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Why I won’t be buying a Kindle

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Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Why I won’t be buying a Kindle November 26, 2007 I think I might need a new blog category: why I won’t be buying … First Leopard, now, Kindle. Sorry, Amazon. Kindle is a bust for me. {

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Another good reason for nonprofits to use FOSS

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Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Another good reason for nonprofits to use FOSS January 6, 2008 This is an amazing example of the kinds of flexibility that is difficult or impossible to get with proprietary software.

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The evolution of web hosting

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Amazon seems to be leading in the next wave of evolution of hosting – pay only for what you need, when you need it. The news today, and why I’m bothering to talk about this, is that Red Hat announced that it will offer RHEL – their enterprise distribution, on Amazon E2.

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What is cloud computing?

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Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What is cloud computing? Companies such as Amazon are creating massive grid storage and computing services for applications in the cloud.

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What is private? What is public?

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Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What is private? June 10, 2008 Today, someone on the progressive exchange list asked about a tool called Rapleaf. What is public?

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Platforms break open, part II

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Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Platforms break open, part II October 18, 2007 The dust is settling. And the big guys have already done this work, check out the way Google and Amazon distribute their API s. He’s right.

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How Many Hours Per Week Should Your Nonprofit Invest in Social Media?

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Nonprofits that host many events or are related to the arts, animals, nature, or international development should definitely be using Flickr. As with Facebook in 2007 and Twitter in 2008, the early adopters began experimenting with location-based communities in 2009. Social Media and Mobile Technology Webinars for Nonprofits.