Golden opportunity to win $10 million

Project 10100 (pronounced "Project 10 to the 100th") is a call for ideas to change the world by helping as many people as possible. Here's how to join in. (Ten years and counting)

1. Send us your idea by October 20th.
Simply fill out the submission form giving us the gist of your idea. You can supplement your proposal with a 30-second video.

2. Voting on ideas begins on January 27th.
We'll post a selection of one hundred ideas and ask you, the public, to choose twenty semi-finalists. Then an advisory board will select up to five final ideas. Send me a reminder to vote.

3. We'll help bring these ideas to life.
We're committing $10 million to implement these projects, and our goal is to help as many people as possible. So remember, money may provide a jumpstart, but the idea is the thing.

Good luck, and may those who help the most win.

So hurry and Submit Your Idea. (Remember, the deadline is October 20th, 2008)

Happy Birthday to Google

Google’s getting on in years. It’s gotten to the point where they’re not quite sure of their own birthday. Once upon a time, it was September 7, but it’s since migrated to September 27. (That’s okay. It happens to the best of us.)

To celebrate the bit 1-0 this week, Google has launched a site dedicated to its tenth birthday. The site features Google trivia and milestones, as well as an interactive timeline of Google history.

They’ve pledged $100 million to helping people help others. The top 100 ideas, as chosen by a panel of Google employees, will be announced January 27, 2009. The public will then winnow the field to the best 20 ideas. From those, the Project 10¹⁰⁰ advisory board will select the best five to receive funding.