My main interest now is in the transformative potential of the emerging person-centered social media.

I read mostly blogs... starting from just a selected few... and following the links from there:

• dana boyd (apophenia)
• Marc Andreessen
• Michael Parekh (on IT)
• Charlene Li (Forrester)
• Brad Feld (Thoughts)
• Simeon Simeonov
• John Battelle (Searchblog)
• Jon Udell
• Mashable
• Meg Hourihan (Megnut)
• Read/WriteWeb
• Jason Calacanis

I must be a considerate idealist... according to this personal DNA test... :)

Aidpage, Inc. is based in Brookline (Boston Area), Massachusetts, USA.

We are a small start-up company with a big plan. Our plan is to give people all over the world a free web based platform for free mutual aid and support.

More about Aidpage:

• What is Aidpage?
• Why Aidpage
• How Does Aidpage Work
• People Aid People - The Platform
• Why Your Organization/Business Should Be Interested In Aidpage

Contact: Emil Sotirov

Organizations are absolutely welcome to use Aidpage - to seek or to offer help (or both) - within the spirit of informal immediacy and "everything free" which are the hallmarks of Aidpage.

Organizations and businesses, we believe, will want to publish large amounts of useful data and free advice on Aidpage for at least six reasons - (1) as part of their own web presence and visibility strategy, (2) for a share of the advertising revenue generated on their Aidpages, (3) because it is easy technically and organizationally, (4) as part of their overall PR and marketing efforts, (5) because it is just a good thing to do, and (6) we won't charge you anything - remember, publishing on Aidpage is free.

Interested? Contact Emil Sotirov.

See also:

• Why Aidpage
• What is Aidpage?
• How Does Aidpage Work
• People Aid People - The Platform

I am desperately seeking Christmas help for my 16 year old son. I am disabled with barely enough income to make ends meet. My son doesn't qualify for any programs because he is too old, anyone that can help will greatly be appreciated, thankyou.

BOSTON, MA - September 20, 2005 - Aidpage, Inc. (www.aidpage.com) today announced the launch of a free online locator service for people missing as a consequence of Hurricane Katrina. The virtual family reuniting point, located at http://katrina.aidpage.com, contains searchable and interactive personal web pages for hundreds of thousands of people separated or missing as a result of Hurricane Katrina.

"We are aggregating the data available on the Internet to create unique web pages for every missing or found person," said Emil Sotirov, Co-Founder and CEO of Aidpage, Inc. "This way, Katrina victims or relatives looking for loved ones can type a person's name into any search engine and find the information they need in the way most people are used to searching the Internet. Our Katrina Aidpages will be the most easily accessible, effective, and up to date resource for Katrina victims currently available."

In addition, individuals can create their own pages for missing or found people, and post updates, pictures, and add resource links. No technical skills or registration is required. Finally, Katrina survivors who are looking for aid such as housing or employment can list their needs as well - so that people offering support can see them.

"Our ultimate goal is to put those who are in need in touch with the information, resources, and individuals who can give them the aid and comfort that they are looking for," said Ivan Ivanov, co-founder and President. "At Aidpage, our mission is helping people to help people."

Aidpage, Inc., founded in Boston in May 2005, is building the first global "People Aid People" web based platform for direct person-to-person, informal, non-mediated, and free mutual aid and support.

Prior to founding Aidpage, Ivan Ivanov and Emil Sotirov co-founded IDILOGIC in 1994, where they created and sold nationwide informational software recognized by the American Library Association as one of the best electronic media reference products.

For more information about our Katrina project, please visit http://katrina.aidpage.com

Media Contact:
Emil Sotirov
617-738-5694
press@aidpage.com

See also:

• What is AidPage?
• How Does AidPage Work
• People Aid People - The Platform
• Why Your Organization/Business Should Be Interested In AidPage

It is so wonderful to see the new Aidpages. I am glad to see all the faces and names that I have come to know. Please feel free to contact me if I can be of assistance.

I will be learning all the new fun things that we can all do with our pages.

Ivan and Emil ,

This update is great !

soulight

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Community Development Transportation Lending Services
1341 G Street, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005
Executive Director: Dale J. Marsico
Microloan Contact: Patrick Kellogg
E-mail: Kellogg@ctaa.org
Phone: 202-661-0210 Fax: 202-737-9197
Service Area: North Central Massachusetts - county subdivisions of Athol, Winchendon, Gardner, Templeton, Phillipston, Orange, Erving, Wendell, Montague, Gill, and Greenfield counties
Website:

Dorchester Bay Economic Development Corporation
594 Columbia Road, Suite 302
Dorchester, MA 02125
Executive Director: Cristo R. Banda
Microloan Contact: Cristo R. Banda
E-mail: cbanda@dbedc.com
Phone: 617-825-4200 Fax: 617-825-3522
Service Area: Suffolk and Norfolk Counties
Website:

Economic Dev. Industrial Corp. of Lynn
37 Central Square 3rd Floor
Lynn, MA 01901
Executive Director: Peter M. DeVeau
Microloan Contact: Peter M. DeVeau/ Mary Smalley
E-mail: pdeveau@shore.net
Phone: 781-581-9399 Fax: 781-581-9731
Service Area: City of Lynn
Website:

Greater Springfield Entrepreneurial Fund
1441 Main Street
Springfield, MA 01103
Executive Director: Sylvia Poole
Microloan Contact:
E-mail: poole@myonlinechamber.com
Phone: 413-755-1318 Fax: 413-731-8530
Service Area: Hampden County excluding the towns of Chester and Chicopes
Website:

Jewish Vocational Service Inc.
105 Chauncey Street 6th Floor
Boston, MA 02111
Executive Director: Barbara Rosenbaum
Microloan Contact: Erik Korsh
E-mail: EKORSH@JVS-BOSTON.org
Phone: 617-451-8147 Fax: 617-451-9973
Service Area: Greater Boston with special emphasis on businesses in the Boston Enterprise Zone / Boston Empowerment Zone, and businesses in Mattapan, Dorchester, Roxbury, Hyde Park, and Jamaica Plain
Website:

Jobs for Fall River Inc.
1 Government Center
Fall River, MA 02722
Executive Director: Kenneth Fiola
Microloan Contact: Stephen Parr
E-mail: kenfiolajr@aol.com
Phone: 508-324-2620 Fax: 508-677-2840
Service Area: City of Fall River
Website:

South Eastern Economic Development Corp/SEED
80 Dean Street
Taunton, MA 02780
Executive Director: Maria Gooch-Smith
Microloan Contact: Janice Johnson Plumer
E-mail: SEEDCORP@aol.com
Phone: 508-822-1020 Fax: 508-880-7869
Service Area: SE Massachusetts – Norfolk, Bristol, Plymouth,Barnstable, Dukes, and Nantucket counties
Website:

Western Massachusetts Enterprise Fund
P.O Box 1077
Greenfield, MA 01302
Executive Director: Christopher Sikes
Microloan Contact: Moon Morgan
E-mail: info@wmef.org
Phone: 413-774-4033 Fax: 413-774-3673
Service Area: Berkshire, Franklin Counties, the towns of Chester & Chicopes within Hampden County, Springfield, the towns of Athol, Petersham, Phillipston & Royalston within Worcester County and Hampshire county
Website: http://www.wmef.org

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looking for investor(s) to lend a combined total of 50 - 75k so that I can purchase the bakery that I am employed. I already have 100k waiting from bank, need to make up the difference.Bakery well established in town  20+ years lots of regulars (place is actually more like a open members Friends Club) Solid Finacials completed through the Small Business Development Center at nearby University. Plenty of experience in this feild. Goals for business - in place and "do-able" !    Just lackin' the backin'

I am not used to asking for help, However I can no longer survive, In the past 4 yrs my health has failed I currently had my right right breast removed from cancer I have three children and  can not seem to get any state asstaince do to I sent my children to my mothers and she was collecting State asst. now the children are back with me and She is still claiming them I have a hard time getting around, my car is now unregistered ,I am being evicted with nowhere to go I have not recieved any child support because once again my Lovely Mother is taking that a as well I am at the end of my rope, even to the point I can no-longer even purchase much need medication ... If anyone can help me and my family or let me know if there is anything out there I can do I would be Eternially Greatful.......PLEASE HELP >>>>>

Just found a very useful web site:

Basic Legal Information (for Massachusetts)

I guess most of the info would be useful to residents of other states too... or at least would give ideas about what to search for... and what to ask about.

Feel free to participate here:

• If you are from Massachusetts and you need help.
• If you can add something that may help people from Massachusetts.

There are two easy ways to participate here:

1. Make a new page (see the menu on the top-left)

2. Post a comment or a question on any of the existing pages in this space (see the menu on the top-right)

Either way is good - the important thing is your participation. On Aidpage, people help each other by speaking out and by paying attention to each other - as simple as that.

hi i am a 44 year old man with a 37 year old girlfriend who has been in a 13 year emotionally and sometimes physically abusive marraige. she has a 12 year old daughter named trisha. we have been together now off and on for 9 months since july 4th

we could be together and happy but he has made her believe that she cant live without him. he has told her she is useless and nothing without him and after hearing this so many times she believes it. if i could get us an apt a 2 bedroom and pay the rent and security i know i could help her get out of this bad situation. i work and she will work as well. all we need is some help to get us going. i love this woman with all of my heart and she loves me too. she needs to be happy she deserves it and so does her daughjter trisha. please help us if you can   ty ken

Hello

I have no money. I cannot get money. I am kept prisoner in my circumstances. I have been abused all my life by partners. My family has had to move so many times and we have nothing. As a result of the abuse, sexual, physical, mental, I am the nation's poorest. The law was never on my side. I am imprisoned by cruelty beyond words.

I do not do drugs. I do not drink. I always tried to work and pull my weight through all of this horrible life I have been dealt. I dont know the reason for all of this. Perhaps it is my fate. It seems there is a curse on me and my family. We are outcasts. We are poor. We have no home, no roots.

I am not writing a storybook here, a grim fairy tale. These words are fact. If you took my hand for a day, I would show you the life I have. I do know that I dont deserve any of this, for I am a star. Shining bright for all to see...if you would only look toward the sky, you would see me. The poor, the lonely, the outcast. The soul within you and within all of us.

Please help me if you can. I would be grateful to have some money to better my family and myself. I would give anything I had to help my family.

Thank you for reading and thank you for any donations.

Hello, my name is Mark, and I am in financial trouble and need help real bad before me and my family end up in the streets. I am married with three children, I provide daycare for ages infant to five years, I recently had three majpr surguries to both my right and left foot, and it set us back as a family tremendously, we have gone to places that would assist us with our utility bills but to no avail, I am going back to school in September to get my degree in School Guidance counselor. Anyone who is willing to help us out of this financial strain please feel free to email me.

Thank You

Mark