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The NpTech Mashup Meme

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

I've had this post about a mashup between Idealware , TechSoup , and Social Source Commons in draft and was going over to Deborah Finn's Blog to grab the URL for her excellent post last week about Social Source Commons. I also stumbled across her more recent post about NpTech Mashups. So, let's unleash the NpTech Mashup Meme.

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Social Actions API, Semantic Web, and Linked Open Data: An Interview with Peter Deitz

Amy Sample Ward

In 2007, I realized that a much more effective way to aggregate interesting actions would be to subscribe to RSS feeds from trusted sources. I wrote about the potential for aggregating RSS feeds of giving opportunities in a blog post called, Why We Need Group Fundraising RSS Feeds.

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Web 2.0 Part Va:APIs

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Like the freedom that RSS gives to end users in terms of getting the data that you want in your hands, to read when and how you want it, APIs give programmers (and, at times, end users) the freedom to get data from Web 2.0 One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups.

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SaaS vs. Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

There are a few examples of SaaS that are based on open source projects, although most SaaS are proprietary – the code is never meant to be released. Other times it is more important to have an open API or an app that is properly designed for plug-ins or extensions. But the real story is much more complicated.

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10 Steps to Extension Professional 2.0 Remix

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

My initial remix thought (wrong) was to look for examples that were related to agriculture, but the extension is so much more. looking at the ten steps and overlaying these themes in search of examples! By using tagging and RSS extension programs are able to exchange information and share content freely. An example?

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What happens when you set your content free with creative commons licensing?

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Here's a few (good) examples of how I have remixed other people's work or other people have remixed my work. The cover is from a remix mashup. How Much Time Does It Take To Do Social Media? A number of folks have sent back thanks for saving them some time in prepping a presentation. Remix This Powerpoint.

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Another view of this 2.0 thing

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

For example, I enjoy following the discussion in EDS's Next Big Thing blog. Coming from the heart of a major "old-time" tech company, the contributors here often have a different take on things from all the writers focusing on small tech firms we so often quote. I'm not the only one wary of the buzz. So what does Charlie want?

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