Last month we embarked on an experiment called Net2 Digital Bites, a neo-newsletter monthly publication that packages and highlights visuals that tell the NetSquared story of social good. Digital Bites is all about capturing what we do, and why -- so we can share the story.

For the May edition, we set out to work the Bee Gees, the Titanic, and a felt microchip heart all into one publication that's still about NetSquared and social good. It wasn’t easy, but we think you’ll like this issue of Digital Bites.

Check it out -- and let us know what you think via comments here on the blog, or @netsquared.

The TechSoup Global Network team is in action today over at the Stanford Social Innovation Review. My good buddy Glenn Fajardo recently went to Malaysia where he spent time with the organizers of the *Weekend Movement, a community of people that builds crafty projects and innovative solutions to real-world problems -- over the weekend.

100 days from today, it will be August 3, 2012 -- a late summer Friday.

It happened last fall. We stopped Net2 News in its tracks. After a good long run of sharing monthly updates, blog wrap-ups, and news from around the community in a traditional newsletter format, a new experiment is in order. We’re bubbling up a new concoction here at the Net2 labs, and over the next (3) months we’ll be trying something new -- Net2 Digital Bites.

Net2 News is Dead. Long live Net2 Digital Bites!

We’re putting aside the traditional format for a while, to make way for a new monthly publication that’s more visual than narrative. Compelling images and video from all around the NetSquared community, all packaged up to tell the story better than words ever could.

When the GLC came to town, I had a specific purpose and deliberate angle to work. Simple and direct. They are users, and I’m a product manager. The transaction is clear and age-old: Tell me what you want, I’ll try to make it happen. Sure, I joined the group for some other sessions and some bike riding, but my full intention was to squeeze out all the input and feedback I could get.  But this community, as it has before, once again surprised me.

In the spirit of our ongoing #DIY month, today I’d like to introduce you to UK-based charity TechForTrade. They’re getting ready to launch a challenge aimed at making the most of 3D printing technology. 3D printers are fast becoming accessible and increasingly powerful. They can build component parts such as hearing aids, and they’re on their way to becoming an affordable consumer appliance. Some can even build replicas of themselves (the ultimate #DIY).

NetSquared.org will be offline tonight for site maintenance between 5:00pm and 6:00pm pst.

We'll get back up and running just as soon as we can! We'll remind you on Twitter before we go down. Pop us an email if you have any questions (net2 at techsoupglobal.org).

For three days last week, the US State Department hosted the

NetSquared.org will be offline tomorrow night for site maintenance between 5:00pm and 6:30pm pst.

We'll get back up and running just as soon as we can! We'll remind you on Twitter before we go down. Pop us an email if you have any questions (net2 at techsoupglobal.org).

Yesterday, we told you a little about Expert Patient, a patient advocacy system created by Manuel Gill and submitted to the NetSquared project gallery earlier this year. Today, we’re talking Earth Tipping Point, another project that caught our attention in 2011. ETP is a network and collaboration system focused on implementing environmental ideas and solutions, and it crossed through the NetSquared project gallery a few months ago.