help with the teams or donate money to WordPress, Firefox Support, [...]