Category Archives: Community

Twitter, Please Stop Asking People What They’re Doing

By Greg Huntoon | June 2, 2009

Maybe I use Twitter differently than its intended purpose. I try to use Twitter as both a mass communication tool and also as a source of nearly instant conversion and chatter around a variety of topics, news and interesting/relevant links. Since very early on I’ve done my best not to update with “Eating a sandwich” [...]

Also posted in Personal, Social Media, Web Apps | Tagged blabber, Links, relevance, status, twitter, updates, value | 6 Comments

Epic Change - Building a Locally-Led School in Tanzania

By Greg Huntoon | May 31, 2009

Drop what you are doing right now, for about 3 minutes, and you can help build a technology lab for a locally-led primary school in Tanzania. All you have to do, is go to this website Ideablob, and vote for Epic Change in a $10k contest. If Epic Change is still at the top of [...]

Also posted in 417north, Africa, Non-profit, Social Media, Technology | Tagged $10k, change, contest, epic change, fundraising, grassroots, ideablob, nonprofit, primary school, tanzania, tweetsgiving | 3 Comments

Changing Lives: What Are We Doing Today?

By Greg Huntoon | March 24, 2009

If there’s one thing that has become clear to me, it’s that the world can use as many people as possible linking arm in arm to fight against social and economic decay. Even though conferences like G8 and campaigns like the Bono-fronted RED campaign have helped raise much needed awareness, the recent global economic collapse [...]

Also posted in Culture, Non-profit | Tagged Bono, change, charity, decay, disease, G8, homelessness, hunger, NGO, nonprofit, poverty, RED, social | 4 Comments

About Greg Huntoon

An anthropologist and writer by education, Greg converted a lifelong passion and enthusiasm for architecture and technology into a successful career as a designer and art director. Greg is currently employed as the Director of Social Media for Break Media. He is particularly focused on user experience, branding, social media, site architecture, navigation, and grid-based designs. Read full bio