Salsa Scoop

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03:30 PM Sep 13, 2005 - 0 comments permalink

Much is being said about how to build your list, flog your blog and encourage action online, so here is a retro concept—offline organizing. This morning I attended a workshop by Civic Action Strategies on turning online activists into offline activists. Quick translation---getting email addresses is not enough.

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12:00 AM Sep 13, 2005 - 0 comments permalink

Motivating supporters, raising funds and increasing awareness on your issue - do it right, and you have successfully harnessed the internet to your advantage. Do it poorly, and your message ends up in a junk mailbox between two emails about Viagra.

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12:30 PM Sep 07, 2005 - 1 comments permalink

Given the way FEMA has covered itself with ignominy the past week, it's hardly a shock to find that you can't file a disaster relief claim on its web site without Windows/Internet Explorer.

Interoperability between browsers and operating systems isn't always a cinch -- as one small but occasionally nettlesome example that affects our own system, the Safari browser lacks the "hooks" necessary to operate most online WYSIWYG editors -- but sheesh.  FEMA is running a line of code on its page that essentially asks, "are you using IE?" and only delivering the page if the answer is yes.  The page works fine if you configure another browser to claim that it's Explorer.

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05:00 PM Sep 06, 2005 - 0 comments permalink