Pretty impressive: my co-workers at Net Squared have helped co-ordinate 4 Net Squared local events around the country this month. Houston, Austin, LA and DC are all having local non-profit technology events put together with the help of Net2 HQ in San Francisco. Word on the street has it that Compumentor’s Gina Cardazone has been the main force behind helping these local efforts bloom. Maybe you live in or near one of those cities – maybe you’re interested in having an event in your city some time soon. Very cool.

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I was wondering if that was going to happen. What a shame. It’s said every time, but really – it was the best promotion that C-Span has gotten in years. Perhaps that’s why they let it go for several days. But really, I’ve read that between 500,000 and 750,000 people watched those videos on YouTube. Go check out www.thankyoustevencolbert.org – there’s 40,000+ thank you comments so far and it’s only been 4 days since the even. (There’s also links there to the vids elsewhere if you haven’t seen them yet.) How many of those haven’t seen anything else on C-Span in years if ever? Such a lost opportunity by the company to spread familiarity with their brand. Such a sad, sad shame. Paradigm shift is underway, buck-o’s. But maybe they were amongst the crowd that thought it wasn’t funny.

Here’s a new C-Span statement on the matter.

Hat tip Bloggers’ Blog

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I posted an interview with the community manager of OpenOffice.org, Louis Suarez-Potts, last night at Net Squared. OpenOffice is an interesting project that provides office suite (word processor, spread sheet, etc.) programs to the word in open source and an open format in 60+ languages around the world. Louis writes an epic poem in response to each of my email interview questions – it’s really informative and inspiring.

It’s been busy times over at Social Software, too – so don’t hesitate to check it out over there.

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