Random Hacks of Kindness

Each and every day, many people commit what we like to call "random hacks of kindness". What does that mean? Well, millions of individuals turn to the Internet to provide or receive valuable content represented by posts in help forums, email, web logs (blogs), research, newsletters, articles and other forms of digital media. With Affero, consumers of this content can now thank the author quickly and easily through ratings, comments and donations to the author's causes. Both the consumer and the author build reputations in the process which are tracked for others to see and use in future interactions.

We would like to recognize a few kind individuals that do good work, provide a fix to that annoying bug, raise awareness about a socially relevant topic and also those that took the time to say "Hey THANKS". Below are some of the comments Affero members have made to recognize the help they received.

02.25.03 - swanon recognized the help from DavidPhillips

"pointed me in the right direction for telnet not working on new box. Fooling scp a lot easier!"

03.05.03 - oktal recognized the help from lilo

"Nice work K-lining those spammers out of #linux the other day, and for everything about Freenode generally. Much appreciated :)"

03.25.03 - foxrosie recognized the good work from Catherine and donated $100 to Solari, Inc. on her behalf.

"...You combine intelligence, understanding, and passion in a way that inspires and uplifts. You managed to touch my heart and spark my mind at the same time. You generate hope. You are kind. You care. You deserve so much back from Sebastopol. I hope we can act on the inspiration you offered us. Thank you."

If you are one of the many, working to help others without an expectation of direct return, consider joining Affero to enable others to show their respects when you help them, and consider leaving a word of kindness behind when someone helps you.

Affero Community Random Hacks of Kindness Newsletter Volume #3 \| March 2003
Each and every day, many people commit what we like to call "random hacks of kindness". What does that mean? Well, millions of individuals turn to the Internet to provide or receive valuable content represented by posts in help forums, email, web logs (blogs), research, newsletters, articles and other forms of digital media. With Affero, consumers of this content can now thank the author quickly and easily through ratings, comments and donations to the author's causes. Both the consumer and the author build reputations in the process which are tracked for others to see and use in future interactions. We would like to recognize a few kind individuals that do good work, provide a fix to that annoying bug, raise awareness about a socially relevant topic and also those that took the time to say "Hey THANKS". Below are some of the comments Affero members have made to recognize the help they received. 02.25.03 - swanon recognized the help from DavidPhillips "pointed me in the right direction for telnet not working on new box. Fooling scp a lot easier!" 03.05.03 - oktal recognized the help from lilo "Nice work K-lining those spammers out of #linux the other day, and for everything about Freenode generally. Much appreciated :)" 03.25.03 - foxrosie recognized the good work from Catherine and donated $100 to Solari, Inc. on her behalf. "...You combine intelligence, understanding, and passion in a way that inspires and uplifts. You managed to touch my heart and spark my mind at the same time. You generate hope. You are kind. You care. You deserve so much back from Sebastopol. I hope we can act on the inspiration you offered us. Thank you." If you are one of the many, working to help others without an expectation of direct return, consider joining Affero to enable others to show their respects when you help them, and consider leaving a word of kindness behind when someone helps you.
	Newsworthy Hack of Kindness: Care2002 Integrated Hospital and Health Care Integrated Information System is a smart open source software for hospitals and health care organizations. It is designed to integrate the different information systems existing in these organizations into one single efficient system. See the Sourceforge Page Here
CARE 2002 solves the problems inherent in a network of multiple programs that are noncompatible with each other. It can integrate almost any type of services, systems, departments, clinic processes, data, communication, etc. that exist in a hospital. Care2002 aims to solve these system problems that exist in a typical hospital environment: All proprietary specialized software is NOT compatible with each other Most of this software is highly platform and OS dependent which makes for a highly inflexible network Each software has its own database and data format which causes redundancy in data storage and makes data sharing impossible The communication between some of the major software installations is limited to patched import/export interfaces which themselves are not standardized. This leads to difficulty in upgrading and development of the system, high costs and long downtimes. Some software installations are totally noncommunicable with other programs. This forces the manual copying of data to other programs and causes high costs, delays, high level of erroneous data, and low efficiency. Each program has its own different GUI mask and user navigation design. This leads to difficulties in learning and using the programs and forces the personnel to learn many different navigation techniques and usage. This presents a higher learning curve, heavy burden to already "overloaded" personnel, and causes a higher incidence of error in the documentation. In 2002 Elpidio Latorilla, who is a programmer, surgery nurse, electronics communication technician, started noticing the problems in the computer system of the hospital where he works. He wanted to solve these problems and the Care2002 was born. *WANT TO HELP THIS PROJECT?? Of course you do! Currently, the CARE 2002 project needs not only software programmers but also graphic designers, layouters, medical personnel, editors, language translators, debuggers, visionaries, ads experts, and critics. If you are interested, please visit Care2002's website to learn more or check out their community forum. For all of you that hear the word "Hack" and still think, "Oh that's a BAD thing!"...well it's NOT. From The Jargon File 4.3.3, a hack is "an incredibly good, and perhaps very time consuming piece of work that produces exactly what is needed." 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:
Kindness gives birth to kindness. Author: Sophocles (447 BC)