Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source. From my perspective, the key is openness.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
NOVEMBER 5, 2007
Of course, the bottom line is that this makes it more likely that Google can get their ad platform onto phones. But they seem to realize that the key to their success is being open, and they are doing their best to move that into as many places as possible. The SDK will be available later this month. Be Helpful.
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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
OCTOBER 17, 2006
services, like del.icio.us, google, flickr, and many, many others, and use and manipulate this data to their own ends. One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups. These are using data in your own databases, and grabbing maps from google maps and putting them inside your application. Be Helpful.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
OCTOBER 20, 2006
There were two different kinds of APIs discussed – the ones that help organizations with interoperability within their organizational systems – getting data from one app to another, and using APIs for things like Google maps mashups. It seemed that only Blackbaud had APIs you have to pay for.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
JANUARY 27, 2008
Photo from LolNPtech.org (Registration is here ) Mashups, Meatballs, and New Orleans Do you look at all of the data available online, and imagine ways to combine and connect it to increase awareness about an issue? Then enter The Netsquared Mashup Challenge ! ") Okay, now we're onto fondling APIs, google's to be exact.
NTEN
FEBRUARY 20, 2009
Those familiar with Michelle's work in the nptech sphere understand that this non-open-source tool review is rare, so go take a gander and join the discussion in the comments! Michelle Murrain reviews (gasp) Blackbaud 's CMS-CRM integration solutions, Raiser's Edge and NetCommunity.
NTEN
JANUARY 27, 2010
"Citizen journalists" throughout the country collaborated to collect information about this violence; they received incident reports from thousands of citizens via web and mobile phone, collated the data, and displayed it on a Google Maps mashup. Kibera is a slum located within the city of Nairobi, Kenya.
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