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• Bill Gates one regret in life - from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

  Someone posted about a speech Bill gave and while it is worth reading / watching the whole thing, one thing stood out - his regret and how it is now a focus for his life and money: Bill Gates - Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation But taking a serious look back… I do have one big regret. I left Harvard with no real awareness of the awful inequities in the world—the appalling disparities of health, and wealth, and opportunity that condemn millions of people to lives of despair. I learned a lot here at Harvard... Posted Feb 07 2008, 06:46 PM by David Overton with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: Personal, charity, If you only read one post today, Bill Gates

• Helping people remember and proving that IT people are creative - DesignIT winner, and 10 other good causes

  I read over at the IT Pros Are Artful. No, Seriously article that there is evidence that IT Pros are creative - well duh!! how else could every IT person I know worth their salt either do the magic of Star Trek's "Scotty" when nothing seems to work properly and cash is low or sell like the Best Salesman in the world . Anyway, here are some details. Alzheimer’s Network Wins Top Prize Said Dajani, a Web site manager at the Alzheimer’s Society, submitted a private communications network for Alzheimer... Posted Jul 23 2007, 01:30 PM by David Overton with | with no comments Filed under: Community, charity

• SBS 2003 R2 & CALsare now on the Academic Price list so you can sell SBS to schools again :-)

  Hi guys, I've just picked this up from one of our internats web chats and thought I would share it. SBS will be on the Academic Price List and available in all languages (SBS Standard, Premium + 5 CAL packs) through Volume Licensing as of April 1st. For FPP, retailers will be able to get the product as of May 4th. This is great news and I have had it confirmed that it is on Wescoasts price list, plus some other distributors. ttfn David Posted Apr 25 2007, 12:01 AM by David Overton with | with no comments Filed under: SBS 2003, Business, Developer, Community, SBSC, SBS 2003 R2, charity, Licensing, Academic

• Raise money for good causes by IMing

  Lots of people have blogged on this before, but we need more people doing it. Go here , follow the instructions to add to your Live Messenger and you are giving money. At the moment the organisations are US based, but I am happy to give to UNICEF, so it works for me. How to do it: i’m starts with you. When you start an i’m conversation you start giving. Download the Windows Live Messenger instant messenger service. There's no charge and it's easy to download and use. Place the text code corresponding to the... Posted Mar 07 2007, 12:46 PM by David Overton with | with no comments Filed under: Community, Live, charity

• Win £15,000 for a UK charity with a good design

  In a nutshell, DesignIT is about recognising the IT community for its innovation and demonstrating how it can be used to benefit a charity in the UK. Feedback from IT professionals shows that while their practical nut-and-bolts contributions are clear, the creativity applied is often less appreciated. In order to highlight the elegance and finesse that underlies the best system solutions and prove that a creative use of technology can really change people's lives, Microsoft have teamed up with Computing , the... Posted Mar 05 2007, 12:33 PM by David Overton with | with no comments Filed under: Community, charity

• Microsoft software for Charities in the UK

  OK, so once upon a time I used to give out software for charities, but those days are gone. However, there is a fantastic deal available for charities via the Charity Exchange. The software is donated by Microsoft (and others) and then an administration charge is added. There are various criteria to be met to use the Charity Technology Exchange, but the overall pricing is VERY good for charities - and of course, if the software is discounted as this is the right thing to do, perhaps so should the services too... Posted Jan 26 2007, 09:31 PM by David Overton with | with 6 comment(s) Filed under: SBS 2003, Windows Vista and XP, Office System, Support and Tools, Business, Community, Microsoft, Windows Client, Windows XP, Vista, Windows Vista, Office 2007, SBS 2003 R2, charity