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SaaS vs. Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source. SaaS is not, by definition either proprietary or open source.

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Guest Post by Gaurav Mishra: The 4Cs Social Media Framework

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The second reason is a clear definition of what social media is, even within the social media community. However, very few people use these terms precisely and almost nobody agrees on the exact definition of these terms. My Barack Obama leverage some aspects of Collective Intelligence during the 2008 presidential campaign.

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Mashups with Social Impact for the NetSquared Mashup Challenge

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Wikipedia defines a mashup as, "a web application that combines data from more than one source into a single integrated tool." Submit your idea for a mashup with social impact by MARCH 14, 2008 at 5 PM PST. Some categories: General definitions and examples: API sources: (point to places where one finds open APIs).

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What is a Wikimuseum? And More Thoughts on Metaphorical Design

Museum 2.0

The characteristics I imagine are based on my definition of a wiki as a website that anyone can edit. But that is not everyone's definition. In 2008, I worked with one museum director for whom the word "wiki" is synonymous with "Wikipedia."

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Web 2.0 Part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

that I will highlight, I’ll give you a short definition of what Web 2.0 The Wikipedia entry on Web 2.0 But I’ll give you my quick definition: Web 2.0 But I’ll give you my quick definition: Web 2.0 Before I plunge in to talk about the individual parts of Web 2.0

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