For anyone who doesn't have OpenOffice yet, it's super cool!
It's open-source office software that is compatible with all those silly MS products that everyone uses.
sync (backup) all your book marks to a free online account at xmarks which allows you to share entire bookmark folders with others using a urls or rss feed.
I am particularly struck by the idea of decomposing problems into sub-problems whilts paying attention to the intersection of these so that a sub-team can work on a bounded project and konw that what they solve will link well to problems on all sides ... I have looked at the Ushahidi software a number of times but don't have the capacity to run it or fully understand it -- a joint project anyone?