For phishers and other assorted scum, the tsunami was a gift. The tsunami spam is already coming in. Now it’s especially critical that you prevent your users from hurting themselves.

No legitimate charities are using email to solicit for donations. Do not open or click on any email links concerning tsunami donation. Springboard from to legitimate websites. A couple we like:

If you want to make sure every nickel actually helps somebody, check out Forbes’ charity efficiency tables. Forbes’ tables are a real eye-popper. Among other things, they’ll show you that bigger is definitely not always better. Some things never change.

However you decide to do it, please give generously.