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Replacing Mobile Advertising with Real-Time Data

Amy Sample Ward

That’s the question I asked this morning on Qriously, a new application that measures public sentiment, in real time. The application is currently in a closed beta, and I was lucky enough to get access to start playing around with it. I think there are so many potential applications for Qriously in the nonprofit sector!

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Predictions for 2009

Amy Sample Ward

Mashups are great. But I think 2009 will see a more refined world of mashups take over. We have seen plenty of mashups where a website is able to push together a mapping tool, some public data, and user-created content like comments. Mashups of applications and spaces, not just information.

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Interview: John Brennan of OpenAction

Amy Sample Ward

I remember leaving for Vegas and making a promise to Joe that I would submit a mashup to the 2009 Change the Web Challenge. The mashup was a map showing where people were volunteering in near-real-time. Essentially, we give organizations a simple tool to manage project information, like photos and videos.

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Advancing Your Mission With GIS Tools

NTEN

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools.

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Web 2.0 Part Va:APIs

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

These are Application Programming Interfaces, and they are a relatively new part of the way that Web 2.0 One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups. These are using data in your own databases, and grabbing maps from google maps and putting them inside your application.

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Advancing Your Mission With GIS Tools

NTEN

Geographic information systems (GIS) and online mapping applications continue to become more powerful and easier to use every year. Mapping applications that used to require sophisticated software and time-intensive training to create can now be completed in a matter of minutes with user-friendly tools.

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Data Portability for Good

NTEN

Entrants built useful applications incorporating at least one data feed from Data.gov , in an effort to make government data accessible and usable. The result displays in table format as well as visualized on an interactive shaded map of the US. The community around your issue will learn to count on your research and information.

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