Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

A year ago, I was bear-ish on Facebook, and said I wouldn’t Twitter. Now, I tell my clients that they really have to think about a Facebook strategy, and that nonprofit staff can gain a lot from networks like Twitter. A note : Most people will notice that I have pretty much lost my curmudgeonly approach to social media.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

You know why I started to twitter. It’s an irreversible trend. BTW, I’m paranoid enough that I wrote a tool for easily finding people on Twitter that doesn’t require you to give up your Gmail account. Experiments, snafus and stumbles December 17, 2007 I seem to have lost my head. 4 Ade 12.18.07 5 Jay 12.18.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

What makes it possible Cloud computing is made possible and easier by two trends, two that have happened closely in parallel, one that is relatively recent: High bandwidth to the curb and massive data centers. You are dependent on your internet connection – which could be a problem for mission-critical applications.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 24, 2007

There are some trends that make it seem that some vendors are beginning to get the picture that we can all work together – open APIs seem to be on the rise. A while ago, I blogged about the “scarcity mentality&# – the idea that the pie is finite, and it has to be split up. That makes me happy.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 10, 2006

Of course, the use of business metaphors, language and procedures in the nonprofit sector in general is far from new, and it’s been a trend I’ve not liked much. When I came back, I was surprised to see how many consultants and technology providers have jumped on the Salesforce bandwagon.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 17, 2007

What are the trends on all of the above? Looking at them in isolation without all the other data and the trends and information they entail makes no sense. How many people are reading our materials in their RSS readers? How many people take advantage of discounts that we offer? What do they say in surveys that we conduct?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

Unfortunately, the most recent trend, which I have experienced all too much (and I’m sure you all have too), is to simply follow a script with the person who needs support. Whether they implement a system, or build it, they will inevitably have the job of supporting that technology.

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