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Does All This New Technology Really Help Unions?

Submitted by Jason Pramas on Sat, 10/04/2008 - 11:59pm

It's probably healthy to have moments of self-doubt from time-to-time, and I'm experiencing one now; so I thought it would be appropriate to share it with Communicate or Die viewers since the doubt in question is about the efficacy of the kinds of technology I generally discuss here. It occurred to me to explore this issue while doing my weekly search for cool new stuff that might be of use to unions, and feeling like ... blah. Like, how many new tools can we use? How many different ways to communicate with people can we handle? Is all this stuff a distraction from more important matters for unions?
 

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Any ubuntu users out there?

Submitted by Matt Noyes on Sun, 09/28/2008 - 8:52am

Just curious if CorD types are using the Ubuntu Linux distribution and if you are promoting it. Seems like a good fit, certainly for the techie types here and open source advocates, but also increasingly good for users with no experience beyond Windows or Mac. I bought a Dell xps with ubuntu pre-installed and after a little initial apprehension am finding it a real pleasure to work with. I'm new to Linux, so I'm a good test case of the usability of Ubuntu for newbies. If you want to check it out you can download the software, burn a CD and run it on your PC without installing it. (Haven't tried that, mine was preinstalled.)

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Screen Captures Are a Snap With Jing

Submitted by Jason Pramas on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 11:57pm
There are various pieces of software (and screen and browser widgets) that allow users easy ways to take screenshots and even video captures of anything that can be displayed on a computer screen. But a new free service called Jing - www.jingproject.com - stands a cut above the rest in some important respects and seems worth trying out.
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Anybody using Organic Groups?

Submitted by Matt Noyes on Wed, 09/24/2008 - 11:25pm

I'm looking for info, thoughts on using the Organic Groups modules in Drupal -- has anyone used them? Or decided not to for specific reasons?

 

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Towards an "Open Source Culture" in the U.S. Labor Movement

Submitted by Jason Pramas on Fri, 09/19/2008 - 4:57pm

Over my first several weeks working for this blog's sponsor, Prometheus Labor Communications, I've had occasion to talk to quite a few web managers for various unions about how they'd like to make use of the growing array of technologies at our disposal to communicate with their members. And I've been somewhat dismayed to find that many unions are not especially interested in making use of the many interactive tools on offer to better facilitate two-way communication between union leadership and rank-and-file members.

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