Return of the Prodigal Blogger (The Sequel)

After being away from blogging for nearly two years now, today signifies the sequel to the first attempt at blogging. Hopefully I am able to maintain a more regular presence in the blog world this time around.

A lot has changed in last 2 years infact the world has changed dramatically in the last 6 months thus there is enough impetus to blog again. On personal front, have moved base to Toronto during very turbulent times which makes you think if it was a wise decision in hindsight.

The current interests which will appear as theme of my blogs in near future are:

- Start up culture and landscape in Toronto
- Financial Markets Meltdown and its consequences for Software Service Vendors. Every crisis also brings out opportunities .. the key is ability to find and tap it.
- Workflow & Process Engines and business process modeling
- Digital Rights Management and associated workflows
- Positioning ideas for Software Service Vendors

hope I keep up with this in the new year as well

My Number

You Are the Individualist

4 You are sensitive and intuitive, with others and yourself. You are creative and dreamy... plus dramatic and unpredictable. You're emotionally honest, real, and easily hurt. Totally expressive, others always know exactly how you feel.

What number are you?

Options

so what does a software developer do in what little time he gets. The purpose being doing something for the community at large.
i have been podering over this for a while now and am unable to find any great alternatives. this is of course besides what every-body tells me (donations). i am talking abt using whtever skills i have for betterment of community at large.
Are there not govt agencies, NGOs, communities which require volunteers to consult them, help them with anything to do with technology, software, internet ??? Can somone point me to them or them to me