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An Attack on the Free Circulation of Information

tboyer — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 17:11:29 +0000

For many people, the only method to get and send information out is by using a Community Access Program site. This is particularly true for homeless youth in our city (talk to Phoenix Youth or your local library) and many of our seniors.

Do you support affordable public internet access and skill training to help people to use this in Nova Scotia? Don’t let this great organization and program disappear. Below you will find links to read more about C@P, recent articles, and how to TAKE ACTION IF YOU CARE.

WHAT IS CAP?

C@P networks provide access to invaluable ICT infrastructure across…

Climate Change & Carbon Sense Solutions…

tboyer — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:52:29 +0000

This evening the Hub celebrates with one of our members, Carbon Sense Solutions who will be recognized as 2nd place winners in the innovacorp i3 Start-Up Competition for Zone 3: Halifax Regional Municipality. A big congratulations to Carbon Sense Solutions on this achievement from all of us at the Hub!

In addition to qualifying for this very competitive award, Carbon Sense Solutions has been a great partner in leading the newly created HubTalk focusing on the Climate Change trip, post Copenhagen. The HubTalk series was inspired by hosting the first TEDxHalifax talk in October, which focused on “Global Perspective and Local Learning”. The HubTalks…

The Great Give Get Offer…

tboyer — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 15:36:12 +0000

On Tuesday, November 17th, Dale Zak submitted the first iPhone application – Meet Me Here on behalf of a new business called Apps4Good.

The Give: When you purchase the Meet Me Here application, the proceeds will benefit Phoenix Youth, who offer ten programs and services that support at-risk and homeless youth, ages 12-24. Phoenix help youth transition from a place of need, to a place of happy and healthy independence. Their mission is to break the cycle of poverty and homelessness.

The Get: A useful, well designed and built iPhone application that allows you to quickly send a Meet Me Here message to your…

Coworking 101: A Brief History

tboyer — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 13:46:24 +0000

ARTICLE FROM: www.webworkerdaily.com

March 30th: Stretching all the way back to April of last year, coworking – the growing movement of independent café-like collaboration spaces for freelance professionals – has been a popular topic here on WebWorkerDaily, covered from many perspectives by our writing team and also attracting some thought-provoking commentary from our readers.

At its heart, the concept of coworking is very attractive to many web workers. You get to work in a creative environment with other professionals, freed from unhappy workplaces, with the option to be as flexible as you choose.

http://webworkerdaily.com/2009/03/30/coworking-101-a-brief-history/

Home Sweet Office: Telecommute Good for Business, Employees, and Planet

tboyer — Sat, 15 Nov 2008 03:24:15 +0000

Article Start:
Ever since OPEC vexed Jimmy Carter into wearing a cardigan, telecommuting has been touted as a fix for what ails the US office worker — the agony and expense of commuting, the drudgery of cubicles, the shortage of family time.

http://www.wired.com/culture/culturereviews/magazine/16-10/st_essay

The Hub | Creating an Ecology of Social Innovation

admin — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:55:36 +0000

Article start:
What’s the Infrastructure for Realizing Ideas for a Radically Better World?
Work isn’t working. That much is clear. Freelancers, flexi-workers, nomad professionals and social entrepreneurs are more and more often characterizing the landscape of contributors to social and ecological responsibility. As we see a shift toward more flexible and entrepreneurial working patterns and an increased ambition to create world-changing products and services, there is demand for new forms of workspace that attract, inspire and support people to realize that ambition.

The Hub | Creating an Ecology of Social Innovation

That Business Card Won’t Fly Here

admin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:06:16 +0000

This is an interesting article but I think probably a bit to over the top in some ways. I think you need to have the business types in suits around to be part of the picture. I think what is great about this article is the part about being authentic. Sometimes networking is over-engineered and unfortunately not very much fun which means people stop playing or participating. Humans have always networked, it’s part of how we operate so there’s only a few things you need to do. A place, a time and maybe a few goodies.

The Article: That Business Card…

NEWworkCITY

admin — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 01:13:34 +0000

NEWworkCity is a coworking space that will be opening in Manhattan. The Hub Halifax is similar in concept to this space. They use a pretty creative and interesting splash page for their site, check it out. Thanks for sharing the link Carman!

http://www.nwcny.com/