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SEPTEMBER 20, 2007

Rule of thumb: projects that haven’t had minor releases in a year or more are definitely in danger of becoming projects that are no longer under development. Depending on project, going from x.2 3 might be a major or minor release. Going to a x.0 0 release – for example from 2.x is always major.)

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DECEMBER 12, 2006

It’s definitely worth a read. Seth Gottlieb (a fellow Western Mass person) has a great post on his blog about how to go about looking at the communities around open source projects. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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JUNE 1, 2007

It’s definitely worth a listen. There’s been some interesting activity in the realm of women in open source. There is a podcast with a group of women developers that was recorded during RailsConf. There is a part two coming, I understand. Also, I’ll be moving this blog soon – probably next week.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2007

3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Kevin Mark 11.01.07 I like building my own systems – I need a new desktop, and I like the idea that I can build my own easily, and get a fair bit of power fairly cheaply. It’s been fun, these 20 years with Macintosh. It seems a fitting moment to say goodbye to Apple. {

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JULY 27, 2007

2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Deborah Elizabeth Finn 08.01.07 at 10:56 am Dear Michelle, You definitely have a great sense of humor! This will be my last tech blog entry until at least August 6th. I’m taking time off to work on science fiction writing! {

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MARCH 5, 2007

Shell sessions are basically not doable, unless I am amazingly patient – the 4 second latency is definitely a problem in that case. Technorati Tags: broadband , hughesnet , satellite { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Catherine Carey 03.06.07 But it didn’t stay good. About 5:00, the bandwidth hit the floor.

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AUGUST 9, 2007

And, to answer the question posed above, the answer is, for me, obviously, a definite yes. I’m looking forward to Gutsy Gibbon, Ubuntu 7.10 coming out in October. I’m sure I’ll be upgrading. » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 06.24.08 » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 06.24.08

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AUGUST 17, 2009

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. Definitely. The final program is done through a combination of an open submission and community voting process.

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AUGUST 7, 2007

In some comments in a post of mine about Facebook, someone mentioned the article “ Facebook is the new AOL &# and I also mentioned an article I’d read asking how open is Facebook , really? at 2:47 am { 6 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Mike T. 1 trackback } The Better Scoial Network 08.24.07 6 Joe 09.01.07

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APRIL 10, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Twitter and Nonprofits April 10, 2008 This actually was a post to the Progressive Exchange discussion list. at 10:15 pm { 7 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Matt Radel 04.11.08

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OCTOBER 21, 2007

3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Michele Martin 10.22.07 Definitely an interesting conversation to have. I infer from your comments that there is, in you view, something antithetical about providing quality consulting and making money. But, there are some useful ideas to mull over. { 2 Alan Weiss 10.23.07

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APRIL 15, 2007

It definitely focuses a lot on the eye candy, which is nice, actually – I like that the admin interface is pretty. Technorati Tags: cms , drupal , joomla { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Photopoppy 04.17.07 CMSs do share that pretty serious learning curve – but I’m getting over it, slowly.

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JANUARY 14, 2009

at 4:38 pm { 14 comments… read them below or add one } 1 mathew 01.15.09 I know a lot of the free site tools, wikis like wetpaint.com, keep trying to move to become more social, and let the audience/membership interact more – that is definitely related. at 3:50 pm CiviCRM and Drupal (& Joomla) 01.26.09

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AUGUST 18, 2005

It’s definitely a thing to watch. They’ve just released a beta version (sorry, Mac only, for once) of a new platform for internet video, called DTV. This is very cool. It makes finding channels with interesting video easy, as well as making channels easy. It might indeed make vlogging a lot easier as well.

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AUGUST 12, 2007

I think it’s certainly a possible choice, especially if you’ve got a philosophical approach that’s resonant with Debian (a lot of activist technology organizations use Debian) and have (or can find) the expertise needed. 1 trackback } Linux Desktop Migration » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 11.16.07

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

But some comments on the whole phenomenon. 9 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Chris Willmott 09.25.06 at 3:43 pm Hey gang I’m the product manager for Ma.gnolia, so I appreciate the comments here. Thanks for giving us a look, and again for the comments. to Ma.gnolia. Ma.gnolia seems better.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 David Geilhufe 10.10.06 at 9:48 am Yes, this is all definitely worth a longer conversation. I don’t know how many people have raised this issue, but I think it’s one worth raising. { at 12:33 am Michelle — thanks for this. Katrin 3 Michelle Murrain 10.11.06

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

10 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Allan Benamer 09.18.07 There is one additional point I want to make: On some topics that may not have wide resonance yet, there is, by definition little traffic. Holly doesn’t think so, and I don’t either. { Your site, zenofnptech.org, is already on Quantcast.

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MARCH 18, 2011

We welcome your comments and feedback. A couple months ago, the ASU Lodestar Center released its 2010 report on Arizona Giving & Volunteering. The data were collected in the summer of 2009 by asking people to reflect on their volunteering during all of 2008. For 2008, the CPS put the Arizona volunteering rate at 25 percent.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2008

People wouldn’t write the checks or fill out the forms, but they can click and give, just like they click to buy a book or a Pez dispenser or, in 2008, pay their parking tickets. Share and Enjoy: One Comment comment Lynn Sanders That’s amazing! I believe that video online is definitely the wave of the future.

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JUNE 10, 2011

We welcome your comments and feedback. Yesterday, they published the list of organizations that have lost their exemption from paying income tax due to failure to file required reports in 2007, 2008, and 2009. The "Fall Festival" advertised on their homepage is for 2008, and the "events" link opens up to a May 2009 calendar.

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JANUARY 30, 2008

Home • About Us Mission Team News Partners Careers • Services Overview Interactive Marketing Video Web Design and Development • Clients Clients List Client Login • Resources Overview Events YouTube for Nonprofits Guide to Online Video Video FAQs Our Blog • Contact POSTED BY Michael Hoffman JAN 30, 2008 Identity 2.0

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JULY 26, 2007

Receive monthly updates Update on Friday, June 11, 2010 at 01:10PM by Justin Perkins A couple of years ago I put together this "social network" calculator as a free resource to assess the opportunity cost of recruiting email subscribers and donors online. Colman Thanks for your comments, Kira & Jonathon. July 31, 2007 | Jonathon D.

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JULY 17, 2007

Receive monthly updates Update on Friday, June 11, 2010 at 01:10PM by Justin Perkins A couple of years ago I put together this "social network" calculator as a free resource to assess the opportunity cost of recruiting email subscribers and donors online. Colman Thanks for your comments, Kira & Jonathon. July 31, 2007 | Jonathon D.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2008

Receive monthly updates Update on Friday, June 11, 2010 at 01:10PM by Justin Perkins A couple of years ago I put together this "social network" calculator as a free resource to assess the opportunity cost of recruiting email subscribers and donors online. Colman Thanks for your comments, Kira & Jonathon. July 31, 2007 | Jonathon D.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 3, 2009

scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. Definitely. Additional panels mentioned in the comments of the earlier roundup are here: Who are you? The SXSW Interactive Festival. Submitted by Ramya Raghavan.

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MAY 29, 2009

billion in 2008 to $29.8 Receive monthly updates 14 Comments | by Share Article in Direct Mail , Online Fundraising Reader Comments (14) This is a very interesting article and your points are definitely valid. Stan @SonicPrint May 14, 2010 | Sonic Print Direct Mail Copyright © 2008, Care2.com

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FEBRUARY 18, 2008

February 18, 2008 This is a rant. at 8:53 pm { 6 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Robin Reagler 02.19.08 Definitely agree on all fronts. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology No more custom CMS! 6 Mike Gifford 01.04.09

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AUGUST 21, 2009

scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. In 2008, I was on one of the few nonprofit panels on the agenda. And, if you submitted a nonprofit panel - and I managed to miss it while scanning 2200 in ten minutes - please add the link and description in a comment. Definitely.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

at 7:05 pm { 6 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Charlie Crystle 08.07.07 There are definitely instances where companies buy up competitors to simply shut them down but I am not convinced that this is such a case. at 9:18 am Last minute tidbits » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 12.20.07 million nonprofits.

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DECEMBER 10, 2010

All Blackbaud Blogs Contact Us Blackbaud.com About Nonprofit Trends Books Research Reports Speaking Why Apple isn’t the Nonprofit App Grinch Posted by Steve MacLaughlin on December 10th, 2010 Nonprofit social media expert Beth Kanter isn’t happy with Apple at the moment. smaclaughlin Thanks for the comment.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 7, 2007

In other words, don’t make a copies for a workshop, or for a colleague who isn’t inside your organization, and definitely don’t make a copy for your mother to read. Please feel free to join the dialogue, either in comments, or on your own blog. This comment is for Michael. Below is his response.

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JULY 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The “Open Source Software is Free&# myth July 14, 2008 I had a startling realization a few days ago. at 12:12 pm { 8 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Robert Fischer 07.14.08

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JULY 2, 2009

Receive monthly updates 13 Comments | by Share Article in Social Networking , Trends , Web 2.0 Reader Comments (13) I like Quantcast better than Xinureturns for an overview that includes social media profiles. Its definitely worth mentioning in this post. I will definitely be adding some of these to my social media toolbox!

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AUGUST 13, 2021

Send in your questions and comments. And yeah, just happy that you two are sharing your knowledge today because like I said, this is definitely a hot topic and one I don’t know anything about. So there’s definitely a mix of both, but the majority of the ones are actually kind of in that gen-X category.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 6, 2009

Heck, i t’s time to start thinking about 2010. Twitter was definitely on an upswing (but not near the use we saw this year), and we had a TwitterCamp display set up. We will definitely do this again. I resisted using the title of “report card”. cc licensed flickr photo shared by alumroot. I am not sure we need the scribe (e.g.

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AUGUST 13, 2021

Send in your questions and comments. And yeah, just happy that you two are sharing your knowledge today because like I said, this is definitely a hot topic and one I don’t know anything about. So there’s definitely a mix of both, but the majority of the ones are actually kind of in that gen-X category. So don’t be shy.

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