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More good news from Google: Open Handset Alliance

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Of course, the bottom line is that this makes it more likely that Google can get their ad platform onto phones. We hope that this will spur development for more social applications and mashups as well as better distribution of these applications worldwide. The SDK will be available later this month.

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Web 2.0 Part Va:APIs

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

services, like del.icio.us, google, flickr, and many, many others, and use and manipulate this data to their own ends. One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups. These are using data in your own databases, and grabbing maps from google maps and putting them inside your application.

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SaaS vs. Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

And with mashups becoming more and more popular, there’s a kind of meta-collaboration at work now too. SQL is a bit fiddly at the best of times, and if we move past SaaS to DaaS (Data as a Service) it frees up a *lot* more time to share ideas on the functionality front. 3 Jon Biedermann 09.25.08

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Web 2.0 Part Vb:APIs

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

There were two different kinds of APIs discussed – the ones that help organizations with interoperability within their organizational systems – getting data from one app to another, and using APIs for things like Google maps mashups. It seemed that only Blackbaud had APIs you have to pay for.

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How KaBOOM! Is Using a Networked Approach To Scale Social Change

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Through a suite of online tools—including a social networking site, online training, do-it-yourself content, and a Google-map mashup—KaBOOM! She is the co-author of Forces for Good: The Six Practices of High-Impact Nonprofits, which was named a Top Ten Book of 2007 by the Economist. And the results have been impressive.

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The Coming Wave of Web 2.0 Consultants and Vendors - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Also I would add to Matts list consultants and technical practictioners with mashup expertise. Imagine someone who can offer to mashup your Advocacy Campaign results with Google Maps, or Fundraising Campaigns with Amazon and eBay. September 14, 2007 | TheMySpaceConsultant Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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NpTechTag Summary: Connected Conversations, Live Blogging, and Other Great Finds

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Pop through your read to check out the new look for the blog too, although there are vendor ads via Google) Sundance, the Oscars, and Nonprofit Technology? Michelle Martin writes about her experience as a non-technical programmer creating mashups with some new user-friendly tools. 20 practices.

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