One Cool Idea

Cooperative Philanthropy On October 30, a philanthropic experiment begins at SD 2000 East, the Software Development Conference & Expo (www.sdexpo.com). Taking advantage of the huge pool of talent among its 1,000 or so attendees, volunteers have been recruited to design--while the conference is going on around them--new software applications for a needy nonprofit. Before the meeting wraps up four days later, organizers plan to unveil a radically upgraded Web site for the San Francisco