Here are 2 new articles from Aaron Hockley

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Rise Up Against Poverty and Illiteracy and Other Bad Stuff Posted: 18 Oct 2011 09:00 AM PDT Poverty… is a problem. Functional illiteracy amongst teens… also a problem. And it’s a problem often seen amongst the underpivileged, who don’t have good access to reading material. Banned books… again, a problem. Enter the Uprise Books Project, a new venture that’s aiming to mash those three things together for a positive result. The goal is to get books (of the banned variety, because hey, rebellion is cool) into the hands of youth who could use some assitance in access to reading material. Though the access to books, the goal is an increase in literacy. Increasing reading skills will increase life skills; education and literacy will help that youth in his or her quest for a life outside of the world of poverty. The Uprise Books Project is on a fundraising drive; the project needs to raise (as of this writing) about $4300 by October 31st in order to meet the Kickstarter goal which will allow for the creation of the web infrastructure that will be used to launch the project and manage the book delivery process. Head over to the fundraising page and chip in a few dollars to help out a worthy cause.

Interesting Links Roundup: October 17th Posted: 17 Oct 2011 10:00 PM PDT As I wander the web I find interesting things. I share: Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants Shannon Houghton reflects on a recent workshop for educators that she attended and the current state of technology in education. A good read not just for those interested in education; I see similar challenges in other industries. There is only one Cloud Icon in the Entire Universe Scott Hanselman notes that nearly all "cloud" services are using the same icon design 410 Gone – Thoughts on Mark "diveintomark" Pilgrim’s and _why’s infosuicides Scott Hanselman looks at infosuicide with Mark Pilgrim's recent online disappearance as an example When plain text is wrong I love plain text. So does Brett Terpstra. But it's not always the right solution for everything. The cost of not buying good software Eddie from Practically Efficient looks at how great software such as TextExpander or 1Password is essentially free due to the amount of time saved by using said software. What have you seen lately that’s interesting?

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