I'm just about to head off to law school, where there are dozens of student-groups and extracurricular organizations. Which are most impressive to perspective (big-law) employers? [more inside]
posted on Jun 24, 2008 - 11 answers

Anyone good with GAP? I've defined a largish permutation group and would like to make a tally of elements by cycle type - how many of each cycle type occurs in the group. Possible? Trivial? Use something else instead? Oh, and where's the right place to ask GAP questions?
posted on Mar 9, 2008 - 1 answers

A private Twitter for groups? I'm trying to come up with a novel solution for my office... We don't want to have weekly meetings to keep track of what each other is doing. Here's the situation... [more inside]
posted on Feb 29, 2008 - 16 answers

I would like to be involved with immigrant right group... [more inside]
posted on Feb 28, 2008 - 3 answers

What are some heavily curated groups on Flickr? I'm looking for stuff like Hardcore Street Photography, which only has one or two photos being OK'd by the admins each day. [more inside]
posted on Feb 2, 2008 - 12 answers

So, I moved to lovely Seattle more than a year ago and I have found it near impossible to meet people (I now understand the "Seattle Ice"). Any ideas? [more inside]
posted on Dec 5, 2007 - 16 answers

What are some activities in Los Angeles that I could sign up for and take part in on a regular basis with a group of other people? Some kind of weekly thing, maybe. The best example I can think of is something like a knitting club... but not specifically a knitting club because knitting just ain't my thing. I am thinking of something creative/arts-related, though. I just don't know of anything in particular that I could check out. Anyone in LA involved in or know of something like this that they can recommend? [more inside]
posted on Nov 14, 2007 - 15 answers

The two of us are in Tokyo through November 8, being tourists. Are there any social opportunities for hanging out with other English-speakers (e.g. cheap organized tours, group outings for karaoke, etc.)? [more inside]
posted on Oct 31, 2007 - 4 answers

About a month ago, I began producing a daily one-hour radio show on environmentalism, sustainable living, and the common good. Putting the show every day is a challenge for a variety of reasons, but one of the hardest parts has been trying to find news to report and the experts to make these reports possible. Please help me! [more inside]
posted on Sep 24, 2007 - 19 answers

How do small community groups with branches in different areas manage membership fees? [more inside]
posted on May 27, 2007 - 1 answers

Netvibin': I want to add my Google Groups RSS feed as a Netvibes module. However upon adding a new feed, Netvibes throws its hands in the air and storms away... [more inside]
posted on May 11, 2007 - 2 answers

Psychologists - Help me find some references to get me started on reading about awareness in small groups. [more inside]
posted on Apr 24, 2007 - 6 answers

Help me make Entourage and Webmail play with each other. [more inside]
posted on Feb 20, 2007 - 1 answers

Google Groups vs Yahoo Groups: Which would you choose? I need to pick a free email discussion group manager to serve as a digital town square for a group of 300-500 people of poor-to-decent computer skills across North America. Please help me choose. [more inside]
posted on Oct 9, 2006 - 3 answers

I am a school-based speech pathologist with a long list of kids to schedule. They are best grouped by a) grade and 2) type of impairment. Each kid needs one or two half-hour appointment(s) per week. They are scattered across separate classes with various schedules, each with preferred, acceptable, and unacceptable blocks of time in which I can see them. Free or low-cost scheduling app? [more inside]
posted on Aug 18, 2006 - 5 answers

What are some short small-group exercises for a class on introductory business management? [more inside]
posted on Jul 24, 2006 - 5 answers

I'm looking for a group file sharing, discussion web site... [more inside]
posted on May 18, 2006 - 5 answers

Cooking Filter: I need to convert a recipe that serves eight into a recipe that serves 100. [more inside]
posted on May 17, 2006 - 4 answers

Inspired by this post, I want to either create or find a repository of links to sites facilitating asking possibly insensitive questions of a member(s) of a group. Thus, I'm looking for links to such sites. [more inside]
posted on Apr 24, 2006 - 10 answers

How do I set up a small-volume moderated mailing list with my own domain name? Essentially, I want Google Groups except @ my domain name. [more inside]
posted on Nov 4, 2005 - 5 answers

OK - I just bought an iMac to replace our dying Windows machine at home. I've successfully moved over almost everything - email (thanks to emailchemy), bookmarks, contacts, calendar items, documents. But I'm stuck on one thing - how can I reproduce the groups of contacts from our old windows outlook express address in the OS X address book? I would rather not have to recreate them one address at a time if I can avoid it. Thanks!
posted on Oct 22, 2005 - 12 answers

Get-to-know-you games you actually enjoyed playing? [more inside]
posted on Sep 18, 2005 - 33 answers

I am helping an alumni/student association set up a simple website that would ideally include news items, photo albums, a calendar and basic static information about the group--its mission statement, history, and past activities. They'd probably also like to be able to create mailing lists around different interests on the fly, and then also browse those topics. Yahoo Groups is probably a little less than we want, but the other options seem like they would require too much customization (Plone) or too little flexibility (Typepad) Are there good alternatives (even fee based ones) that help groups communicate their missions to the public and staty organized? We're using PBwiki to generate content (that's working well) but it's not pretty enough for a public face--I feel the same way about JotSpot. Any recommendations? I thought I remembered a new player in this space, but can't recall them now.
posted on Aug 1, 2005 - 7 answers

I'm looking for some naming help - to try to turn an individual's name into a collective. There are some obvious ones - "Steptoe & Son" "Will Vinton Studios" "The Jimi Hendrix Experience" as well as the typical "and associates" or "and partners" or "and Co." [more inside]
posted on Jun 1, 2005 - 23 answers

Having discovered Flickr group Collage Kids and radiated out to such gems as Fashions Past and Boring Photos, I'm wondering, who else is using Flickr in interesting ways? [more inside]
posted on Feb 21, 2005 - 7 answers

A PHP-based system for creating a Yahoo-Groups alike site? [+]
posted on Feb 2, 2005 - 4 answers

My SO and I need gifts for our families. Of course this is really late and we are kinda broke. [+]
posted on Dec 19, 2004 - 10 answers

From this thread:

... you're probably aware that Clear Channel own ...

What is the DEAL with verb/subject disagreement when it comes to corporate entities?? Clear Channel is an IT! Likewise band names. I can't remember how many articles I've read with phrases like "Metallica are..." or "Led Zeppelin are..." Why is this OK in the music business? I know this is mostly rant-y, but I'm genuinely curious if anyone has, like, the Rolling Stone Style Guide or something.
posted on Dec 16, 2004 - 38 answers

In a variation on the first question I posted to AskMe, I'm looking for a resource that'd help me find local, actually-meet-and-talk-to-people writing groups. My searching skills are apparently flaccid and small. I mean, I live in a freaking college town, I should be innundated with such activities. And yet no luck. Any ideas on where I might find these elusive groups?
posted on Nov 10, 2004 - 6 answers

Book discussion mailing list? I want to find a mailing list that discusses books. I'm not comfortable with like in-person reading groups because I am afraid of other people. They are weird, you know? I also like the intimacy of mailing lists as opposed to like bulletin boards. Anyone?
posted on Oct 6, 2004 - 2 answers

Metafilter braintrust: Is there a site I can go to and enter an artist/group of artists and get recommendations based on my listening preferences? Something a little less retail oriented (ahem: Amazon). Thanks!
posted on Aug 12, 2004 - 11 answers

Anyone have a script or tool, preferably free, to download Yahoo Groups messages so I can read them off line? Normally I use HTTrack for offline browsing but I can't seem to get it configured to only download the messages from one goup. Either I miss a bunch because of the interstatials, or I end up attempting to download all of Yahoo.
posted on Jul 21, 2004 - 4 answers

I'm looking for a weblogging system for an academic course. Unfortunately, MT and Blogger don't seem to meet my needs: it has to have multiple users, user groups, and posts need to have access control (certain posts can only be read by certain groups). LiveJournal offers this, but I don't want to have to set up an entire LJ server. Is there some kind of middle ground?
posted on Jun 30, 2004 - 9 answers

The musical group Forest for the Trees (mainly one person, Carl Stephenson, who has worked with Beck) released an album in 1996, partially achieved one-hit wonder status with "Dream," released an EP the following year, then disappeared. What's he up to nowadays?
posted on Apr 19, 2004 - 3 answers

Photography discussion forums. I'm sure there's thousands, but do you have any favourites? (More inside)
posted on Mar 24, 2004 - 6 answers

Are there any good online web services where you enter musical artists that you currently like, and it figures out what artists you would probably also like (based on what other people have entered)?
posted on Jan 12, 2004 - 12 answers