I polled the Advostaff to find out which panels they’re most looking forward to at DrupalCon Denver. Of course the ones I’m most excited about are ones where our staff are presenting: Aaron Winborn’s session on Media with Dave Reid, Tuesday 10:45. Aaron says Media is “the module that Drupal has been waiting for; come …
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Presenting on Drupal Media Module Tuesday at DrupalCon Denver
I’ll be presenting on Drupal Media Module with Dave Reid from Palantir Tuesday morning. Media is the module that Drupal has been waiting for; come find out how we are harnessing the power of fieldable final entities, and what is in store for the future. Tuesday 10:45am-11:45am Forum One Room 603 This string of letters …
Read more »We’re Hiring!
It’s true, now you can work for Advomatic. Apply here! Here are a few of the reasons you’ll want to: We have the best clients– they do some of the most important and innovative work in the nonprofit sector. You’ll be able to sleep at night knowing you’re working for the good guys. Your coworkers …
Read more »Online piracy is not our problem. In fact, it is not a problem that Congress should be addressing at all.
In nearly all the responses to the recent SOPA/PIPA blackout I’ve read recently, from both sides, there is a disturbing undercurrent and dangerous assumption being made about the legislation – that somehow it is necessary on some level for Congress to address piracy, and that this round of legislation is just too heavy handed and …
Read more »We Left GoDaddy. So Should You! or Why Every Nonprofit Should Care About SOPA
This month the Senate is scheduled to vote on a bill that could end the internet as we know it. If the so-called “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA), currently making its way through the House, or the “Protect Intellectual Property Act” (PIPA), awaiting a vote in the Senate, become law, corporations will have the ability …
Read more »What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas, and then gets blogged all over the internet.
There are very few organizations who make our list of people we have to sponsor. There’s only one we commit to sponsoring every year. That amazing org is called Netroots Nation, and their annual conference is this week in Las Vegas. Netroots Nation is a group of progressive leaders, bloggers, activists, heros, and other sundry …
Read more »Volunteering at Free Geek Twin Cities
Editor’s Note: This is the first in an ongoing series about what our team does in their spare time to help good causes. Photo: Amanda and Nus in the Free Geek Twin Cities firehouse. On most Saturdays, when I’m not theming Drupal websites for Advomatic and our awesome clients, I make my way over to …
Read more »On Earth Day, Help the Climate Movement (& Advomatic) Win a Webby Award!
UPDATE 4.29.10:We’re neck and neck for first place. Every vote counts! Please take 5 minutes and help the climate movement get more attention! Today is the last day to vote! We recently received the fantastic news that one of our recent projects, TckTckTck.org, is nominated for Best Activism website in the Webby Awards. And we …
Read more »Advomatic 2.0 – Now with 200% more Awesome!
Sometimes it’s not when you see the light, but when you feel the heat that things change. Here’s the saga of Advomatic’s shiny new site, and what makes it 200% great. When we founded Advomatic on January 1, 2005, word-of-mouth referrals from co-workers at the Dean campaign were already bringing clients to us, so we …
Read more »Click-to-Call at Politics Online Conference: What We’ve Done and Where We’re Going
Earlier this week I got a chance to present and discuss our Click-to-Call tool with a larger audience. We’ve come a long way since the tool’s alpha run with the Dodd campaign and the beta run over the past eight months. To date, progressive citizens have made over 26,000 calls to Congress using our tool. …
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