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SaaS vs. Open Source

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 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.

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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Google Internet Stats :: google.co.uk/intl/en/landing/internetstats. Google Mobile :: google.com/mobile. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com. intl/en/landing/internetstats. It is a must download!

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Top 10 blog posts of 2008

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It’s actually because someone included it in a Wikipedia Article (no, it wasn’t me.). Where I rail against web shops that continue to suggest that people use their CMS, when it’s just not possible for one shop to replicate the robustness, features, security and upgradeability of the Open Source CMS offerings.

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. An example of an API is when you put a Bing or Google Map on your website.). Google Maps. Wikipedia is a community, Craigslist is a community, Moveon.org is a community, eBay for crying out loud is a community. Citizen journalism.

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Shovel-Ready Online Civic Projects #5: "Global Energy Observatory" Interactive Databases and Maps

Forum One

s very innovative in its open-source and collaborative approach, it?s I first spoke with Rajan about GEO about year ago, and, honestly, wondered how he would pull off his big vision for a wikipedia-like mass editable online database of energy sources and energy flows. Global Energy Observatory ? We think it?

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Shovel-Ready Online Civic Project #5: "Global Energy Observatory" Interactive Databases and Maps

Forum One

s very innovative in its open-source and collaborative approach, it?s I first spoke with Rajan about GEO about year ago, and, honestly, wondered how he would pull off his big vision for a wikipedia-like mass editable online database of energy sources and energy flows. Global Energy Observatory ? We think it?

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NpTech Tag Summary: Scarcity Thinking, Social Network Fragmentation?, and Engagement Strategies

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Google Powered Nonprofit Office Here's a few how-to articles about how to use google applications for your domain or how to become the on demand nonprofit. ActiveCollab an open source project management tool. The Nonprofit CMS blog shares some agruments against Open Source. Top Rated Resources at Kikono.