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Garage Collective

James David wrote this post at 9:53 am on July 9th, 2008.

Under the Paving Stones, the Beach!Garage Collective is a grassroots, local initiative, helping out anyone interetsed in independent, DIY direct action towards social change.  Founder Jared Davidson is also behind the inspiring article on anarcho design practices seen around here previously.

The Collective also produces zines, some of which are available online for free, including a print-ready version of This is Not a Manifesto, and the collaborative Rivet #2.

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Would you write all over your property?

Marc van Gurp wrote this post at 7:15 am on July 3rd, 2008.

8 hours of writing
5 permanent markers
3 baths and 2 showers to clean off

According this anonymous typelover this video is part of a campaign to promote writing on designated graffiti spaces rather than someone elses property. Would you write all over your property?

I think she just wanna have fun.
(Some more pictures at fortheloveoftype.blogspot.com)

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A Fake is a Fake

James David wrote this post at 10:09 am on May 1st, 2008.

Fake is a Fake

Web 2.0 was sold to us as a force for democracy. We were told we’d overcome the corporate giants and become the media - or at least wrangle them in.

While the watered-down fantasies that came with the rise of web 2.0 are being dissolved, a bitter consciousness remains: that communication itself, after all, is an illusion. That information, however probable it may seem, is still a fiction and that a fake, in the end, is only a fake. Anyway.

Fake is a Fake is an aggressive use of détournement by Les Liens Invisibles. They modeled several WordPress themes on websites of some of the most powerful global organizations and licensed them under the GPL. We’ve spoken truth to power for ages, and Les Liens Invisibles offers th chance to “speak with the voice of Power.”

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Find us on Alltop

James David wrote this post at 1:28 pm on March 31st, 2008.

Special thanks to Guy Kawasaki, and the folks at Alltop for syndicating the Groundswell Blog in both their design and nonprofit aggregators.  While I can’t erect a statue in thanks (like Laura Mayes of Sk*rt did), I can point out that you’ll find the best of the web conveniently organized in their pages.  Along with Groundswell favorites Osocio and GOOD Magazine, you’ll find the practical advice of the Nonprofit Quarterly (my day job) and design favorites like Josh Spear, NOTCOT, and Design Is Kinky.  Enjoy!

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Off to NTEN in New Orleans!

James David wrote this post at 10:35 am on March 18th, 2008.

nten_logo.jpgI’m off to the 2008 Nonprofit Technology Conference in New Orleans.  With more than 90 breakout sessions on technology issues, and already formed affinity group meetings on topics like open source organizing software, the conference seems like a promising and informative experience.  Thanks to my day job at the Nonprofit Quarterly for sending me!

We’ll try and keep posts fairly steady during the week.

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