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Open Source Database solutions part I

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 Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. more on Open Standards and Benkler (actually, Benkler is up next – I’ve got two chapters to review).

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Open Source Database solutions part I

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 Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. more on Open Standards and Benkler (actually, Benkler is up next – I’ve got two chapters to review).

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DonorsChoose Interview & Social Media Challenge

Amy Sample Ward

DonorsChoose: open source philanthropy from JD Lasica on Vimeo. And, of course, you can always create your own Giving Page. “Companies have a new ability to empower their customers to be philanthropists, to open source their philanthropy and let their customers or employees participate as grant makers,&# he said.

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More FUD from Redmond

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

&# Microsoft this week has started saber-rattling against Linux and other open source projects, by suggesting that they infringe on 235 patents that they hold. Of course, the 800 pound gorilla doesn’t actually have to sue anyone. Of course, the 800 pound gorilla doesn’t actually have to sue anyone.

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Back Channels, Workflow, Data, Twitter, and me

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 Back Channels, Workflow, Data, Twitter, and me March 13, 2007 I read Beth’s recent blog entry on Twitter , and of course, the neo-luddite in me said “waste of time!&# Wanna know what I’m doing?

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My wish for Web 2.5

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Unfortunately, the nptech world hasn’t yet caught on to the “Planet&# phenomenon of the open source world (see Planet Ubuntu Women.) These are sites that are simply aggregators of the blogs of those involved in a particular open source project (like, in this case, women involved in Ubuntu ). Be Helpful.

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The scarcity mentality

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I was, of course, surprised (that’s mild, I was frankly horrified – wasn’t it the mission of this certain nonprofit to help the client nonprofits raise money? Technorati Tags: nptech , opensource , web2.0 { 1 trackback } The Bamboo Project Blog 03.19.07 So, guess what? No web development help. Be Helpful.