Eric Squair’s blog

Have been working to put together a Google Map of Make Poverty History local groups on the website.

Here’s the result.

What has been wonderful so far is how simple the whole process has been. Using the fantastic Gmap module, the Location module and our 5.7 Drupal install it took a few hours to create the Google map here.

Two more things:

1. I am looking to create a Google Map-enabled photo-petition just like this one at enoughfear.org

2. This is an excellent screencast on the process of Drupal/Google Maps integration. So easy, so fun!

Fantastic interview with Jason Lefkowitz on the topic of “E-activism, First things first”

Great advice on picking low hanging fruit first, before moving on to Twitter, Second Life and podcasting. The entire interview is gold for one-person web teams, but this advice really stands out:

“In thinking about the one-person e-activism team, I generally break things down into three categories: your Web site, your e-mail list, and the rest of the net.”

I have thought the same thing for years: get the basics right, walk before you can run, pick the low hanging fruit etc. But I kept speaking in clichés, so no one understood what I was saying. I think this interview will form the basis of the (nascent) “Twenty Minute Webbie’s Manifesto”.

Stay tuned, and in the meantime, read the entire interview here:

http://interviews.liveinterviewsonline.com/content/interview/detail/928/

One of my least favourite things in the world is sitting through PowerPoint presentations where people post a long, wordy slide of their speech and then read from it.

One of my favourite PowerPoints of all time was given by online fundraising guru Madeline Stanionis and was a series of compelling photos: an ice cream cone, her dog, whisky bottles. Each image illustrated a point she was making, keeping you curious and engaged until the ‘reveal’, when she tied the image back to her spiel. Fun and brilliant. Continue Reading »