Selco Community Credit Union, in Eugene, Oregon, launched the second GiveWith.Us site developed by Trabian.
Although it’s technically the second launch, Selco has actually been playing with us in the GiveWith.Us sand box for over a year now. Selco was a part of the Filene i3 team that worked with us to develop My Community Connection, the precursor to GiveWith.Us Рthe veritable IIe to the Macintosh.
Selco has been using MCC with success for a year and will also be working with us as we develop the front-page widget to compliment and cross-promote the site. So, to say Selco is launching GiveWith.Us is a bit of a misnomer. They’ve helped us upgrade the Firebird to KITT.
All that, and they are lucky enough to call the best college town ever home (sorry, it’s my list, and Madison, Boulder, Athens, Austin, Bloomington and the rest are all vying for second place).
Today is THE first Rite of Spring. It puts Punxsutawney Phil’s annual charade to shame. At the magazine where I worked in a former professional life, it was, rightly, a red-letter day on the calendar. A holiday not to be missed. A day of rest and reflection. Not to go all Annie Savoy on you, but there must be a reason it coincides so closely with Passover and Easter.
It’s Opening Day.
To celebrate baseball’s annual rebirth, I’ve created Trabian League Baseball. If you’ve played any sort of Fantasy Sports, you’re familiar with the drill. I’ve created a league on Yahoo!. It’s free to join, just visit http://fantasysports.yahoo.com/ and click “Sign Up Now” under the Baseball section (it’s at the top in the middle, hard to miss). Choose the free option (below the big yellow buttons) and then pick “Join a Custom League” after you sign in. Our league ID and password are as follows:
ID: 298537
Password: posada
Trey and I are already in. We need six more teams from Credit Union Land. If you’ve never played, try it. If you’re an old hand, lend your expertise. All are welcome. We will have an automatic draft (that you can attend and affect in person, if you so wish), so Yahoo!’s algorithms can take the heavy lifting off your plate.
Yes, the sport of baseball has a villain threatening to supplant its heroes. The maelstrom of steroids, inflated player contracts and the looming demise of its pillars give it the feel of the Second Act of an operatic score. But this is counterpoint to it’s brilliance. A minor turn to make the resolve that much more satisfying.
As for me and my house, we’ll be in Tier 11 at The Stadium today.
On Monday JetBlue used YouTube to release a response to last week’s runway debacle. In the video, their founder and CEO David Neeleman openly admits their mistakes and explains what steps they’ve put in place to make sure that nothing like this will ever happen again.
What an amazing and common-sensical (might not be a word) response. Watch the video – What other company, especially at the CEO level, has ever been this open, up-front and vulnerable about a mistake like this?
I say vulnerable, for one, because they chose to release it on YouTube where they would be at the mercy of commentors, instead of opting for a “safer” release.
