Sometimes, you come across little things that really surprise you. Today I discovered Google Grants, a Google program which provides non-profits with up to $10,000 (that’s right, ten thousand dollars) of free advertising each month. Beg, borrow, or steal someone with some technical and/or marketing experience to get this setup for your non-profit because, if done right, it can be the best money you never had to spend.
Here are some examples of feedback from non-profits who have taken advantage of Google Grants:
It’s not often that you see a chance like this so I’d suggest you sign-up today!
Categories: Non-profits
Tagged: google, grant, non-profit
As a technology entrepreneur, change is a part of who I am and what I breathe every day. I generally get excited when the services I use update their interface because I consider it part of the value of today’s hosted site. Great new features or interfaces become available without having to do anythign at all.
So, when facebook rolled out their latest changes, I understood some of the reasons why they did it and where they are going with the concept. However, someone clearly dropped the ball and didn’t do enough real-life user testing as they:
- dropped some very important features most users love
- made the life stream significantly more cluttered and redundant then necessary.
Here’s one example of a great feature that was removed from this SOCIAL NETWORKING SITE: you no longer see who your friends are adding as new friends on the home page. That was one of the most interesting things I looked for every day.
Secondly, I am no longer using Facebook as much as I was because the new twitter-like social timeline is broken with this new design. Here are two screenshots highlighting why I am so frustrated with the new design (click to see larger versions):
Screenshot showing repeated entries from same person for same gift
Second screenshot of friend giving lava lamps to other friends
So, if Facebook adds some of those lost features back and combines actions like the above back into a single entry, I am completely happy to accept the changes. Until then, I am going to be using facebook a lot less every day and will constantly be a little frustrated with their offering.
WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON THE NEW DESIGN? What do you LIKE and what do you HATE? Add your comments below.
Categories: facebook · networking · user interface
