Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
MARCH 7, 2011
I’ve been using this tool since it actually was StarOffice, more than 10 years ago, when it was first open sourced by Sun in 2000. (funnily enough, for both packages, the executable is still called ‘soffice’ – for ‘Star Office.’). The database has not come anywhere near the functionality of Access.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
APRIL 12, 2011
And, it’s open source, and isn’t even that hard to get set up and running. And, like all consultants, workflow involves documents and spreadsheets, and for that I mostly use LibreOffice , although sometimes using Google Docs makes sense for collaboration. It works for multiple projects. Evernote rocks my world.
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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
SEPTEMBER 21, 2007
Laura Whitehead of Laura's Notebook highly recommends the recent CommonCraft video on Google Docs in Plain English. OpenSource and Software Communities Jon Stahl has a thoughtful essay on Nonprofits, Open Source and Leadership. t documentation" from the list of what open source communities can learn from nonprofits.
NonProfit Hub
JULY 17, 2017
Google Docs. At first glance, you might overlook Google Docs as too simplistic, but the built-in brochure, project proposal and newsletter templates give you endless possibilities. All these free tools are available through Google Docs. WordPress.org offers free themes uploaded by the open-source community that you can use.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
OCTOBER 18, 2007
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Platforms break open, part II October 18, 2007 The dust is settling. The drive toward open everything is pretty inexorable, and the pressure is only going to get greater. { I have a few comments.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
MAY 19, 2008
It does make me think a lot about this whole space, and wonder if the fast moving train of Salesforce, and the slower moving trains of the open source alternatives, are beginning to bear down on the old guard, and how they will respond to them (or not, which would spell doom.) And yeah after reading the docs, I agree, it’s bad.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
OCTOBER 15, 2007
At first blush, although Kintera officially got out the door first, announcing Connect weeks ago, and delivering the APIs and docs on Friday, their play is a good start, but Convio, announcing Open tomorrow, appears to be ahead in terms of providing real openness. Here’s a quick overview of both initiatives. Be Helpful.
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