Monday is Dr. Martin Luther King Day. It's a national Day of Service and a time to reflect on social justice.

The crisis in Haiti brings extra focus and intensity to the question of how we care for each other. How did one of the world’s poorest countries struggle to survive just miles off the coast of Florida? Why does it require a massive earthquake for us to turn our attention to Haiti? more

I've always been an advocate for making New Years Resolutions - I'm just not usually the type to actually keep them. This year, I have a few resolutions: quit smoking (which I've been trying to do for over a year now), work-out more (once I fix my injured shoulder), and get more cool stuff done at work. I find it incredibly frustrating that there is so much I want to do, but it feels like there's never enough time to do it all.

So, regarding resolution #3, I've become obsessed with not letting anything get lost in the shuffle. For me, it has become a three-step process: more

To celebrate 2009 drawing to a close, the EchoDitto team huddled 'round the fire and reminisced about the most memorable campaigns we've seen this year. more

This afternoon I was lucky enough to attend a lunch conference at the New Organizing Institute with Stephen Geer, Director of Email for the Obama Campaign, and Alexander McCormmach, founding member of the New Media analytics team on the Obama Campaign and now the New Media Development and Analytics Lead at DNC/OFA. They were there to discuss campaign e-mail tactics and measurement. more

I have some big news: I have decided to leave EchoDitto.

I have actually been in the process of leaving for a while, but its official now. I moved out of my office. I have set my email to auto-respond. And my clients and colleagues have totally forgotten that I ever existed (just kidding - sort of). Since I like to have the last word, though, I couldn’t resist sharing some final thoughts. more

A few weeks back, we had the full tech team down in DC for a one day retreat/brainstorming session. It was just before DrupalCon DC (which was a massive success). EchoDitto was having a small party at the end of the conference, and the tech team thought it might be fun to put something together for it. more

Hey y'all. We had so much fun at our own 5 yr anniversary robot party at drupalcon last week that we're doing it all over again (kind of, not really) in Austin this wknd during South by Southwest.

As usual, we'll be rolling deep: Tina, Cristen, Ethan, Alan, and I will all be there, against the best advice of the people who try to keep us profitable. more

I always knew that the internet was a great place for people with specific interests to meet each other—you know, in a "casual encounters" or "come to this special party" kind of way. I honestly never thought about the internet as building communities in a, um, non-sexual sense. more

Today at the iFocus panel on media and the presidency, I began thinking about web content and curators. During the panel, Brian was talking about the myth of user-generated content (that it’s all great) and the truth of user generated content (the great majority of it is not worth your time). And I agree: probably only I am interested in 90% of the photos I upload to Flickr. more