I've heard the term "portal" used several times this morning? Are we regressing? Did nonprofits miss the "portal" boat in the 1990's and now feel compelled to re-vist the failed experiment?

What gives?

Erica Rios works at http://www.anitaborg.org. She also blogs at http://www.xicanista.net/blogs

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The first 6 projects got 5 minutes each to give a pitch. Some things that caught my ear:

• Stop Family Violence: "we need to bring web 1.0 to domestic violence centers"; the first step is to connect people in need with the resource
• Genocide Network: "tools to become local leaders"; give em the tools and get out of the way
• Open Source Video: "more than a video player"; open source; addressing the quality of mass media (its poor); "who should control video online?" Should it be corporations?
• Maps 2.0: how many of us have used maps to save lives? how can nonprofits determine what maps solutions are appropriate for the problems they are trying to address?