by David | Mar 15, 2008 | culture, economics
Last week, I wrote about my experience with DonorsChoose and their thank-you packages. I got a very nice comment from Mike Everett-Lane explaining some of the inner workings at DC. Yesterday I got two more emails of thanks which included links to six more worthy...
by David | Mar 7, 2008 | culture, economics
Back in December, I received an odd corporate gift – a 2GB flash memory card, and a $100 DonorsChoose gift card – from Google. I suppose it isn’t that odd to get a gift of some sort when you (your employer if you want to get technical) spend over...
by David | Apr 23, 2012 | culture, science!
Despite my grouchiness, Donorschoose keeps sending me thank-you notes. Despite my grouchiness, I keep finding them wonderful. Today I received a batch of cards from the classroom of Mrs. Horton, where I had contributed to the purchase of a globe, and apparently some...
by David | Mar 16, 2011 | culture, reading & writing, technology
I was putting away my ducky thank-you notes from Mrs. L’s class when I noticed something else interesting. These kids hand-write something that I thought was only typed: sideways emoticons. Way back in the pre-intertubal age, people might close an informal note...
by David | Mar 5, 2011 | design, reading & writing
Some of you might remember how I donated money to help a teacher buy classroom supplies and then got grumpy when the kids wrote me thank you notes. Some of you may remember that I learned that only donations of $100 or more get those notes and how I resolved to give...