Monthly Archives: December 2004

Happy New Year: I’ll be off-line until Monday, the third anniversary of this weblog. (Despite setting it up on August 28, 2000, I didn’t start blogging until Jan. 3, 2002.)

Response update: As of 4:44 EST, the Red Cross tsunami relief fund collection page set up by Amazon has raised $9,306,583.11 from nearly 124,000 contributions. At midnight last night, the total was approaching $7 million. That means that $2.3 million … Continue reading →

Evaluating charities: The website Charity Navigator provides some good advice on what to consider when choosing a charity to support in response to the tsunami tragedy. The website also provides an “evaluator” service that compares and reviews 3,400 different charities.

Program note: Jeff Jarvis will be on MSNBC tomorrow following the online response to the tsunami tragedy. He has posted a great list of tsunami-related personal accounts and resources. There are lots of great blogs, including the volunteer group-blog that … Continue reading →

Red Cross will direct all funds collected to tsunami relief: Heading off any controversy like one it was involved in regarding the handling of contributions after September 11, the Red Cross has issued a press release assuring contributors that funds … Continue reading →

When Amazon.com affiliate store participants sign on to their accounts, they are encouraged to display this box on their website, another great example of quick-response fundraising. Tsunami response: It is rather astonishing to see in near real-time, the people, as … Continue reading →

Has magazine readership topped out? Okay. We all know that I think journalism’s dirty little secret is that journalists don’t know how to use statistics. So it should come as no surprise that I reject the statistical basis for the … Continue reading →

Response: In the past 24 hours, the Amazon.com-powered contributions to the International Response Fund of the American Red Cross have grown to nearly $3.7 million in over 60,000 payments. CNN has a list of other aid groups, as well. I … Continue reading →

Welcome Gaylord Hotels Music City Bowl Presented by Bridgestone (GHMCBPBB) Fans: As hard as it may be for the seven readers of this weblog to believe, on New Years Eve (the day after tomorrow) a near sell-out crowd of over … Continue reading →

Coincidence? A week ago, I received my first-ever direct mail solicitation from the AARP. Today, the folks at Accuracy in Media (AIM) are claiming that AARP, The Magazine, has been taken over by the “counter-culture.” Quote: AIM editor Cliff Kincaid … Continue reading →

A Mac in every pot? If I were not enjoying myself doing nothing, I’d be all over the ThinkSecret.com rumor/news of a monitor-less, keyboard-less Macintosh G4 that will look sorta like this. Oh, and it will cost less than $500. … Continue reading →