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MARCH 27, 2008

And, I guess truthfully, the blurb on my consulting site is kinda dry. But I help them plan their technology initiatives (a new database, a new website, etc.,) I’ll be the project manager on their big new client database project, and help them think about how far to dip their toes into Web 2.0. Gotta work on that.

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AUGUST 12, 2008

There are multiple threads on multiple sites about problems with the iPhone 3G – clearly, some software fixes need to happen, and the faster they happen, the happier I’ll be. But getting them onto the iPhone, or getting them to work, is sometimes a pain.

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JULY 27, 2008

at 6:32 pm Mistakes non-profits make with Web sites « No newsprint here 08.04.08 at 11:56 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Michael 07.31.08 at 6:32 pm Mistakes non-profits make with Web sites « No newsprint here 08.04.08 at 11:56 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Michael 07.31.08

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NOVEMBER 21, 2007

November 21, 2007 Beth’s wonderful post about a decision tree for whether or not an organization should get into the social networking business had a link to a comment about OpenSocial. Maybe this is the use for opensocialorg.org! :-) { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Devdas Bhagat 11.22.07 Anyone interested?

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AUGUST 13, 2008

A new site was launched called “ Green Nonprofits.&# 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Alanna 08.13.08 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Alanna 08.13.08 I’m excited to see what community-driven development can do! It looks interesting. Something to watch. { at blogged. Something to watch. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 4, 2008

But, a very nice soul at MayFirst/people-link, where we house the NOSI site, set up Limesurvey for us, so we’re using that. I had originally done the survey in Surveymonkey , which is a slick on-line survey tool. Limesurvey is actually quite powerful. It’s a LAMP stack application.

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JUNE 18, 2007

I decided to try out facebook when I kept hearing about the integration of other social networking sites into facebook. I’m still not convinced by any of these social network sites not directly linked to content (unlike del.icio.us or flickr) – but it’s fun to play with, anyway.

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JULY 15, 2007

Choosing a theme Migrate the posts and comments (exporting it from typepad, importing into wordpress – all web gui based, very easy. Letting people know Changing the DNS of the old site (and changing the site on wordpress.) I’d recommend it to anyone. Modifying a few things (see this link.) There are a few changes.

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JULY 6, 2007

July 6, 2007 Deborah, is, as per usual, diplomatic in her discussion of the site " Sustainable Nonprofit ", which is a new(?) The site is beautifully designed, and engaging, with some good information and tools, as well. The site is beautifully designed, and engaging, with some good information and tools, as well.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Apparently, the data stays in the container (the social network site) and probably can’t move beyond it. If a social mashup starts making money from ads, how would that be split up between the host site, the app developer, and all the other applications or social networks from which that mashup pulls data?

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MAY 19, 2008

Speaking of metrics, Drew Bernard has an awesome post about how to use web analytics based on the functions of specific pages or sites. Commenters on Allan’s post wonder about the fate of Convio’s IPO. Allan Benamer points out that Kintera is about to be delisted by NASDAQ. Time will tell. { Time will tell. {

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FEBRUARY 5, 2008

It’s being billed as the “easiest database&# and I pretty much have to agree. Seesmic is a video conversation site. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 02.05.08 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 02.05.08 Have a look at the demo. It’s an interesting concept.

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JANUARY 24, 2008

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 I will add a backlink and bookmark your site. .&# Installation of WordPress is scarily easy. WordPress is expandable with tons of plugins. Keep up the good work!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 6, 2008

Basically, it means that the data that you put into social networking sites, like profiles, social graph (those who you are connected to,) media, etc. Dataportability.org – the organization, has gotten a lot of press in the tech industry lately because some very big players recently joined. So first, what is data portability?

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DECEMBER 1, 2007

The thing we have actually done the most of is write the primer , and I’ve got more ideas for types of open content that NOSI could get involved in doing, so these suggestions for business models are quite welcome. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2007

But for much larger/high-traffic sites, or sites that fluctuate a lot, it might be a great idea, especially if you want dedicated hosting. 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 me_just_me 11.12.07 And now, there is E2 – Elastic Compute Cloud – use only the storage, processing power and bandwidth you use.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

Like any powerful CMS, though, there is quite the learning curve in order to get a site up and running. I’ll be migrating my main consulting site over to it quite soon. It will take some time and effort to get a site up, but that’s standard for any website. Joomla is growing fast. They just released version 1.5,

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JANUARY 10, 2009

As of right now, the site has 258,711 users and counting, with thousands online at the same time. At its core, Ravelry is primarily a user-built relational database of yarns and patterns, linked through the users who work with them. Folks can leave comments on my projects. The site is fast and intelligently built.

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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 old site is still up on the Wayback Machine.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2007

There are an amazing number of new sites that have launched over the weekend (I imagine people sitting in their home offices with lots of caffeine and pizza.) 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 11.10.07 Folks on that list are beginning to talk about how to implement portability. 2 admin 11.10.07

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MARCH 20, 2008

7 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Thomas 03.20.08 Their web site makes no mention of what server technology is used/required for MPower. at 5:38 pm I just found this very interesting blog entry about MPower , which I found via a comment on Alan Benamer’s blog. There will be penguins!! 4 Shawn Towey 03.24.08

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NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Google has a number of partners, including social network sites like LinkedIn, Friendster and Ning, as well as Salesforce, which does have very interesting implications given the increasing use of Salesforce in the nonprofit sector. Basically, if the more social network sites that adopt OpenSocial, the more open the whole thing gets.

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OCTOBER 9, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Getting Naked: Being human and transparent October 9, 2007 If you are new to this site, you might want to read more , and subscribe to my feed. Sorry it’s a day late.

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

A new social networking site, called “Quetchup&# spammed (without permission) the contacts of people who signed up for the site. That’s because a lot of the social networking sites allow you to find other people on their site by giving them your gmail username and password, or your email contact list.

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JULY 6, 2008

at 3:45 am { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 David Geilhufe 07.07.08 Thanks for a great site!! It’s going to take some real elbow grease of reaching out to people who might begin to form the kernel of a development community to get that going. “If we build it they will come&# only works in the movies. {

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OCTOBER 15, 2007

October 15, 2007 If you are new to this site, you might want to read more , and subscribe to my feed. Open has 3 components, APIs, Database Connectors, and Extensions. Database Connectors are specific tools to help people connect Convio and specific apps, including Blackbaud’s Raiser’s edge, and … Salesforce!

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MARCH 29, 2007

They have a site, with the URL: [link] which is a link to a windows.exe file, which is a simple, sweet Debian installer. Technorati Tags: 07NTC , nptech , linux { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Scott Wells 03.30.07 But, the computers are networked, so it would seem – there must be some easy way, right?

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

at 1:35 pm { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 PW 10.03.07 There are better sites for music and there are adequate players for 1/5th the price. So what am I going to replace my current phone with? I don’t know yet, but whatever it is, it will be unlocked. { at 3:34 pm Why stop at the iPod and iPhones.

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APRIL 15, 2007

I set up a mysql database in my standard generic virtual hosting setup, copied the downloaded and unzipped Joomla folder into my webspace by FTP, and fired up my browser. Technorati Tags: cms , drupal , joomla { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Photopoppy 04.17.07 Well, guess what? Installing Joomla is dead easy.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2009

What are your nonprofit resolutions for 2009? Convio just released a helpful guide for nonprofits appropriately titled, " Nonprofit Resolutions That Make the Difference in 2009 ". Resolution Four: "I resolve to make our web site easier to use and more informative." What are your top nonprofit resolutions for 2009?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 7, 2007

August 7, 2007 I’ve been experimenting with the non-content centered social networking sites LinkedIn and Facebook for a while now. 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?

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MARCH 13, 2007

My workflow does involve the web, for sure, but I can only keep up with so many social networking sites of varied uses (social bookmarking, social networking like Linked in, community blogs etc. But why don’t I sign up for a Twitter account, and, well, Twitter? First off, it doesn’t fit into my workflow.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

Perhaps if DimDim were also to release a version that integrated with Skype … I can’t figure out from looking around their site whether it is cross-platform enough to share desktops, but I signed up for the beta, so I guess I’ll test it out. 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Jonathan Trenn 01.31.08

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

at 6:28 pm { 5 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Caroline Meeks 12.17.07 at 10:52 am I hate giving my Google password to any web site that’s not at google.com. Maybe it’s time to go back to being a curmudgeon. { 2 trackbacks } Change » Blog Archive » Profile aggregators 12.18.07 4 Ade 12.18.07

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JANUARY 14, 2009

One purpose is to allow users to modify their own information (if the site allows logins.) Forms sent go to email, or a separate database, and someone manually enters that data into the CRM. at 4:38 pm { 14 comments… read them below or add one } 1 mathew 01.15.09 The old fashioned form of integration. 8 Judi Sohn 01.22.09

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OCTOBER 20, 2006

I’m not going to go through everything they said at all – I think a recording will be available on the NTEN blog or site at some point soon, I expect. 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Katrin 10.23.06 There was also a backchannel chat room, which was really useful and interesting. (I

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NOVEMBER 28, 2006

These are sites that are simply aggregators of the blogs of those involved in a particular open source project (like, in this case, women involved in Ubuntu ). Technorati Tags: linuxchix , nosi , nptech , nten , opensource , web2.0 { 5 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Beth 11.30.06 at 7:28 am Glad I read the comments.

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