Justgiving wrote today about how to fundraise in Facebook. They make some good points, a précis of which are that you can fundraise in Facebook by:

I was recently directed to an article online which looked at the impact of the growing use of online mapping services such as Google Maps, on the way we understand and interact with the landscape around us.

The Guardian reported yesterday that UK charities face a £2.3bn black hole as the economy slides into recession quicker than an oyster making its slippery way down a Shadow Chancellor's epiglottis.

I’ve been reading a lot recently about how Twitter can be used for business, any business. Whether you’re a swimwear retailer, a telecoms giant or an animal-related charity, Twitter, apparently, is for you. No longer content with targeted advertising through Facebook (or perhaps scared off by the PR disaster surrounding Facebook opening up personal profile information to advertisers to allow them to market direct on people’s pages) and apparently shying away from the increasingly niche (in the UK at least) MySpace, Twitter is the place to be seen.

Though not as common as they were a few years ago, well branded youthful face to face fundraisers, aka 'chuggers', are still a regular feature on the British high street.

We're looking for new HomeMaders. Take a look at the ad below and get in touch if you're interested!

Creative Web Designer / Developer

2 Months+
Central London
Rate: TBC
Starting: November / December 2008

Essential: HTML/XHTML, CSS, Javascript, Photoshop, Flash
Desirable: Drupal (including theme development), Subversion, PHP, AJAX, mobile interfaces, fondness for tea

We are looking for a creative web designer / developer with rock solid site building skills and a sharp eye for design.

As the newly adopted infant of the Homemade family I feel obliged to introduce myself...

'Hi I'm Sam' (shakes hand enthusiastically)

As a veritable digital virgin I've spent my first few days earning my stripes: wading through a mountain of indecipherable lingo and acquainting myself with the behind the scenes workings of the world wide web.

Through the magic of wikipedia and various other sources I'm taking those first few tentative steps towards really understanding that which so many of us take for granted.

Every so often I come across a new site, and it immediately becomes my new favourite site. At the moment my new favourite site is web.without.words.

I'm also really enjoying using MarsEdit to type my blog posts in... but that's another story!

I've just added the HomeMade blog to TwitterFeed. What does this mean? Well... if you're cool enough to follow our sporadic tweets, you'll get an update every time we sporadically blog.

Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes. The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them. About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things.