Join reddit, xkcd, dtoid, ars technica & more - donate your hacker skills to non-profits

Re:Join reddit, xkcd, dtoid, ars technica & more - donate yo... by sh1mmer on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @04:56PM (#401502)

Yahoo have been doing some stuff with Social Innovation Camp (http://www.sicamp.org/) in the UK this year.

The SI camps have been an incredible success in helping charities. I cannot recommend doing this kind of stuff enough.

Part of the reason to do this over donating is that often the biggest problem charities have is getting tech advice without an agenda. Talking them through their choices and getting them a prototype can be the most helpful thing you can do.

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Re:Join reddit, xkcd, dtoid, ars technica & more - donate yo... by Tichy on Wednesday December 17, 2008 @05:23PM (#401540)

He, and I find it difficult to find charities that don't have an agenda to give tech advice to. I mean at least an agenda I could agree with :-( Would be nice if this reddit approach would bring something up.

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Re:Join reddit, xkcd, dtoid, ars technica & more - donate yo... by sh1mmer on Thursday December 18, 2008 @12:06PM (#402286)

Obvious you should agree with a charity's agenda before you help them. The problem I was refering to was the charities getting advice about technology that isn't trying to sell them something.

Obviously consultants have to eat too, but a lot of charities pay the same kind of rates as SMEs for technology, which I find slightly depressing.

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