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Andrew Hunt is a consultant helping nonprofits tailor data collection and management to align with program and fundraising strategies.

Born in Washington, D.C., and living there too, with stints in Annapolis, Athens, Bethesda, and Edinburgh.

Sep 02

» Branding is dead, more or less

Here’s someone else saying branding is dead, this time at ClickZ: Branding Today: Why It’s Ineffective, Irrelevant, Irritating, and Impotent. Here’s the main point:

Branding that involves…

» Trapster.com: Sweet Revenge for Ticketed Drivers

Most new mobile phone applications are shrug-worthy. This one strikes me as genius.

Here’s the idea: Drivers report cameras, police waiting locations and other speed traps to website…

Aug 20

» Historic Trust Partners with Georgia Theatre

Donors who want to contribute to a fund to help rebuild the fire-ravaged Georgia Theatre can now make donations through the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation. The historic Athens music venue…

“ Objective journalists – me included – need to place more emphasis on verifiable facts, rather than the wishy-washy he-said-she-said style that gives equal weight to claims that vary wildly in truthfulness. Even though it might upset readers who disagree, reporters should have the courage to say, “No, Mr. Protester, old people won’t be euthanized,” or “No, Mr. President, your plan is going to cost us a lot of money.

— Blake Aued: On the death of rationality It’s a shame that this needs to be said, but it does, and Blake says it well.

Aug 17

» Reader's Digest Set to File for Bankruptcy

To be honest, I kind of forgot about Reader’s Digest. Really, though, their mission—repeating and shortening media—is both redundant and essential in the context of social media. Too bad they just kept to their format. (I know that they’re just filing for bankruptcy—not yet folding—but I really can’t see anyone I know suddenly turning to Reader’s Digest for an interesting read. The magazine’s end is coming sometime soon.)

Aug 13

I had forgotten all about the San Francisco typeface from Macs back in the day.

Kickass

Aug 12

“ A country without an expectation of minimal artistic literacy, without a basic structure by which the artists among us can be awakened and given the choice of following their talents and a way to get to be great at what they do, is a country that is not actually as a great as it could be. And a country without the capacity to nurture artistic greatness is not being a great country.

— Rachel Maddow, speaking at Jacob’s Pillow Dance “PillowTalk”

Aug 06

» The March and Flow of Time

Chicago struck me like a hybrid between New York and Washington DC. The city is busy and grand like New York. But the physical…

Aug 02

never thought this would be the first piece to go

Aug 01

» Well, that's pathetic but expected

Former Athens-Clarke County Commissioner and current Rep. John Barrow voted against the health care compromise bill on the Energy and Commerce Committee.

Stay classy John.

Maybe if we stick in…

Jul 30

“ a can of Coke, a lollipop, a package of microwave popcorn, a $5 Blockbuster coupon, a small package of M&M’s, and some Twizzlers.

— Contents of a gift box left tenants for putting up with HVAC installation - Cold Affront: The $500 Price for Passivity - Housing Complex - Washington City Paper

Jul 28

» Han Ah Reum Asian Supermarket (4/5) on Yelp

First, I guess it’s a sign I’m getting old when people call Wheaton sketchy. (In my case, “old” is 28.) Then again, things change. I first went to the H-mart when it was a Safeway there. So,…

Jul 24

» IRS Training Materials - Governance

» People Keep Coming to D.C., Leaving Michigan

According to United Van Lines, Washington D.C. is the most popular “migration destination” in the U.S.

The moving company says 63.6 percent of its D.C. moves were inbound and 36.4 percent were…