This Saturday: Grassroots Use of Technology Conference

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

On my agenda this weekend is the '08 edition of the Grassroots Use of Technology conference, happening up in Lowell. I was a volunteer at the conference back in '04 and '05, but I've been out of town for the last couple.

This year I'll be wearing my IT Manager hat & looking to pick people's brains particularly about mass emailing, online donations, and fundraisining tools.

Hello, Peak Oil

Friday, October 19th, 2007
Thursday was the fifth day in a row crude prices have set new records.

-- ( extremely out-of-context quote from yahoo story on oil futures' first trip over $90 / barrel )
Mass Heating Oil prices, October 19 2007

Heating oil prices not looking so good lately, either.

The rest of the upcoming election

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006

I have nothing further to add about the high profile portions of the upcoming Massachusetts election. My thoughts about the less widely covered parts:

Green-Rainbow endorsed Jill Stein for Secretary of State, because the person in charge of state elections ought to show up for his own debates.

The brand-new Working Families party endorsed Rand Wilson for Auditor. Fascinating interview with Wilson here.

On a related topic, I'm voting yes on question two. Good discussion in the interview above; an example of how it's worked in New York here.

Also voting yes on question three, for these reasons.