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JULY 27, 2008

It’s a lot more than price – it’s quality of work, whether you like their previous work, their overall reputation, as well as their fit with you as an organization. { at 11:56 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Michael 07.31.08 Check This List 07.28.08 Check This List 07.28.08

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APRIL 14, 2008

And I get to highlight the work of some of my favorite bloggers, too. at 12:13 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 robert guinto 04.19.08 Recently, in working with a number of our domestic violence organizations we came up with a logo for the message.

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AUGUST 12, 2008

In general, the phone actually works quite well. But getting them onto the iPhone, or getting them to work, is sometimes a pain. The iPhone 3G had some compelling features and 3rd party apps (like Pandora , which, I have to admit, is about 1/2 the reason I got the phone.) So, I got one, about two weeks ago.

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AUGUST 26, 2008

I won’t be blogging here, and I know that my work will be cut out for me in terms of catching up when I land. Taking a slow, leisurely drive. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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OCTOBER 9, 2007

1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 10.12.07 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 10.12.07 You deserve to be proud of this work! at 11:01 am Congratulations! at 11:01 am Congratulations! Excellent resource.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2010

Comments and Likes on Facebook and LinkedIn postings, retweets and replies on Twitter, and comments on YouTube videos), (3) increase in fan base on the social networking outlets. Averaging 200 interactions per post on Facebook (this includes comments, likes and wall posts). I track the ROI a few ways. (1) Summary of ROI.

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JANUARY 7, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Please take the NOSI survey January 7, 2008 In my work with NOSI (the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative,) I’ve become really interested in how FOSS is used in nonprofit organizations.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2008

It’s cross-platform (available on all platforms) and works really well (the old player was a bit buggy, but those have been really smoothed out, of late.) And it makes disseminating your organizational videos easy as well. It is, I imagine, what the future of television will be. {

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JANUARY 8, 2008

Thanks to twitter (hat tip to marshallk ), I learned about today’s big news: Google, Plaxo and Facebook joined the Data Portability working group. This is, of course, great news. But the real question is: will this actually result in data portability? {

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APRIL 17, 2008

I do hope folks will comment if they know something about these, or have an opinion. BlueAvocado is a new online blog/magazine/website specifically for folks who work in and with nonprofits. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Tim Shih 04.22.08 ReviewBasics is a collaborative editing and reviewing tool.

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DECEMBER 18, 2007

Asterisk is the open source PBX application that works by using VOIP. You choose the House or Senate committee you want to call, type in your phone number, and Committee Caller will sequentially dial each member of the committee so that you can leave your comment. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Ed Dodds 12.29.07

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AUGUST 11, 2008

Cloud computing just doesn’t make any sense, or work in any reasonable way without it (have you ever tried to use Gmail on dial up?) at 11:42 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Dave Copeland 08.12.08 High bandwidth to your home or office is a necessary requirement to cloud computing.

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

I have a few comments. From both a business point of view and from the point of view of how our sector should work to heighten transparency in society at large, there’s no reason to limit the ability of coders to learn about and discuss the API at hand. Those shine as industry-standard examples of how open API s need to be distributed.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

Although the breaks I take during my work day don’t look like this, I liked this cartoon. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Sue Bennett 09.11.07 He even asks “What would Jesus do?&# O’Rielly has a new online series about Women in Technology , with some really great articles. Worth a read!

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MARCH 27, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Michelle, the consultant March 27, 2008 Someone mentioned to me that from what I write on my blog, she wouldn’t know what it is that I actually do in my consulting work. Gotta work on that.

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MARCH 26, 2008

Idealware has a great article on CRMs, and how they are different, and how you can begin to figure out what might work best. Of course, all nonprofits already have a CRM (even if it is a spreadsheet) – the issue is, generally, migration to a new system, or integration with what they already have to add new features.

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OCTOBER 11, 2007

Some nonprofits fit into this category, but most nonprofits that I work with don’t. Think big companies, lots of bucks, lots of boxes. I think sometimes, interesting things come out of that watching. For instance, Gartner’s top 10 technologies to watch in 2008. It is nice to see that “Green IT &# tops Gartner’s list.

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DECEMBER 7, 2007

There are a number of factors at work. I have said many times that I wouldn’t Twitter. I’ve critiqued Twitter and social networks in general. So what’s the story? Michelle twittering? So, if you want to follow me on Twitter, please do. { 1 trackback } Web 2.0 So, if you want to follow me on Twitter, please do. {

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JUNE 17, 2008

Leverage the power of the open platform of Salesforce.com, and do the work that nonprofits (and consultants) have been having to do to bang Salesforce.com into shape as a donor database. Of course, the proof will be in the pudding – we’ll find out over time how this app works, and whether organizations like it.

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JANUARY 17, 2008

Have an active user and developer community I know I can get my questions answered from the community are good enough so that you can get real work done using the tool (in fact, under most circumstances, you could do mission-critical work with it, if your mission called for it.)

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JANUARY 24, 2008

It is another of those open source software applications that “just works.&# It basically eliminates comment spam, which, as you probably know, is the bane of bloggers everywhere. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 DennisVega 09.30.09 Keep up the good work! It is a great blogging tool.

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JULY 10, 2008

A theory of practice, in my mind, outlines the methods and ideals behind how I get work done with clients. This theory includes the following elements that I think are key to my work: Listening. The vendor is expert at what they do, but cannot always provide a channel of communication that the client can really work with.

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AUGUST 5, 2008

And, in a bigger picture way, how important do you think it is for people who work with nonprofit organizations on technology issues to keep up? 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Holly 08.07.08 I’m in an active phase right now (hence, the comment)! How do you keep up? How bleeding edge do we need to be? {

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

So, no blog posts from me here until I get back to work on October 1st. at 6:09 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Robin 09.25.07 But I might write an entry or two on my personal blog , if you’re interested. { 1 trackback } Nonprofit Leadership, Innovation, and Change 09.29.07 at 1:17 pm Happy writing!

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

They say, among other things: Gutsy Gibbon is certainly easier to install and set up than Windows Vista, and it’s very close to matching Mac OS X when it comes to making things “just work&# out of the box. at 12:23 am Breezy, Dapper, Edgy, Fiesty, Gutsy, Hardy … It seems to be ascending alphabetic happy animal names.

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DECEMBER 13, 2007

They are really putting their money where their mouth is, in terms of working toward more openness. But in any case, it should work on all generic hosting environments, and it looks easy to install. I’m liking Six Apart more and more these days. They’ve been supporting open standards for years.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2008

There is a port of XChat called XChat-Aqua , that works natively on Mac OS X. I know that for people who work in real offices, with real other people, IRC is a difficult tool to use – because it takes you away from the environment you are in, and makes it hard to be a part of multiple conversations. It’s also scriptable.

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MARCH 10, 2008

But I have really come to believe that the way that we work with people is as important as the “final&# outcome. One question I asked all of them was about whether they had a process of reflection and evaluation of their work, as it was going on, and when the project was coming to a close.

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DECEMBER 20, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Last minute tidbits December 20, 2007 This will be my last post of 2007 – I’m taking some days off from work and blogging, and won’t return until the beginning of the year.

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JUNE 25, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What software freedom means to me June 25, 2008 I got some interesting comments on the last post about Linux desktops. The freedom to study how the program works, and adapt it to your needs (freedom 1).

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JANUARY 17, 2008

Now, it’s one of a very few choices that work on Linux – and it’s the best by far. 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Dustin J Mitchell 01.17.08 I’ve come to depend on it, first because I couldn’t justify paying for a Photoshop upgrade when I moved to an Intel Mac. Oh, and one more thing.

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MARCH 9, 2008

Needless to say, I did absolutely nothing to get it to work. Plugged it in, and it just worked. Also, having used a Mac for so long, I’m also “it just works&# spoiled. In fact, what’s funny is that things that do in fact “just work&# with Linux almost surprise me. This is my dilemma.

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JUNE 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Varied and sundry June 1, 2007 It’s been a week of mostly not work, which is a nice rest. Flash (and, therefore, YouTube) is working, as is Java. That feels good.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 17, 2009

The SXSW Interactive Festival (scheduled March 12-16, 2010 in Austin, Texas) is a mega huge social media industry event. 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. What are these new competitions about—are they working?

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FEBRUARY 6, 2008

.&# I think as nonprofit organizations begin to work more and more using Web 2.0 I think as nonprofit organizations begin to work more and more using Web 2.0 tools, they need to understand the implications of what they do, and demand that the tools use open standards. {

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NOVEMBER 19, 2007

On the theme of this week in the US – Thanksgiving day, Elisa, of Nonprofit Congress, is thankful for her work. She’s thankful for both the practical, and more abstract ways her work sustains her. at 11:01 am { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 david 11.19.07 I wholeheartedly agree.

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JANUARY 31, 2008

1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Shawn Towey 01.31.08 Because the Firefox artwork is proprietary (and therefore a violation of Debian’s free software guidelines, the browser was rebranded. { Because of Zotero I’m nearly 100% converted to Firefox. But I have to say, I still prefer the way Safari handles RSS.

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