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Closing the loop on Jonathan's Card

October 04 2011

Filed under: Jonathans-Card  

I thought I'd close the loop on the Jonathan's card social experiment with a few updates:

What happened to the card?

I sold the card on CardPool for $527.27. I donated that, plus $97.73 to the Save The Children Global Action fund.

Press

There has been quite a bit of press on the incident. Here are a few articles (mostly opinion pieces):

Are charity balls and themed fundraisers necessary for charity? (Miami Herald)

Skimming Jonathan’s Card For Fun And Philanthrophy (TechCrunch)

'Jonathan's Card' project hacked -- for good? (CNN)

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Jonathan's Card: a Q&A

August 13 2011

Filed under: Jonathans-Card  

With the internet masses calling for my arrest and making threats against my personal safety, I thought it might be a good time to clear up some misconceptions...many of which were inferred from my original post.

Are you a yuppie? Yes, absolutely. To be clear: I have bought my fair share of Starbucks coffee.

Are you a modern-day robin hood? No, definitely not.

Do you believe donating money to Save the Children is morally superior than spending money on coffee? While "Saving Children" may be the morally correct thing to do I certainly had not intended to imply that ... more

How to use Jonathan's Card to buy yourself an iPad

August 12 2011

Filed under: Giving   Jonathans-Card  

Update 10/4/2011: See Closing the loop on Jonathan's Card Social Experiment for an update on what happened with Jonathan's Card.

I didn't buy an iPad, nor was I ever planning to. But read on for my account on how to use Jonathan's card for another cause...

Jonathan Stark recently released his Starbucks card to the public as a social experiment. It was quickly picked up by CNN, Time, and many others. For those of you who are living under a rock, here's what is going on: anyone can donate to the card and ... more