Computer Support Blog

While advancing technology enables us to accomplish things much more simply and quickly than we previously could, there is still a great deal of unrealized potential for it.  We can search for anything online that would have taken much longer to find otherwise, and with mobile technologies such as smartphones and tablets, we can do it wherever we happen to be at any time.  We have applied these advances in almost every imaginable way, and Personify.it looks to employ them for something better by directing them to social good.  According to its developers, Personify is “volunteering made simple, social and fun.” For those who seek to be of help in their neighborhoods or want to volunteer in their communities but are not certain where to start, Personify seeks to make a sometimes long and difficult search quick and easy. Read more »

Social good programs and nonprofit organizations often don’t have the same monetary resources as large businesses, but they still need skilled professionals in accounting, healthcare, finance, law and many other practices to help them accomplish their goals.  Fortunately, there are thousands of talented professionals who are willing to volunteer their services for good causes.  The problem for many nonprofits, however, is finding the professionals with the right skillset for the positions they need.  Enter Rachel Chong, who is both a cool person in technology and the CEO of Catchafire.  Chong founded Catchafire to be an online service specifically dedicated to matching up skilled volunteers with organizations that need their help. Read more »