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APRIL 12, 2007

Technorati Tags: nptech , opensource , penguindayDC , women , feminism { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth Kanter 04.12.07 Let’s get together! at 2:50 pm Thanks for shout out. Do you think the numbers in Angela’s presentation for FLOSS in general are on target?

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NOVEMBER 26, 2006

Using Red Hat, as I often do sometimes, feels like doing battle in comparison. Ubuntu took the best that Debian had to offer, and left the weaknesses behind, I think. Anyway, I think it’s worth checking out. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2006

I think it needs some updating, but it’s actually still pretty relevant. That’s a good thing. If you have any API wisdom, examples, strategies, what have you, that you’d like me to hear about, please drop me a line.

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APRIL 6, 2007

Technorati Tags: 07NTC , nptech { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 John Frost 04.06.07 Technorati Tags: 07NTC , nptech { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 John Frost 04.06.07 &# Yay, there are people who get it. I’m sorry I missed that session! But the next step is Penguin Day !

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APRIL 23, 2007

Technorati Tags: nptech , opensource { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 04.24.07 Some software, like Firefox, is like that kitten that is easy – it learns to be litter trained once, and just sits on your lap (or in its little bed) in a ball and sleeps, and plays only when you want it to. at 10:00 am Free.

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JANUARY 19, 2007

Technorati Tags: crm , fundraising { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 01.20.07 And this, I think, is one really important thing to think hard about. Are the means that progressive organizations use to reach their ends truly in line with their mission?

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JANUARY 19, 2007

Technorati Tags: crm , fundraising { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Chris Blow 01.20.07 And this, I think, is one really important thing to think hard about. Are the means that progressive organizations use to reach their ends truly in line with their mission?

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JANUARY 6, 2007

Technorati Tags: nptech , tagging , folksonomies { 1 trackback } Beths Blog 01.08.07 at 5:46 pm { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Beth 01.08.07 What do those guidelines look like? Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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DECEMBER 22, 2006

Technorati Tags: fundraising , nptech , web2.0 { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Allan Benamer 12.23.06 went into other software and data needs of organizations, I daresay they might not be in as much of a pickle as they are in terms of making choices about vertical apps. at 9:15 pm You’ve hit the nail on the head!

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MARCH 29, 2007

Technorati Tags: 07NTC , nptech , linux { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Scott Wells 03.30.07 Changing one file (/etc/apt/sources.list) and running a few commands, should do the trick. We’ll see… Anyway, if you’ll be at NTC, come by and see where I got to. The geekout will be on Thursday at 3:30.

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MARCH 5, 2007

Technorati Tags: broadband , hughesnet , satellite { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Catherine Carey 03.06.07 About 5:00, the bandwidth hit the floor. It bounced back up a couple of times. Now, it’s at: That sucks. At least I’ll be able to upload this blog entry. More on this saga soon.

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APRIL 15, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Speaking too soon April 15, 2007 I’ve been doing a lot of thinking since I wrote my post, a few weeks ago , saying I was done with technology consulting. It just wasn’t happening very well.

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MARCH 19, 2007

Technorati Tags: nptech , opensource , web2.0 { 1 trackback } The Bamboo Project Blog 03.19.07 Even though this very-big-nonprofit was rolling in money, they thought the pie was finite, and that if the money didn’t go through them, they’d get less. So the scarcity mentality isn’t just for small, struggling nonprofits.

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MARCH 13, 2007

Technorati Tags: nptech , ntc2007 , twitter { 1 trackback } Beths Blog 03.13.07 Technorati Tags: nptech , ntc2007 , twitter { 1 trackback } Beths Blog 03.13.07 &# just doesn’t cut it for me. Wanna know what I’m doing? Check my Skype status. Those windows are already open, and I use them everyday.

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MARCH 2, 2007

Also, a minor technological thing – the RSS feed is a bit wonky sometimes (strange formatting, and it’s not always clear when there are new items.) Technorati Tags: npblogtipping , nptech , blogtipping { 1 trackback } The Bamboo Project Blog 03.03.07 at 3:22 am Dear Michelle, Thanks for the Blogtipping!

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MAY 18, 2007

Technorati Tags: intellectualproperty , opensource { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Dustin J. It makes me think a lot about how much we are governed by fear – even in the realm of things that seem only technological. But, of course, underneath, and around all of those bits and bytes are just human beings, after all.

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AUGUST 24, 2007

Probably it just means that when the “Social Media Director&# or the “Goddess of Communication&# arrived in their office in the morning, they ran their standard set of google blog and technorati searches, and voila, there I was. It was, a while ago, part of my job to build technology solutions for people.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2006

Technorati Tags: linux , linuxchix , nptech { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Tory 11.19.06 at 4:03 pm Thank you for furthering the presence of women in technology… 2 John Powers 11.29.06 at 2:04 pm I’ll second Tory’s thanks.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2006

Technorati Tags: linuxchix , nosi , nptech , nten , opensource , web2.0 { 5 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Beth 11.30.06 I think tagging posts w/ technorati can help w/ this to because it can be a way to submit a post to a certain planet… 5 katrin 12.14.06 It’s a mess out there. Onlywire is a great tip.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2006

Technorati Tags: media , opensource , economics , peer2peer { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 John Powers 11.16.06 He then talks about something that I find really interesting, and hadn’t fully understood until I read it: why the radio spectrum was regulated in the first place, and why now, regulation is basically moot.

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MAY 21, 2007

Technorati Tags: linux , nptech , opensource , windows , ubuntu { 1 trackback } Boy in the Bands: Scott Wells on the practice of Christian faith 05.22.07 Technorati Tags: linux , nptech , opensource , windows , ubuntu { 1 trackback } Boy in the Bands: Scott Wells on the practice of Christian faith 05.22.07

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JANUARY 19, 2007

Technorati Tags: spirituality , technology { 1 trackback } Technology for the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector 01.22.07 These are the questions on my mind, and as I think more, and learn more, I’ll write more here. Feel free to comment on things you’d like to see me explore, or the kinds of things you’ve explored yourself.

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APRIL 18, 2007

Technorati Tags: microsoft , web2.0 { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Scott Wells 04.18.07 Many shouldn’t, but, some, arguably, certainly can. And if the ideas he suggests for bringing Excel fully into the new age were actually done by Microsoft (fat chance) that would make it even better.

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APRIL 15, 2007

Technorati Tags: cms , drupal , joomla { 4 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Photopoppy 04.17.07 There is, I think, a bit of a geeky bias toward Drupal. So, maybe since I’m becoming a bit less of a geek, Joomla’s a good pick? But Joomla is pretty darned geeky. Like what is a mambot, anyway?

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JANUARY 1, 2007

I’d argue that PostgreSQL is a better choice, but for most nptech applications, it doesn’t matter – what matters is what your tech/consultant knows, and that’s much more likely to be MySQL. Technorati Tags: databases , opensource { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Mike S.

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JANUARY 1, 2007

I’d argue that PostgreSQL is a better choice, but for most nptech applications, it doesn’t matter – what matters is what your tech/consultant knows, and that’s much more likely to be MySQL. Technorati Tags: databases , opensource { 3 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Mike S.

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APRIL 24, 2007

Technorati Tags: nptech , techsupport { 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Catherine Carey 04.25.07 at 1:51 pm Hi Michelle, “and I’m sure someone out there is saying “if you have a hammer, every problem looks like a nail…&# But I do think there is some validity to this approach.

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APRIL 7, 2007

Technorati Tags: 07NTC , intellectualproperty , nptech { 1 trackback } Where Most Needed 04.11.07 (I only wish you had been at the panel for the Journal on Friday where we talked about our larger goals. The licensing issue would have been a good piece of that discussion.) at 9:49 am Michelle: Thanks for asking the question.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2006

I blog, I use Flickr, I search blogs using Technorati, I use del.icio.us Then, I’ll talk about RSS and XML. The technologies generally connected to Web 2.0 Hallmarks of Web 2.0 sites include a democratic approach to content, organization by tagging, and new, much more flexible and intuitive interfaces. At this point, I use Web 2.0

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