The Overnight Website Challenge, an all night event organized by interactive development firm The Nerdery, sees dozens of volunteers form teams of ten web pros that show up not knowing what nonprofit they’ll serve, pro bono, for 24 hours. In the first three years of The Nerdery’s nonprofit nerdathon, volunteers have freely given over a million dollars worth of professional web development services to 39 nonprofit organizations. The Nerdery considers this a good start, but as long as there are good nonprofits with bad (or no) websites we will rally our staff and community to deliver nerdy deeds done dirt-cheap.
Senator Al Franken provided some levity and encouraging remarks
We talk with Mark Hurlburt, VP of Marketing at The Nerdery (wait…marketing nerds? Isn’t that an oxymoron?) and he tells us all about the event. We then chat with Tim Elliott’s team (Full Court WordPress) client non-profit executive director, Ann Kaner-Roth, about her organization Project 515.
Hosts: Steve Borsch, Tim Elliott and Phil Wilson (Graeme Thickins is off this week).
We were delighted to meet and talk with Senator Al Franken (though his remarks were not recorded by us because yours truly forgot to hit the record button on my recorder!) and he kicked off the event with some encouraging words about the importance of the event and the collective energy of the volunteers. He also interspersed it with some humorous remarks which shows he hasn’t lost his comedic touch.
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Due to the overwhelming success of the 
If you pay any attention to technology news you know that we’re racing toward a mobile future that is already changing how we interact with one another, figure out where to eat, how to get the best deal and, in short, how to effectively be connected to the world.
If you own a tablet (e.g., iPad, Xoom) or are considering one, this is the show to listen to now. We cover Graeme’s trip to DEMO and then immediately move in to a discussion of the 
The “always on, always connected” culture is accelerating due to mobile devices and it seems like everyone has a mobile phone, laptop or tablet (which we know is not actually the case…yet). What does being always on and always connected mean for work, education, and socializing when we can find out anything or connect with anyone in an instant? When even monkeys are mobile, how mobile are you with your work, education and socializing?
The Gang will be on hiatus this week so there won’t be a podcast. Turns out we got a new gig for our hillbilly quartet so we’ll be stoppin’ off for some ribs and then heading out to the Slim Pickins Bar, Grill and Used Car Lot to meet our huge fan base. After that we’ll be hanging out at Phil’s house shining our boots and working on our “twangs” in order to get ready for next week’s show.
We talk with 
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