Stories, software and strategies to help nonprofits do the social web
Great recipes (zillions of them) -- and in-app advertising done right. Back in the web 1.0 days, Conde Nast put all of the recipes from Gourmet and its other food magazines online at http://epicurious.com. The recipes were searchable and over time Epicurious added ratings and other community features. It's been a fabulous resource for cooks. They are great recipes, and there are lots of them -- including the 1955 recipe for steak au poivre that keeps me from going vegetarian. Epicurious has now come to the iPhone...
September, 27 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Healthcare reform is likely to conflict with our diets, Pollan says. The CDC says three-quarters of healthcare dollars are spent on "preventable chronic diseases." Lots of those -- type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease -- are diet-related. But what happens when the health insurance industry realizes that our system of farm subsidies makes junk food cheap, and fresh produce dear, and thus contributes to obesity and Type 2 diabetes? It will promptly get involved in the fight over the farm bill — which is to say...
September, 12 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
The answer to the eternal mystery of what makes up a Filet-O-Fish sandwich turns out to involve an ugly creature from the sunless depths of the Pacific, whose bounty, it seems, is not limitless. via nytimes.com Questions about the sustainability of yet another commercial fishery -- this time of New Zealand's hoki.
September, 10 2009 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Startup thinking for the social sector. Code to help nonprofits do the social web. Plus photography.
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