Comments for Help Hookup Blog http://helphookup.wordpress.com Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:21:18 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on December Meeting by Dean http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/12/08/december-meeting/#comment-65 Dean Mon, 16 Nov 2009 09:21:18 +0000 http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/12/08/december-meeting/#comment-65 So when is HelpHookup going to IPO? So when is HelpHookup going to IPO?

]]> Comment on December Meeting by Nonfreezing http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/12/08/december-meeting/#comment-46 Nonfreezing Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:20:16 +0000 http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/12/08/december-meeting/#comment-46 Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway ... nice blog to visit. cheers, Nonfreezing. Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation :) Anyway … nice blog to visit.

cheers, Nonfreezing.

]]> Comment on About by bibomedia http://helphookup.wordpress.com/about/#comment-44 bibomedia Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:48:39 +0000 #comment-44 :) :)

]]> Comment on Been to the War by Elsie http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/been-to-the-war/#comment-43 Elsie Tue, 19 Feb 2008 15:07:56 +0000 http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/been-to-the-war/#comment-43 Just saw this particular entry now, but I also felt the same way. That's a great analogy Alvin! :) Just saw this particular entry now, but I also felt the same way. That’s a great analogy Alvin! :)

]]> Comment on Thanks to Andrew & Tyler by Tyler Willis http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/thanks-to-andrew-tyler/#comment-34 Tyler Willis Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:56:18 +0000 http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/thanks-to-andrew-tyler/#comment-34 Richard, Thank you! We just built the sandbox, I'm happy to see everyone playing in it. This is such a great idea, I'm happy we're tackling it! Richard,

Thank you! We just built the sandbox, I’m happy to see everyone playing in it. This is such a great idea, I’m happy we’re tackling it!

]]> Comment on The Inspiration by Trucking Software » Blog Archiv » The Inspiration http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/the-inspiration/#comment-33 Trucking Software » Blog Archiv » The Inspiration Thu, 27 Dec 2007 14:33:08 +0000 http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/the-inspiration/#comment-33 [...] « Flatbed Truck Bodies TRUCKING FOR BUSINESS/PERSONAL NEEDS? » The Inspiration Mr. Conservatard article is brought to you using rss feeds.Here is some of the latest news on trucking software.If [...] [...] « Flatbed Truck Bodies TRUCKING FOR BUSINESS/PERSONAL NEEDS? » The Inspiration Mr. Conservatard article is brought to you using rss feeds.Here is some of the latest news on trucking software.If [...]

]]> Comment on December Meeting by Tyler Willis http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/12/08/december-meeting/#comment-27 Tyler Willis Sat, 08 Dec 2007 22:47:28 +0000 http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/12/08/december-meeting/#comment-27 Since when does BYOB stand for drink the free beer? Or did you mean buy your own burrito. Tricky! T Since when does BYOB stand for drink the free beer?

Or did you mean buy your own burrito. Tricky!

T

]]> Comment on Been to the War by Startup Weekend » Blog Archive » London This Weekend! http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/been-to-the-war/#comment-25 Startup Weekend » Blog Archive » London This Weekend! Tue, 27 Nov 2007 19:52:43 +0000 http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/been-to-the-war/#comment-25 [...] presentedt at the Google Open Social Event, Alvin had this to say: As I was watching the presentation, people kept coming up to me and saying Hi. The girl next to me [...] [...] presentedt at the Google Open Social Event, Alvin had this to say: As I was watching the presentation, people kept coming up to me and saying Hi. The girl next to me [...]

]]> Comment on Been to the War by Waleed http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/been-to-the-war/#comment-24 Waleed Wed, 21 Nov 2007 08:08:49 +0000 http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/been-to-the-war/#comment-24 That is so true, Alvin. I felt the same, and it was amazing how working together for 3 days builds such strong friendships. It feels like we've been friends for a long time. That is so true, Alvin. I felt the same, and it was amazing how working together for 3 days builds such strong friendships. It feels like we’ve been friends for a long time.

]]> Comment on Been to the War by Richard http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/been-to-the-war/#comment-23 Richard Tue, 20 Nov 2007 23:26:04 +0000 http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/been-to-the-war/#comment-23 I just wanted to take a moment to thank Andrew & Tyler for truly starting this exciting opportunity - it is an amazing thing that Andrew has started in StartupWeekend and will be something to watch in '08 throughout the world. richard I just wanted to take a moment to thank Andrew & Tyler for truly starting this exciting opportunity – it is an amazing thing that Andrew has started in StartupWeekend and will be something to watch in ‘08 throughout the world.

richard

]]> Comment on We have a Google gadget by rhdonaldson http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/we-have-a-google-gadget/#comment-22 rhdonaldson Tue, 20 Nov 2007 19:30:42 +0000 http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/we-have-a-google-gadget/#comment-22 Hey Everyone - as I just haven't seen this yet, I wanted to personally thank Andrew & Tyler for their incredible work in pulling this together - Andrew for being the visionary to enable StartupWeekend to take form and Tyler for picking up the ball for SF - such an amazing experience to have partaken in Thanks to you two!! rd Hey Everyone – as I just haven’t seen this yet, I wanted to personally thank Andrew & Tyler for their incredible work in pulling this together – Andrew for being the visionary to enable StartupWeekend to take form and Tyler for picking up the ball for SF – such an amazing experience to have partaken in

Thanks to you two!!

rd

]]> Comment on HelpHookup Presentation at Google by Sharon Mor http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/helphookup-presentation-at-google/#comment-21 Sharon Mor Tue, 20 Nov 2007 18:14:25 +0000 http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/helphookup-presentation-at-google/#comment-21 AWESOME!!! AWESOME!!!

]]> Comment on What inspired you ? by Tyler Willis http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/what-inspired-you/#comment-20 Tyler Willis Tue, 20 Nov 2007 17:00:28 +0000 http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/what-inspired-you/#comment-20 Kaushal, Thanks, it was great meeting you too. Tyler Kaushal,

Thanks, it was great meeting you too.

Tyler

]]> Comment on What inspired you ? by helphookup http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/what-inspired-you/#comment-19 helphookup Tue, 20 Nov 2007 08:59:01 +0000 http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/what-inspired-you/#comment-19 What got me to the event? It's more fun than Disney Land. - Waleed What got me to the event? It’s more fun than Disney Land.
- Waleed

]]> Comment on The Inspiration by David Brin http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/the-inspiration/#comment-18 David Brin Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:52:47 +0000 http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/the-inspiration/#comment-18 Wonderful concept. Of course I've long pushed for citizen empowerment, both in The Transparent Society and in consulting with homeland security types... ...who mostly just don't get it. They nod, and then always turn the topic back to how a harried and overworked professional protector caste can anticipate every possible danger and ensure public safety, without asking anything of the public, in return. During our recent fires, I had first hand experience as our local civil defense guy (CERT). There IS a civil defense program... but extremely tepid. See: https://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/ SOmeone you should get aboard: http://www.stephensonstrategies.com/ Best of luck. Let me know how I can help. With cordial regards, David Brin http://www.davidbrin.com Wonderful concept.

Of course I’ve long pushed for citizen empowerment, both in The Transparent Society and in consulting with homeland security types…

…who mostly just don’t get it. They nod, and then always turn the topic back to how a harried and overworked professional protector caste can anticipate every possible danger and ensure public safety, without asking anything of the public, in return.

During our recent fires, I had first hand experience as our local civil defense guy (CERT). There IS a civil defense program… but extremely tepid. See:
https://www.citizencorps.gov/cert/

SOmeone you should get aboard:
http://www.stephensonstrategies.com/

Best of luck. Let me know how I can help.

With cordial regards,

David Brin
http://www.davidbrin.com

]]> Comment on The Inspiration by Lifeboat Foundation Blog » Helphookup.com internet empowered volunteers against disasters http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/the-inspiration/#comment-17 Lifeboat Foundation Blog » Helphookup.com internet empowered volunteers against disasters Mon, 19 Nov 2007 21:52:25 +0000 http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/the-inspiration/#comment-17 [...] The inspiration of Help Hookup is actually a comic book called Global Frequency by Warren Ellis. My brother, Alvin Wang, took the idea to startup weekend and they launched the idea this past weekend for hooking up volunteers. It is similar to the concepts of David Brin’s “empowered citizens” and Glenn Reynolds “an army of Davids”. The concepts are compatible with the ideas and causes of the Lifeboat foundation. Global Frequency was a network of 1,001 people that handled the jobs that the governments did not have the will to handle. I thought that it was a great idea and it would be more powerful with 1,000,001 people or 100,000,001 people. We would have to leave out the killing that was in the comic. [...] [...] The inspiration of Help Hookup is actually a comic book called Global Frequency by Warren Ellis. My brother, Alvin Wang, took the idea to startup weekend and they launched the idea this past weekend for hooking up volunteers. It is similar to the concepts of David Brin’s “empowered citizens” and Glenn Reynolds “an army of Davids”. The concepts are compatible with the ideas and causes of the Lifeboat foundation. Global Frequency was a network of 1,001 people that handled the jobs that the governments did not have the will to handle. I thought that it was a great idea and it would be more powerful with 1,000,001 people or 100,000,001 people. We would have to leave out the killing that was in the comic. [...]

]]> Comment on We launched by aevidriter http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/we-launched/#comment-16 aevidriter Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:32:34 +0000 http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/we-launched/#comment-16 Congratulations to everyone on the team !! What a great effort put together by the everyone . It was truely a great learning experience. Kudos to Startupweekend for choosing SF and giving this great opportunity to everyone who participated!! Round of Applause for Micrsoft for providing space ,infrastructure and taking care of food at such a great location in the city - 1 Market rocks baby !! All the best !! Congratulations to everyone on the team !!
What a great effort put together by the everyone . It was truely a great learning experience.

Kudos to Startupweekend for choosing SF and giving this great opportunity to everyone who participated!!

Round of Applause for Micrsoft for providing space ,infrastructure and taking care of food at such a great location in the city – 1 Market rocks baby !!

All the best !!

]]> Comment on About by Robert Rosenthal http://helphookup.wordpress.com/about/#comment-15 Robert Rosenthal Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:58:09 +0000 #comment-15 That's awesome! Good work deciding to give back. I wonder if there's any way to integrate your new application with our Web site, volunteermatch.org? We've been matching volunteers and nonprofits since 1998 and today have over 1.3 million volunteers and 54,000 nonprofits in our network. And one of our coolest features is our new Emergency Response Volunteering Map, which mashes up our listings with Google Maps: http://www.volunteermatch.org/opportunities/disaster_relief.jsp One of our abiding philosophies has been to narrow the number of places that nonprofits need to go to post their volunteer opportunities. It's time consuming and challenging to keep listings updated throughout the Web. We try to give them a single place to go and stay on top of their recruitment efforts. While we've got a lot of social networking presence, we don't have a Facebook application yet -- mostly from lack of resources. In fact, this winter we're hoping to recruit a volunteer team with experience to develop something for that platform. Feel free to drop a line if you'd like to learn more about matching volunteers and nonprofits together. We're online at www.volunteermatch.org. That’s awesome! Good work deciding to give back.

I wonder if there’s any way to integrate your new application with our Web site, volunteermatch.org?

We’ve been matching volunteers and nonprofits since 1998 and today have over 1.3 million volunteers and 54,000 nonprofits in our network. And one of our coolest features is our new Emergency Response Volunteering Map, which mashes up our listings with Google Maps:

http://www.volunteermatch.org/opportunities/disaster_relief.jsp

One of our abiding philosophies has been to narrow the number of places that nonprofits need to go to post their volunteer opportunities. It’s time consuming and challenging to keep listings updated throughout the Web. We try to give them a single place to go and stay on top of their recruitment efforts.

While we’ve got a lot of social networking presence, we don’t have a Facebook application yet — mostly from lack of resources. In fact, this winter we’re hoping to recruit a volunteer team with experience to develop something for that platform.

Feel free to drop a line if you’d like to learn more about matching volunteers and nonprofits together. We’re online at http://www.volunteermatch.org.

]]> Comment on Startup Weekend launches a new way for volunteers to “hook up” by Novello Group Weblog http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/startup-weekend-launches-a-new-way-for-volunteers-to-%e2%80%9chook-up%e2%80%9d/#comment-14 Novello Group Weblog Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:03:27 +0000 http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/startup-weekend-launches-a-new-way-for-volunteers-to-%e2%80%9chook-up%e2%80%9d/#comment-14 <strong>San Francisco-132 Entrepreneurs-54 Stunden: HelpHookup.com</strong> An diesem Wochenende kamen in San Francisco 132 Entrepreneure zusammen um an einem StartUp-Wochenende (in 54 Stunden) ein neues Unternehmen aus der Taufe zu heben: HelpHookup.com Vorbild waren ähnliche Veranstaltungen in Colorado, New York, Boston, To... San Francisco-132 Entrepreneurs-54 Stunden: HelpHookup.com

An diesem Wochenende kamen in San Francisco 132 Entrepreneure zusammen um an einem StartUp-Wochenende (in 54 Stunden) ein neues Unternehmen aus der Taufe zu heben: HelpHookup.com Vorbild waren ähnliche Veranstaltungen in Colorado, New York, Boston, To…

]]> Comment on About by Dirk G. Schernikau http://helphookup.wordpress.com/about/#comment-13 Dirk G. Schernikau Mon, 19 Nov 2007 09:34:31 +0000 #comment-13 Well done! I'll keep the fingers cross for your idea and will follow your success! Well done! I’ll keep the fingers cross for your idea and will follow your success!

]]> Comment on About by Elmer Thomas http://helphookup.wordpress.com/about/#comment-12 Elmer Thomas Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:51:25 +0000 #comment-12 I love the concept. Many of my family members suffered through Katrina and something like this could provide additional help to the many individuals who lost everything. Please send me an invitation when you go beta. I love the concept. Many of my family members suffered through Katrina and something like this could provide additional help to the many individuals who lost everything.

Please send me an invitation when you go beta.

]]> Comment on About by gavindoughtie http://helphookup.wordpress.com/about/#comment-11 gavindoughtie Mon, 19 Nov 2007 05:35:20 +0000 #comment-11 Had a blast, and I expect incredible things from this one. Had a blast, and I expect incredible things from this one.

]]> Comment on Facebook Group by Jonathan http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/facebook-group/#comment-10 Jonathan Mon, 19 Nov 2007 02:08:29 +0000 http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/19/facebook-group/#comment-10 URL: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6287208559 URL:

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=6287208559

]]> Comment on Startup Weekend launches a new way for volunteers to “hook up” by MSDN Blog Postings » StartupWeekend Day 3 - HelpHookup.com http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/startup-weekend-launches-a-new-way-for-volunteers-to-%e2%80%9chook-up%e2%80%9d/#comment-9 MSDN Blog Postings » StartupWeekend Day 3 - HelpHookup.com Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:47:11 +0000 http://helphookup.wordpress.com/2007/11/18/startup-weekend-launches-a-new-way-for-volunteers-to-%e2%80%9chook-up%e2%80%9d/#comment-9 [...] Here is their press release. [...] [...] Here is their press release. [...]

]]> Comment on About by Drew McManus http://helphookup.wordpress.com/about/#comment-8 Drew McManus Mon, 19 Nov 2007 01:26:10 +0000 #comment-8 Let's do a partnership! I run a site that matches up donors and charities. Seems like a great matchup! Drew McManus President and Co-Founder Bring Light, Inc. www.bringlight.com Let’s do a partnership!

I run a site that matches up donors and charities. Seems like a great matchup!

Drew McManus
President and Co-Founder
Bring Light, Inc.
http://www.bringlight.com

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