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Affero Community Random Hacks of Kindness Newsletter Volume #7 | August 2003 |
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Each month we recognize a few
kind individuals that do good work, provide a fix to that
annoying bug, or raise awareness about a socially relevant
topic, a.k.a. commit " random hacks of kindness ". Those that
took the time to say "Hey THANKS" are also appreciated and add
to the value of the interactive dialog that exists in online communities.
Below are some of the comments Affero members have made to recognize
the help and information they received.
"Superb Job"
"This forum wouldn't be the same without ISZ. A man who knows what 'community' means. Inimitable and always there!" Millions of individuals turn to the Internet to provide valuable content represented by posts in help forums, email, weblogs (blogs), newsletters, articles and other forms of digital media. Many people take a great deal of time and effort to provide such information and sending them a warm fuzzy now and then is not only a nice thing to do but also helps build their reputation in the Affero system as one of the good guys (or gals). It's quick and easy to JOIN Affero. Once you do then you too will have the ability to enable others to show their respects when you help them. And hey, consider leaving a nice word behind when someone helps you. It will make you feel good too! |
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Newsworthy Hack of
Kindness:
"AmphetaDesk
is a free, cross platform, open-sourced, syndicated news aggregator
- it obediently sits on your desktop, downloads the latest news that
interests you, and displays them in a quick and easy to use (and customizable!)
webpage. With thousands of channels available, AmphetaDesk can shave
hours off your day - and you'll look smart to all your friends! Egotism
never had it better! " |
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This month we recognize Amphetadesk as our featured open source project. Kevin Hemenway (otherwise known as Morbus Iff) is the original creator of Amphetadesk. After using a variety of news aggregators on the internet, he was never really satisfied with the options available. Thus Amphetadesk was born. AmphetaDesk is a top-rated
news reader that is quick and easy to install and has a powerful backend
that allows for easy modification to the templates and internal source
code shipped with your download, whether you're on Mac, Windows, Linux
or others.
With blogs and RSS feeds being embraced by a greater and greater population of the web community, a stable and customizable RSS reader like Amphetadesk is a crucial component for the many that have joined (and continue to join) the masses of bloggers. "The latest source code is available from SourceForge CVS and is designed to figure out what operating system you're using at the time and load in the correct libraries (although you'll probably need to download and install various modules from CPAN). Besides the module dependency, the source code should work without modification." Go ahead, give it a try! For all of you that still think the term "Hack" has a negative connotation - please read the definition in The Jargon File 4.3.3 , which states that a hack is "an incredibly good, and perhaps very time consuming piece of work that produces exactly what is needed." Don't confuse a hacker with a cracker :) Know of a Hack of Kindness that you want to share with us for consideration in the next newsletter? Send it to: submit@affero.com Do you like reading about this good news for a change? Subscribe to receive our Random Hacks of Kindness Newsletter here. GIVE US YOUR FEEDBACK: What do you think of this newsletter? Click on the button to leave your Questions/Comments/Suggestions: 
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"What wisdom can you find that
is greater than kindness
?." Author: Jean Jacques Rousseau |
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