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APRIL 19, 2010

As you might know, almost a year ago, I made a big change in my use of social media – I segregated my social graph – work related stuff moved to LinkedIn and Twitter, and personal friends only on Facebook. There are things I really like about Twitter, Identi.ca, Buzz, etc. And, I’ll still be blogging.

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APRIL 11, 2010

This blog series is all Beth Kanter’s fault. As you know, I don’t blog much about social media. I’m hoping that someone (hint, hint) will write the blog post or report taking off on this work, and articulate the major nonprofit use cases for Social CRM. facebook scrm socialmedia twitter.

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2006

Part III: Blogs, Podcasting and Vlogs September 27, 2006 When I start out these series, I seem to have an idea in hand about how to organize them, which, invariably, gets rearranged in the course of writing. So, here’s the post about Blogs, and their follow ons: podcasting and vlogging. Blogging is old hat. Such is life.

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MARCH 17, 2008

So, if you want to catch up with me, email, and I’ll send you my phone # so you can call or text me, or twitter me. { So, if you want to catch up with me, email, and I’ll send you my phone # so you can call or text me, or twitter me. { I’m looking forward to it.

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APRIL 12, 2011

I was perusing Social Source Commons (something I don’t do nearly often enough,) and catching up on the SSC blog , and I thought it might be worth sharing with this audience what tools I use for basic consulting workflow. If you want to look at my Social Source Commons toolbox, it’s here. Evernote rocks my world.

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APRIL 21, 2012

If you are a facebook friend, follow me on twitter , or friend me on instagram, you'll get to see photos and hear about where I've been and where I'm going. I'll also probably do a fair bit of blogging as well. Blog Category: America. Nice to know I can keep healthy while on the road! Pioneer Valley.

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MAY 17, 2011

I’m a fairly active user of Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and some other social networking sites, and have been for years now. I certainly have followed and friended lots of organizations on these networks (particularly on Twitter, but also some more personally relevant to me on Facebook.) And I use hashtags in blog entries! ).

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FEBRUARY 11, 2012

Reading or posting on any other social network (Twitter, Google+, Diaspora, etc.). Blogging or reading Blogs. Blog Category: Personal. So, for Lent, from February 22, through April 8th, I won't be: Reading or posting on Facebook. Reading RSS feeds or Google News. no Rachel Maddow, sniff, sniff). Playing video games.

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JANUARY 8, 2008

Thanks to twitter (hat tip to marshallk ), I learned about today’s big news: Google, Plaxo and Facebook joined the Data Portability working group. Update: LinkedIn, Flickr, SixApart and Twitter have now joined Dataportability.org. Read/Write Web and TechCruch have good coverage of this. This is, of course, great news.

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APRIL 14, 2008

Mostly, because I get to read blogs by people that aren’t on my list of feeds I read regularly. SOX First, which is a new blog to me, and focuses on Sarbanes-Oxely compliance, asks whether nonprofits hold the ethical high ground. Read the blog entry. And I get to highlight the work of some of my favorite bloggers, too.

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APRIL 21, 2012

If you are a facebook friend, follow me on twitter , or friend me on instagram, you'll get to see photos and hear about where I've been and where I'm going. I'll also probably do a fair bit of blogging as well. Blog Category: America. Nice to know I can keep healthy while on the road! Pioneer Valley.

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AUGUST 14, 2008

There are an increasing number of third party apps that can use it (it supports the Twitter API.) twitter can’t do that What do you think? The documentation is a bit lacking, and it’s clear that it’s a very new project. So I’m on identi.ca now ( follow pearlbear ). But hopefully that will change. {

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MARCH 5, 2009

I’m sure that this post probably won’t make much of a dent, since I suspect that at least 70% of the people who send me stuff (I get 6-10 emails a week that fall into this category) have never read this blog (even though they might say they love it.) Once I get this blog post done, I can clean out that “To Blog&# inbox.

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DECEMBER 17, 2007

You know why I started to twitter. There have been lots of blog posts about Spock, mostly negative. 2 trackbacks } Change » Blog Archive » Profile aggregators 12.18.07 at 12:39 am Spokeo connects people from different networks together, just like how RSS readers connect disjoint blogs into one united Blogosphere.

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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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AUGUST 5, 2008

I’m a fantastic book learner, which means I’m a great blog/twitter learner, too. Also, one of the things I do is blog – so I regularly have to process and digest information to write decent blog posts. RSS readers, google alerts and blogs are so key to my existence these days! 2 Jack 08.07.08

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FEBRUARY 11, 2012

Reading or posting on any other social network (Twitter, Google+, Diaspora, etc.). Blogging or reading Blogs. Blog Category: Personal. So, for Lent, from February 22, through April 8th, I won't be: Reading or posting on Facebook. Reading RSS feeds or Google News. no Rachel Maddow, sniff, sniff). Playing video games.

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JUNE 7, 2009

Of course, everyone is still on Twitter, and Linked in, etc., Even though I tend not to blog anywhere near as much as most of my colleagues about social networks (because it’s really not my passion,) I’ve been a fairly early adopter, in the broad sense (of course, if I compare myself to Beth Kanter , I’m a laggard.)

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JUNE 7, 2009

Of course, everyone is still on Twitter, and Linked in, etc., Even though I tend not to blog anywhere near as much as most of my colleagues about social networks (because it’s really not my passion,) I’ve been a fairly early adopter, in the broad sense (of course, if I compare myself to Beth Kanter , I’m a laggard.)

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MARCH 9, 2008

It can keep track of your Twitter friends, etc. You can also use it as a blog editor, which I am going to start trying out. 1 trackback } Boy in the Bands » Blog Archive » Because the power of the Internet increases as people get connected. .&# For bookmarking, it uses your del.icio.us It’s amazingly good.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits February 14, 2008 These are tidbits of things I’ve gotten recently from vendors, or gotten via feeds or twitter. Kintera opens a Developers Challenge.

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MAY 12, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology It’s been a while… May 13, 2008 As you’ve probably noticed, I haven’t been blogging a whole lot lately. I’ve been pretty busy with a variety of projects.

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APRIL 17, 2008

I started a little Twitter conversation about it, and people seemed intrigued. BlueAvocado is a new online blog/magazine/website specifically for folks who work in and with nonprofits. As a funder, you can put up RFPs (at a cost), and people can apply directly online. It looks interesting, and potentially useful.

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DECEMBER 26, 2008

I use WP pretty much everyday, between my own blogs, and helping clients maintain theirs. WP as a blogging tool rocks my world, and although I certainly could move blogging to Drupal, since I seem to be becoming somewhat of a Drupalista, it’s just not worth it. This was the year for twitter. Open Source Tools.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

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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MARCH 9, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Frustrations March 9, 2008 As some of you who follow me on Twitter know, I ran into frustrations a few days ago with WPA.

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DECEMBER 10, 2007

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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SEPTEMBER 25, 2007

So, no blog posts from me here until I get back to work on October 1st. 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 6:09 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Robin 09.25.07 at 1:17 pm Happy writing!

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

September 19, 2008 Note: This blog entry was originally posted on Idealware’s new community blog. I’m honored and happy to be contributing blog posts there. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What are learning platforms?

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AUGUST 13, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tidbits August 13, 2008 I love these tidbits blog posts. This blog is rated 8.2 at 2:27 pm My blog has also been rated an 8.2 at blogged. I was profiled on Linux.com. Something to watch. {

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AUGUST 16, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Tips for reducing IT costs August 16, 2007 Nicholas Carr, who writes the blog Rough Type , is a smart dude. The one I love the best: Procrastinate.

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JULY 2, 2010

Plenty of conservative organizations use Drupal, Salesforce, online fundraising, Facebook and Twitter – using those technologies to push for ends that I am far from interested in seeing come to reality. There may be other ways I’m helping to change the world , though, but you’ll have to read my other blog for that.

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MAY 19, 2008

Here are a few: The blog at the Nonprofit Times, called “Don’t Tell the Donor&# has a very interesting entry on the flurry of benchmarking studies that came out recently. It’s titled “ Benchmarking With a Warped Stick.&# It takes aim at Convio’s recent benchmarking study. Time will tell. { Time will tell. {

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Under my hat is a blog post about open source and SaaS. It’s going to be interesting. It might be interesting. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. It might be interesting. { It might be interesting. {

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APRIL 3, 2008

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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AUGUST 26, 2008

I won’t be blogging here, and I know that my work will be cut out for me in terms of catching up when I land. Taking a slow, leisurely drive. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

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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