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APRIL 3, 2008

Be Helpful. Adobe (yeah, Adobe ) joined the Linux Foundation , and released a Linux alpha of Air , their new application platform. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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APRIL 23, 2008

Be Helpful. They are doing a CMS satisfaction survey, and the more info that they get, the better. So go rate your CMS ! { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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AUGUST 5, 2008

I’ve been helping a client hire a temporary project manager, and so in the interview process one of the questions I ask is how people keep up with change in the field. 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?

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

Be Helpful. So I’m polishing off my PHP skills, and we’ll see where that leads. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. So I’m polishing off my PHP skills, and we’ll see where that leads. {

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Alanna 09.05.08 Be Helpful. If someone releases a “Chrome minus Google&# – that is, a version of Chrome with all of the “phone home&# code completely eliminated, then I’ll think about using that version, just to see what it’s like. 2 film fan 09.16.08

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MARCH 13, 2008

1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 adam nicholson 03.13.08 Be Helpful. It could happen here. { at 8:48 pm Wow…that’s amazing. What does this mean for us? How much trickle-down? Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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MAY 1, 2007

May 1, 2007 Jon Stahl quotes a comment by Ethan Zuckerman about “shiny&# – the over attention to cool and groovy web 2.0 Be Helpful. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Too much “shiny&# ? functionality.

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MARCH 9, 2008

at 9:01 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Robin 03.16.08 These posts on open source applications are so helpful. Be Helpful. Update: I’ve been using it now as my default browser for the last day or so, and it is really growing on me. { at 7:46 am Just wanted to say: thanks. A true gift!

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MARCH 3, 2008

Be Helpful. I’m looking forward to talking about free and open source software to this audience. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. I’m looking forward to talking about free and open source software to this audience. {

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JULY 25, 2008

Be Helpful. Not waiting for Android vaporware (my research suggested it was probably a long time coming, and would not be on my carrier, AT&T,) I decided to succumb, and buy an iPhone 3G. More on that in a later post. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Be Helpful. 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.) It is, I imagine, what the future of television will be. { It is, I imagine, what the future of television will be. {

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NOVEMBER 1, 2007

3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Kevin Mark 11.01.07 Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07 Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07 Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07 Be Helpful.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

Jobs understands that DRM doesn’t work, and doesn’t help sell music. 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. He should understand that the same thing is true for iPhones.

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JULY 30, 2008

at 6:31 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 07.30.08 BTW, I thought of you today after reading Nancy’s comments about the online community module for NTEN We Are Media. Be Helpful. I read her blog for great tips on professional development and technology. {

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JUNE 11, 2008

Be Helpful. Wait for this, or buy an iPhone? Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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JANUARY 7, 2008

Please take it no matter what the level of use of open source software is in your organization – data on as wide a range of organizations will be helpful to us. Be Helpful. Please encourage your colleagues and clients to take this survey as well.

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MARCH 26, 2008

I also wrote a software choice worksheet , that can help with the process of looking at a wide variety of tools. Be Helpful. Idealware has a great article on CRMs, and how they are different, and how you can begin to figure out what might work best. One of the fascinating things to me is how quickly the CRM space is evolving.

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AUGUST 14, 2008

at 5:50 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 08.15.08 at 5:50 am { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 08.15.08 Be Helpful. Like all social networks, they are only as usable as people in your social graph use it, and it’s pretty sparse for me right now.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2007

1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Sue Bennett 09.11.07 Be Helpful. 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! AgencyByte has a great article on how to prevent scope creep. I’d love to chat sometime.

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APRIL 17, 2008

I do hope folks will comment if they know something about these, or have an opinion. 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Tim Shih 04.22.08 Be Helpful. I don’t always have a lot of time to investigate them, or figure out if they are useful, but I do like to not completely ignore the ones that look interesting.

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AUGUST 12, 2008

Be Helpful. I know some folks are holding out for an Android phone, which, from what I can tell, are going to be pretty similar. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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JANUARY 6, 2008

Be Helpful. This seems like something many nonprofits might want to try out. Hat tip to Jon Stahl for the heads up. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Hat tip to Jon Stahl for the heads up. { Hat tip to Jon Stahl for the heads up. {

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JANUARY 4, 2008

The surveys could stand some graphic design help, but you can design templates for it. Be Helpful. It’s a LAMP stack application. Worth a look if your organization does surveys. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2007

Be Helpful. I have been tasked to be “use case librarian&# which is very cool, since I am a real fan of use cases. I’ll be posting pics to flickr, for sure! { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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JULY 27, 2008

at 11:56 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Michael 07.31.08 at 11:56 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Michael 07.31.08 Be Helpful. Check This List 07.28.08 at 11:37 am Biggest nonprofit website mistakes « Do Good Well 07.28.08 Check This List 07.28.08

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

at 6:09 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Robin 09.25.07 Be Helpful. 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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MAY 20, 2008

1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 amanda 05.22.08 Be Helpful. I’m just not so sure how far I should trust Google with my health care data. It gives me enough pause to trust them with my email. { at 12:10 pm Woah. I missed that this whole “Google Health API&# was about storing your health data at Google.

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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 Be Helpful.

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OCTOBER 31, 2007

Be Helpful. I can Skype again (once I figure out how to use my USB headset on Linux.) I have to admit to being a very happy camper. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. I have to admit to being a very happy camper. {

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AUGUST 13, 2008

1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Alanna 08.13.08 Be Helpful. Something to watch. { at 2:27 pm My blog has also been rated an 8.2 at blogged. I suspect it’s their default rating. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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AUGUST 26, 2008

Be Helpful. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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JANUARY 17, 2008

Be Helpful. Because of the nature of open source, more money in the open source ecosystem is a good thing, and it is my belief that unlike “voodoo economics&# this will actually be a tide that lifts all boats. { 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 Be Helpful. at 11:01 am Congratulations! You deserve to be proud of this work! Excellent resource. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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APRIL 21, 2008

Be Helpful. CiviCRM ranked #1 in satisfaction in the recent NTEN CRM satisfaction survey. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. CiviCRM ranked #1 in satisfaction in the recent NTEN CRM satisfaction survey. {

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JANUARY 8, 2008

Be Helpful. This is, of course, great news. But the real question is: will this actually result in data portability? { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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OCTOBER 1, 2007

Be Helpful. I can’t wait to get my grubby little fingers on the data on CiviCRM and Salesforce. So, let your voice be heard! Fill out the survey. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Fill out the survey. { Fill out the survey. { Fill out the survey. {

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OCTOBER 18, 2007

I have a few comments. Be Helpful. I looked over Allan Benamer’s post on the Convio and Kintera initiatives, I looked harder at the Convio Open and Kintera Connect docs, and I also had a chat with some Kintera folk. Of course, the API was only one part of Convio’s initiative, so I do still think they come out ahead, a bit.

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