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Google Health launches … and it’s not HIPAA compliant

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Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Google Health launches … and it’s not HIPAA compliant May 20, 2008 Yesterday, the big news is that Google Health launched. It gives me enough pause to trust them with my email. {

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More good news from Google: Open Handset Alliance

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Of course, the bottom line is that this makes it more likely that Google can get their ad platform onto phones. This means that anyone can hack their phones – and a raft of developers can create really interesting kinds of software for phones. The SDK will be available later this month.

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Digging deeper into the portable social graph

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Google Friend Connect has been around for a few months, but they just opened it up to everyone last week. Google Friend Connect is a toolset based on three standards, two of which are open, one of which could probably be considered an open standard, but it originated with Google: OpenID , OAuth and OpenSocial.

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Email is dead … long live Email?

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I was having lunch with a friend this week, who runs a small advocacy organization in Canada, that relies heavily on the use of email lists. I think that’s a big question – it matters a lot what the demographics of the organization are, what the goals of the email lists are, and the direction things are going.

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Technology and the Environment

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We are creating whole new infrastructures that didn’t exist before (think Facebook, Google, etc.) Just Google it. I remember we talked about planning to replace 1/4 to 1/3 of the hardware in an organization each year. But it also means that we can use lighter clients. Green Hosting. My impulse is to rant.

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Where I’ll be at NTC

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Sunday afternoon: Torn between Drupal for Good and Google APIs (somehow, there seems a lesson there.). Monday 1:30: So you want to be a consultant … ( Robert Weiner is organizing a great group of consultant types, including me.). Sunday morning: NTEN Board meeting. Sunday evening: Science Fair and reception. I can’t wait!

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What OpenSocial Means

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Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology What OpenSocial Means November 1, 2007 The buzz of the blogosphere is the announcement of Google’s OpenSocial. Marc Andreessen, who is, of late, connected to Ning, has a great blog entry with details.

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