Comments on: Worthy causes http://aaronmentele.com/2008/02/26/worthy-causes/ personal blog of Aaron Mentele, web developer and partner at Electric Pulp Sat, 24 Jul 2010 06:48:01 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Aaron Mentele http://aaronmentele.com/2008/02/26/worthy-causes/comment-page-1/#comment-31133 Aaron Mentele Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:36:52 +0000 http://aaronmentele.com/2008/02/26/worthy-causes/#comment-31133 Yes. And so we do. But this is like treating a characteristic as a virtue, all the time. It drains. Yes. And so we do. But this is like treating a characteristic as a virtue, all the time. It drains.

]]> By: Jason Hummel http://aaronmentele.com/2008/02/26/worthy-causes/comment-page-1/#comment-31128 Jason Hummel Wed, 05 Mar 2008 04:14:45 +0000 http://aaronmentele.com/2008/02/26/worthy-causes/#comment-31128 Personally, I feel like giving back to local charities/organizations is incredibly important. I think it's awesome you guys are helping out the local landscape. I compare it to the whole don't-build-an-application-you-wouldn't-use-yourself mantra. It's better to be intrinsically involved in your charity work, and that's usually easier if it's close to home. Not that I'm saying to never donate to National/International causes, but I wouldn't get down on myself for donating to something because it's local in nature. Also, I think it's good for your company to contribute locally. EP can only benefit from a city that has more cultural programs, community classes, diversity and acceptance, and all the other things you can donate to locally (I'm making some assumptions here about what kinds of local charities you have, based on what we have in Fargo). A better community means a greater chance of luring great workers to your area - so you guys can assimilate them into the borg of awesomeness. *yes, I just made a star-trek reference in there... Personally, I feel like giving back to local charities/organizations is incredibly important. I think it’s awesome you guys are helping out the local landscape. I compare it to the whole don’t-build-an-application-you-wouldn’t-use-yourself mantra. It’s better to be intrinsically involved in your charity work, and that’s usually easier if it’s close to home. Not that I’m saying to never donate to National/International causes, but I wouldn’t get down on myself for donating to something because it’s local in nature.

Also, I think it’s good for your company to contribute locally. EP can only benefit from a city that has more cultural programs, community classes, diversity and acceptance, and all the other things you can donate to locally (I’m making some assumptions here about what kinds of local charities you have, based on what we have in Fargo). A better community means a greater chance of luring great workers to your area – so you guys can assimilate them into the borg of awesomeness.

*yes, I just made a star-trek reference in there…

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