INDEPENDENT · PRIVACY-FIRST · SINCE 2008
Tech you can trust does exist.
We help people and organizations take back control of their data and privacy, with secure technology choices for email, websites, and custom software, without runaway subscription prices.
Free resources and consulting, whenever you want a hand.
No email, no tracking, no sales pitch.
We make it work, keep it safe, and have your back. No runaway subscriptions, no jargon.
Building and teaching technology people own, for nonprofits and growing businesses, since 2008.
You don’t have to be technical to be responsible for your technology.
Nonprofits and organizers
You hold people’s trust along with their data. We help you protect your donors, the people you serve, and your mission from tools that quietly put them at risk.
How we help nonprofitsBusiness owners
Maybe you are renting your tools from companies whose interests are not aligned with yours. Maybe your systems were pieced together over the years and the person who set them up is gone. We help you own what runs your business, untangle the mess, and answer the phone when you need us.
How we help business ownersDevelopers and the tech-curious
The software you write or use is meant to help. We help beginning and experienced developers understand the fundamentals and build on ethical foundations, so the systems you build or hand off protect the people who use them.
Explore LearnHere is what most tech help never tells you.
A clear path off the tools that work against you.
We help with the everyday tools that run your work: websites, email, newsletters, scheduling and booking, and inventory, so each one protects the people you serve instead of exposing them.
Tech Assessment
A plain-language written look at what you are running today and where it is putting you at risk, with honest priorities on what to change first.
Start with a free consultEthical Migrations
We move you off the harmful tools and onto ones you can trust, carefully, without breaking what is already working.
See how migrations workWeb, Hosting, and Care
Fast, private websites that do not spy on your visitors, hosted on infrastructure you can actually trust. Includes web applications like booking systems and automations. Care plans keep everything healthy after launch, so you can focus on your work instead of worrying about your tools.
Websites, hosting, and careEverything from free guides to paid services — choose what fits your needs.
We did not expect to be doing this work.
We have spent years helping people and organizations learn technology and run their websites, email, and business tools. We did not think we would see a day when we would also need to help them get away from Big Tech and software that had turned manipulative and extractive, built on selling data and putting people in harm’s way. Yet here we are. Change has always caused hesitation. We are here to help your technology align with your values.
For years we have helped clients move off Big Tech and onto systems they own, systems that protect the people they serve. We have done the hard work of finding what actually works, so you do not have to. We share what we have learned through free resources, and we consult directly when you want a hand.
We spent years inside Big Tech and healthcare, in the rooms where the trade-offs between the bottom line and the people being served were decided. We know where the harm hides, because we watched it get built. We started Desk Ready to put that knowledge on your side of the table. Not to scare you, but to give you the same clear-eyed view the big companies have always had, and the practical help to act on it.
Teams who took back control.
We had been trying for years to move off our booking SaaS. We even hired a venture-backed firm that couldn’t get us off it. We were paying over $60K a year in fees, with the price climbing. Desk Ready built us a system we control, with a website we own, for less than one year of those fees.
Family-owned travel business
Judy designed and built our chamber’s member website so member profiles could be easily updated and classified into the right categories. She trained our staff and ran classes so members could actually get the most out of tools like presentations, spreadsheets, and word processing software. She had a way of making tech newbies feel comfortable with technology.
Repeat clientMary BowlinPast President, Allegheny Valley Chamber of Commerce
As a relatively new nonprofit, we were so fortunate to find Judy Lipinski. After three years of operating, we needed to know where to take our technical capacity next, and she gave us a quick but deep assessment of our risk and strength areas, with concrete, well-organized recommendations. I would highly recommend Judy to any nonprofit looking to develop its privacy, security, and technical capacity.
Lisa StormentPresident, Wake UP Sonoma
Judy has given me the keys to the kingdom. I have always approached technology with trepidation, but recently my concerns about data security had grown exponentially. Judy listened deeply, evaluated what I already had in place, and with extraordinary speed delivered an honest overview of where I stood along with step-by-step instructions on what to change. For the first time, I feel empowered to expand my public presence.
Natalie Campbell WaldenFine Artist, Santa Fe, NM
At The Hope Center, Judy designed a website that made it easy for staff to post fundraising events directly to our calendar, and that gave people a simple way to volunteer or to seek help from the shelter. She has a way of building technology that fits how real people, and real volunteers, actually work.
Repeat clientMary BowlinVolunteer, The Hope Center
Ready to find out?
A free consult is the simplest first step. We will talk through what you are running, where it might be putting you at risk, and what is worth changing first. No obligation to go further.
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