Here's a sampling of updates from the 21 N2Y3 Featured Projects' blogs:

Why a Little Drama Never Hurts
Ask Your Lawmaker talks briefly with DNC chairman Howard Dean about Hillary Clinton's cutting short the roll call during the Democratic Convention.

Obama vs. McCain: By the Bills
OpenCongree will be analyzing the bills that Obama and MCain have sponsored in the current session of Congress, and posting links to their coverage on the Congress Gossip Blog.

Ushahidi Co-Founder Featured on TED.com
Watch a presentation by Ory Okolloh, co-founder of Ushahidi, at TEDGlobal2007.

Next Stop for Social Actions: Google Headquarters in NYC
The folks at Social Actions will be giving a Google Tech Talk on September 16, 2008.

You can find a list of all of the 21 Projects' web sites, blog feeds, Twitter feeds, news feeds and Facebook groups in the post, Follow the Net2 Mashup Challenge Featured Projects' Development Online.

Social Actions Labs is where we'll be building applications this summer that combine 19 social change and fund raising platforms like Care2, Change.org, and Kiva.org -- and present their actionable opportunities in highly useful & innovative ways.

We just started a wiki and are inviting the community to contribute their ideas for web applications and mash ups!

Imagine a Wordpress add-on that recommends actions based on the content of the post.
Imagine a Firefox Extension that alerts you to relevant social actions as you browsed the web.
Imagine a widget that lists actions that have nearly reached their goal -- only a few extra signatures or donations needed.

We want your ideas for connecting people to social actions. We'll be building 3-5 web applications this summer -- and will be choosing the community's most rock star ideas to take to the next level.

Check out the Social Actions Labs Wiki to see the 20+ ideas so far contributed by Beth Kanter, Amy Sample Ward, Tom Watson, and others.

Thanks for sharing!

- Joe Solomon, Social Actions Labs Lead Scientist and Evangelizer

Note: My post to Social Actions' Google group, summing up the N2Y3 experience. Still buzzing from having been a part of such a fantastic event!

Hi all,

Finally sharing some thoughts on the NetSquared Conference which (hard to believe!) wrapped up just about a month ago.

First, some links:

Hi, my name is Christine Egger and I’m with the Social Actions project. I met Social Actions’ founder Peter Deitz last year through his blog, and have been championing this project ever since. I love that it brings attention to every kind of action that individuals can take to make the world a better place, from sharing ideas and commitments to distributing funds and other resources.

Yesterday Peter of Social Actions, a fellow NetSquared Featured Project, and MoveSmart.org practiced our pitches for the upcoming NetSquared Conference. Peter’s posted a video of his pitch, and an audio version of ours is below. According to the folks who attended last year, three themes emerged in the questions from conference attendees, who will be voting to determine who takes home what share of $100k in prize money - social impact, tech innovation, and sustainability. Our goal was to address all three in around 10-15 minutes.