This page was updated Sunday, July 27, 2008

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We all want to make donations to good causes. Before doing so, you can search for information about them.

The IRS maintains a list of all organizations that are classified as charities for purposes of tax deductions at: http://apps.irs.gov/app/pub78.

Also , the Better Business Bureau operates a website that tracks many charitable organizations and grades them on twenty standards at http://www.give.org.

Make your donations count! Check CharityWatch.org
NOTE: The American Institute of Philanthropy (AIP) is a nationally prominent charity watchdog service whose purpose is to help donors make informed giving decisions. This web site will provide you with information about our organization, the charities we rate, and their method of grading charities. Special features will focus on top salaries, top-rated groups, and hot topics in America's most popular causes such as: Abortion, Animal Protection, Cancer, Child Sponsorship, Environment, Human Rights, International Relief, Senior Citizens, and more.

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Social Networking Websites - "The average human will be a member of five to seven different networks," says Marc Canter, chief executive officer of Broadband Mechanics..." (Source: Business Week magazine, June 19, 2007)

Social Networking in Plain English - This video is short & sweet and gets the point across in a manner that anyone can understand. Worth some time if you're looking to get a better understanding of Social Networking.

MySpace.com - MySpace is an online community that lets you meet your friends' friends. Create a community on MySpace and you can share photos, journals and interests with your growing network of mutual friends! See who knows who, or how you are connected. Find out if you really are six people away from Kevin Bacon. (About Page on Myspace.com)

Facebook.com - Facebook is a social utility that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them. People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the people they meet. Anyone can join Facebook. (About Page on Facebook.com)

Twitter.com - A global community of friends and strangers answering one simple question: What are you doing? Answer on your phone, IM, or right here on the web!. (About Twitter from their Blog).

LinkedIn.com - LinkedIn is an online network of more than 14 million experienced professionals from around the world, representing 150 industries. When you join, you create a profile that summarizes your professional accomplishments. Your profile helps you find and be found by former colleagues, clients, and partners. You can add more connections by inviting trusted contacts to join LinkedIn and connect to you. Your network consists of your connections, your connections’ connections, and the people they know, linking you to thousands of qualified professionals. (About Linkedin on Linkedin.com)

MeetIn.org - MEETin.org is the largest friends social group in the world - Make friends in the real world using the web. MEETin.org is a word-of-mouth effort to bring people together from all over for fun, low-key events without paying membership fee's. MEETin Groups is an example on how the internet can be used as a powerful tool to help make new friends without cost. Each group is run by local volunteers in the area of the group's city with the main purpose of bringing people together to find new friends and network around the globe. Unlike other sites, We are not a dating service, we invite all people whether you are married, single, in a committed relationship, etc to come and meet people in your area. (About Page on MEETin.org)

Social Networking Aggregators

ProfileFly - ProfileFly recently took advantage of that new openness and launched a widget that lets Facebook users bring links from their ProfileFly.com account directly into their Facebook profile pages. It's one of the first instances of a major social-networking site linking to a social-network aggregator.

ProfileLinker.com - Supports the linking of over 85 social networks and are adding new networks as they launch. The ability to provide a single interface to check notes, get friend updates and find out what's going on on multiple social networks is what ProfileLinker.com is all about.

Tabber - Think of Tabber like an online address book....on crack. You can use Tabber to manage your contacts, look up an address, or watch live information about your contact as they update it. Tabber isn't like many sites out there, and the important thing to always keep in mind is that it's your online address book. (About Page on Tabber.com)

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MyPW is an online service that enables websites, Linux Server users and more to easily and affordably upgrade their security with our revolutionary patent-pending, two-factor authentication system.

Antiphishing.org - What is Phishing and Pharming? Phishing attacks use both social engineering and technical subterfuge to steal consumers' personal identity data and financial account credentials. Social-engineering schemes use 'spoofed' e-mails to lead consumers to counterfeit websites designed to trick recipients into divulging financial data such as credit card numbers, account usernames, passwords and social security numbers. Hijacking brand names of banks, e-retailers and credit card companies, phishers often convince recipients to respond. Technical subterfuge schemes plant crimeware onto PCs to steal credentials directly, often using Trojan keylogger spyware. Pharming crimeware misdirects users to fraudulent sites or proxy servers, typically through DNS hijacking or poisoning.

Open Authentication.org: OATH is an industry-wide collaboration to develop an open reference architecture by leveraging existing open standards for the universal adoption of strong authentication.

http://DriveAkamai.org
Honolulu Traffic - This website will help drivers be informed of road work and lane closures due to major construction projects, in the area from Downtown Honolulu to Waikiki. Check back often, because we'll be providing daily updates - thanks to a new $400,000.00 Website (as reported on 7/6/07).


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www.BusinessWeeks.com Want to know more about Blogging? Read this May, 2005 article from Business Week magazine. By the way, there are presently 9 million Blogs and 40,000 new Blogs are being created each day.



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Blog Update 9/26/06: Now there are 75,000 new Blogs every day (Source: Business Week Sept. 26, 2006) and here are some of the best, as rated by Business Week Magazine readers:

Seth's Blog
http://sethgodin.typepad.com
Who: Seth Godin, 46
Since: January, 2002
Known for: Marketing ideas, advice, and reflections on various companies

TechCrunch
www.techcrunch.com
Who: Michael Arrington, 36
Since: June, 2005
Known for: Profiling, reviewing new companies and products from the Web

Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed
http://paul.kedrosky.com
Who: Paul Kedrosky, 40
Since: April, 2003
Known for: Kedroskyís take on technology, finance, and venture capital

Gothamist
www.gothamist.com
Who: Jen Chung and Jake Dobkin, both 29
Since: February, 2003
Known for: Up-to-date information on everything New York City. Co-founder Chung, in a telephone interview, likened the site to a ìfriend at a party who seems to know everything about whatís going on.î

Chris Baggottís E-mail Marketing Best Practices (write-in)
www.chrisbaggott.com
Who: Chris Baggott, 46
Since: May, 2004
Known for: Tips on creating effective e-mail marketing strategies

Scobleizer http://scobleizer.wordpress.com
Who: Robert Scoble, 41
Since: December, 2000
Know for: Thoughts about the tech industry, blogs, and new Web products; earned props for candid criticism of his then-employer, Microsoft

Blog Maverick www.blogmaverick.com
Who: Mark Cuban, 48
Since: March, 2004
Known for: Opinionated posts on everything from the media to technology

Internet Outsider www.internetoutsider.com
Who: Henry Blodget, 39
Since: October, 2005
Known for: His banner says it best: ìAnalyzing the Internet Business: companies, trends, research, and more...î

Scripting News www.scripting.com
Who: Dave Winer, 51
Since: April, 1997
Known for: A mix of links, quotes, and news on everything from tech to current events

BoingBoing (write-in) www.boingboing.net
Who: Mark Frauenfelder, 45
Since: January, 2000
Known for: Posts about everything from media to new tech products. The slogan under the title describes the blog as ìA Directory of Wonderful Thingsî

Engadget (write-in) www.engadget.com
Who: Peter Rojas, 31
Since: March, 2004
Known for: The latest technology news

Feld Thoughts www.feld.com
Who: Brad Feld, 40
Since: May, 2004
Known for: Posts ranging from personal information about Feldís vacations and favorite books to thoughts about entrepreneurship and venture capital



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travelpod.com A travel Blog can replace postcards. At TravelPod (www.travelpod.com), you can upload video (MPG, AVI, WMV and MOV files) and photo (JPG, GIF, PNG, BMP) files. You can also upload MP3 audio files. Storage space is limited to 5 megabytes, which TravelPod says is enough for 600 compressed photos. CLICK HERE to read an article about travelpod.com that includes information about more Blog hosting services.

BLOG HurtHawaii.com H.U.R.T. is the "Hawaiian Ultra Running Team" and this is their BLOG - updated throughout the week with HURT Trail Series as well as Saturday training runs, upcoming races and photos and discussions of past races.

BLOG 0rg-fitness.blogs.com/ Robert McAllaster (Kailua, Hawaii) has a Blog that is a discussion and resources for Organizational Consulting, Training, and Developmental Coaching.

BLOG www.Poinography.com Doug White has a Hawaii Blog about the local political scene (Poi-Nography . . . did you catch that?).

BLOG fastlane.gmblogs.com Blogs are in the mainstream . . . this is a Bolg run by General Motors.

BLOG www.iLind.net Ian Lind, formerly with the Honolulu Sar-Bulletin, has daily comments on events in Hawaii. He's a cat lover, so be prepared!

BLOG www.tsunamilessons.blogspot.com Tsunami Lessons This web log was created one week after the December 26, 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami. Media reports blamed the staggering death toll on the lack of a high-tech early-warning network similar to the Pacific Rim system. Missing was any mention of whether U.S. scientists called the media to sound an alarm once they suspected a tsunami had been generated. This blog will focus on the crisis response preparedness of U.S. agencies and their readiness for low-tech, fast-reaction response to future tsunami.


Travel BLOGs
www.TravelBlog.com
www.TripAdvisor.com
www.HotelChatter.com




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www.BusinessWeeks.com The Lowdown On Podcasting - By Stephen Baker - June 06, 2005 - Now it's a lot easier to listen than it is to send your own audio programs into cyberspace. But stay tuned -- this party's just getting started!

PODCAST www.HawaiiPodCasting.com Podcasting has been called "Tivo for Radio" or "Audio Blogs." Whatever you call them, they are new (founded by Adam Curry in 2004). This is a growing list of Hawaii Podcasters.

PODCAST www.HawaiiUP.com Podcasting in paradise - a husband, father, and web geek in Hawaii shares music and musings, tackles the news, wanders around town, and talks. Also many interesting links on this site.