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Take a moment to find out what's new with us, our services, and the fast-paced world of online communications. In this Issue » New decade, new look » The Website Time Machine » Fresh technology and new features » A word from our Operations Manager » We're a co-op!

Welcome Radical Designs' new Wordpress Plugin - radSLIDE is a way for folks with a little HTML/CSS knowledge to setup a slideshow that anyone can maintain.

We set up an Ushahidi instance to allow Louisiana residents to report and monitor the effects of the BP oil spill in the gulf. Check out oilspill.labucketbrigade.org to watch how events unfold.

Facebook just launched a new feature that automatically grants access to your information to popular websites (or as they put it: "personalize your experience using your public Facebook information"), even if you haven't explicitly 'liked' them or interacted with them at all on facebook.

Seeing speed improvements on your site? Yours is likely one of the sites moved to our new server.

This year we are inspired to build some new tools. We’ve codenamed our new project the “Spokes Project” because we are dedicated to making information sharing and connection building an essential part of our new tools — keeping things connected, flexible and strong like the spokes in a bicycle wheel.

The services and tools that Radical Designs offers are regretfully not always affordable for everyone. Learn about some of the tools you can use online, for cheap or for free (and the hidden costs that can come with them).