How Well Does Your Website Work for its Users? »
How easy do you think it should be to make a charitable donation? Getting a charity to accept your money might not be quite as easy as you’d think — if the charity’s website is designed to meet its own needs, that is, rather than the needs of the people who visit and use the site. Here’s an example: When an acquaintance passed away this week, I decided to pay my respects with a memorial donation to a major national charity. In a few spare minutes at lunch hour, I wrote out a cheque and sealed it...(read more)

Survey: Affordable Office Equipment? »
TechSoup is looking into adding used office equipment to our Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) lineup, expanding our offerings to include reconditioned, certified products such as copiers, printers, fax machines, scanners, and multifunction machines. Help us learn your level of interest – and needs – by taking this brief survey.

Research on Connections Between Computer Use and School Violence »
A psychiatrist presented research on connections between excessive computer use and school shootings at the American Psychiatric Association’s annual summit.

Educause Survey: Top 10 IT Issues in Higher Education »
“Change management” makes the list for the first time.

IRS to Offer Second Chance to Charities That Miss Disclosure Deadline »
The Internal Revenue Service plans to introduce a new program this year for charities in jeopardy of losing their tax-exempt status for failure to file informational tax returns, called Forms 990.

Bill would tax rich colleges’ endowments »
Massachusetts lawmakers desperate for additional revenue are eyeing the endowments of deep-pocketed private colleges to bolster the state’s coffers by more than $1 billion a year, asserting that the schools’ rising fortunes undercut their nonprofit status.

Ethnographic study on how young children interact with the web | Seeds of Growth »
Consumer Reports WebWatch released the results of an ethnographic study on how children interact with online environments.The study, “Like Taking Candy from a Baby: How Young Children Interact with Online Environments,” used ethnographic methods and

Paradigms of Best Practices in the Public Management »
Governments have the difficult task of protecting the public’s interest while meeting the diverse needs of their citizens. Citizen expectations continue to rise as they demand more and better government services at lower costs.

Survey: Affordable Office Equipment? »
TechSoup is looking into adding used office equipment to our Refurbished Computer Initiative (RCI) lineup, expanding our offerings to include reconditioned, certified products such as copiers, printers, fax machines, scanners, and multifunction machines. Help us learn your level of interest – and needs – by taking this brief survey.

The Stats Are In: You’re Just Skimming This Article »
Earlier this this year, we commented on the infamous Steve Jobs quote “...the fact is people don’t read anymore,” arguing that, people do read, they just prefer to ...

HP wants more help from scientists »
HP will solicit applications from university researchers, then fund dozens of projects for up to three years. Each grant would cover the cost of a graduate student researcher.

Yahoo.com Sends a Ton of Talkative Traffic »
Yahoo Buzz is not only sending large quantities of traffic to blogs, it is also sending people that want to comment - and who leave interesting, informed comments.

Free PDF Tools for Mac »
When we caught up with educator Dave Riddell on Twitter the other day, he was looking for a new low-cost tool to create and edit PDF files — the web’s default format for sharing printable documents. Here, for the benefit of other Macintosh users, he shares