One of the founders of Facebook released a new social network

Today one of the founders of Facebook, Chris Hughes, has released a new social network called Jumo. He said that it will be used for profit.

The news of such a network was back in March. Then, the address jumo.com stood following – i “We are connecting people with problems, organizations and individuals as our goal is to create lasting relationships and actions to be meaningful.” / i

Since then passed eight months, just as today Jumo passed in beta stage.Chris Hughes said that so far there are about 3,500 organizations that offer projects for customers in coming months they expect more bodies.

The first thing to note is that to enter the social network will necessarily have your Facebook account.However, the site said that the future will be possible for consumers who do not have an account on Facebook, they can be registered in the Jumo.

Once logged in social networking, you are asked about what issues and organizations are interested in, as everything is divided into categories, including Arts and Culture (Art and Culture), Human Rights and Poverty (Human Rights and hunger) and others.After highlighting his interests, from Jumo will show you projects you’d be interested.

Once you go through all the steps you will see your homepage. It kinda looks like that on Facebook. Here it is logical to ask the following question – what exactly does this site?

Hughes said that when consumers sign up for any cause in Jumo, it will be only the first step. He believes that those users will continue their online activities.

i “I think when people press the button ‘Like’ in social networks or enroll in a petition, this is a clear sign that an interest.This does not mean that they do not then go out and knock on doors or go to the protests. They do these things, “/ i end Chris Hughes.

Making your rounded models look better

When you’re working with rounded objects whose edges have been smoothed, it’s sometimes hard to make things look good. That’s because curved surfaces don’t automatically produce a profile edge that helps to differentiate them from the background. You can see what I’m talking about in the images that follow; notice the (what I consider to be) unsatisfying outline of each of the rounded objects below?

Without Profiles turned on, rounded objects don’t stand out.

Turning on Profiles in the Styles dialog box produces a completely different result. At a Profiles setting of 2 pixels, perimeter edges become clearly visible. They’re a little chunky, though—and that’s not always the effect I’m aiming for.

Profiles that are 2 pixels thick often look too bold and cartoony.

Dialing down Profiles to 1 pixel solves the problem (see below).

Using a Profile thickness of 1 pixel makes rounded objects pop out from the background.

While this trick might seem obvious, it actually took eight years to soak into my brain. I never understood the benefit of setting my profile thickness to a single pixel. After all, edges are already that thickness—why spend the computer cycles to draw them again? Now I know. I thought others might benefit from my epiphany, embarrassingly late though it is.

It’s worth mentioning that telling SketchUp to draw Profiles can slow things down considerably if your model’s pushing the limits of your polygon budget. I only switch Profiles on when I need them.

Posted by Aidan Chopra, SketchUp Evangelist

Learn about the human side of climate change with Kofi Annan

[Cross-posted on the Google.org and Official Google Blog]

Climate change is too often misunderstood to be simply an environmental issue, rather than a human issue. For our children and grandchildren, climate change is an issue of public health, economics, global security and social equity. This human side of climate change is explained in a new Google Earth tour narrated by former U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan. Within these stories, you’ll find data and tools to explore this topic in more depth, and meet some of the people who are actively working on managing the risks of climate variability and change. We encourage you to take the tour to learn more about these human issues and the inspiring work of groups like the Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) that are helping farmers cope with climate change. We hope this video will serve as a useful tool as educators help students around the world understand the complexity of this issue.

This is the latest in our series of climate change tours that we’re releasing leading up to the global U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP16) talks in Cancun, Mexico this week.

As part of the Google Earth for Educators Community, we’ve also created a special Climate Change Educators Resources page that teachers can use in their classrooms. Here, teachers can find the tools they need to create lesson plans about climate change, including all the individual Google Earth KML layers available for download. Teachers and students can overlay multiple data layers that help illustrate climate change, and discuss and analyze them as part of K-12 and higher education curriculum. We’re also looking for lessons plans for any school grade that use this narrated tour or these Google Earth KML layers, so if you’re a teacher or instructor, please submit your lesson plan for review now.


Visit google.com/landing/cop16/climatetours.html or the Climate Change Educators Resources page to learn more about climate change today.