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News in open source and open standards

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Venture capitalists are liking open source more and more. More $ toward open source is a tide that lifts all boats. Adobe (yeah, Adobe ) joined the Linux Foundation , and released a Linux alpha of Air , their new application platform. { There’s lots of great details on Groklaw. Be Helpful.

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27 Recommended Affordable or Free Nonprofit Software Tools

Bloomerang

Adobe Express Platform overview: Adobe offers several paid graphic design tools, like Illustrator and Photoshop. Their free tool is Adobe Express , which allows users to develop everything from newsletters and presentations to videos and annual reports. Additional users are 50% off.

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My Top 16 tools of 2008

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

They also span the range of proprietary, SaaS, and Open Source. Open Source Tools. Having been bogged down with my own open source CMS tool before 2005, then having taken a break from development, I missed out on the prime years of Drupal’s development. Adobe Air , and applications. WordPress.

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What is cloud computing?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It still requires the hardware and operating systems, and databases that more traditional applications that are inside your network require, but, generally, you hand off that responsibility to the folks that host your application, and access the application through the internet. Be Helpful.

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Web Design Resources from the TechSoup Global Network

Tech Soup

Take a look at some of our resources and products available through the TechSoup donation program: TechSoup's Adobe Donation Program provides a range of software for revamping your organization's website. A well-designed website doesn't require a large budget and a professional design team. Mobile Optimization.

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15 Steps to an Awesome Website Launch

Care2

Cross browser compatible tested – Make sure that your site loads well in all major web browsers including Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari, and yes, Internet Explorer. In addition to firing up all your browsers to put your new site through its paces you can test the site on Adobe Browser Lab or BrowserShots.org.

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The search for good web conferencing

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 The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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