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Google Earth can be viewed as a “browser” for people who are visually and spatially oriented. It lets them access information from around the world, using the planet itself as their visual/spatial reference point. For our new Project Happiness, we are anticipating we’ll receive posted video, audio, photos and other artistic contributions from schools and students around the world, and Google Earth will be one of the “portals” that people can use to sort out this information.

To find examples of Google Earth being used by nonprofits, check the Google Earth outreach web site. There are many, many specific example on the outreach showcase page.

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The ways I choose to get regular exercise are hiking and biking. I never could stand “going to the gym” and doing an indoor workout. It always seemed to me that there was little point in getting in the car, driving somewhere, parking, going inside to exercise on machines, getting all sweaty, then back in the car, and driving home again. And running was always hard on my feet and knees, so although I did run for a few years (up and down San Francisco hills), it didn’t really last.

I find that hiking 10+ miles with a 20-lb pack gives me an opportunity to clear my mind for 3 hours, see some of the city (or the surrounding territory), work off a thousand or so calories, take a few interesting photos, and see people doing a lot of silly things.

Read more about that iPhone app EveryTrail…

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I don’t have a huge readership (although I’m happy with what I’m getting), but if you look at my ClustrMap you’ll see that this blog is broadly read around the world. And so this is just a short post to say “thank you” to those outside of the US and Europe who are my readers. (ClustrMaps provides a little map showing where our readers are (based on the IP addresses of their ISPs), and it’s a pretty neat service.)

I’ve been tracking readership this way for about a year now, and it’s really gratifying to see that international readership has broadened out. It used to be primarily the US, with a little bit in Europe and some in India. Now we’ve spread to South America and more broadly in Asia.

Thank you to everyone.

Now, I’d better get busy and write more blog entries…

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