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Social Media and College Admissions

Robert Weiner

The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth has just published Social Media and College Admissions: The First Longitudinal Study by Eric Mattson and Nora Ganim Barnes, Ph.D. The study compares adoption of social media between 2007 and 2008 by the admissions offices of all four-year accredited institutions in the United States.

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The End of an Era

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I moved to Oakland in September of 2008, for a number of reasons. But the culture I grew up in is different than the culture I adopted in my early twenties, and for the first time, I got to be among many others who''d made that same choice--or something like it. I met Ruth in Oakland - she is a long-time Oaklander.

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The End of an Era

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I moved to Oakland in September of 2008, for a number of reasons. But the culture I grew up in is different than the culture I adopted in my early twenties, and for the first time, I got to be among many others who'd made that same choice--or something like it. Some were very clear to me, others didn't become clear until years later.

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Technology providers and Linux

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

At least in Massachusetts, the majority of nonprofits work with network support people who don’t focus totally on nonprofit organizations (there are some wonderful exceptions, however, of companies that focus on the sector.) If you are new to the Linux biz, there isn’t any reason I could see to adopt CentOS.

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Technology for Whom? Owning Our Platforms

Non Profit Quarterly

22 Nationwide, Uber adopted a complex new “full fare” algorithm in 2021 that many drivers claim makes it increasingly difficult to track rider fares or understand what they will earn on a given ride. 39 This is a tiny share of the U.S. trillion in assets.

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