CTC Vista - The deadline for non-profit organizations to apply for the CTC Vista Project is February 22, 2008. Essentially, this program places IT savvy Americorps*VISTA members in non-profits around the country to help with their technology planning and needs. I've had the pleasure of talking to and working with one such VISTA member, Morgan Sully, who is currently contributing his talents to the National Alliance for Media Arts and Culture (NAMAC). Mobile Giving - the Mobile Giving Foundation is working with major cell phone carriers in the US to make donations collected by SMS text messaging more feasible and profitable for non-profits. Read more here. I think larger arts organizations, who might have the resources to mount and support a successful mobile giving campaign, may want to keep an eye on this.

Net Neutrality - Comcast has admitted to purposefully slowing down internet traffic on its network. For those of you not familiar with net neutrality, you can visit Save the Internet.com or check out the Wikipedia article. The FCC's investigation into Comcast's network practices is ongoing.