Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Giving up, a little August 6, 2007 As you might know, I migrated from using a MacBook Pro laptop as my primary desktop, to eating my own dogfood, as it were, and using Ubuntu Linux as my primary desktop.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

But what I realized was that the whole WPA thing with my laptop added to the pile of “little problems I haven’t solved yet.&# And, as Dustin pointed out in the comments to my venting post earlier, a lot of this is not the fault of open source desktop software developers. This is my dilemma. And I have to eat, too.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

Each year, the Tides Foundation awards a $10,000 cash grant to an individual or group who has created an open-source software project that benefits nonprofits and movements of social change. The Pizzigati Prize is named for Antonio Pizzigati, an MIT graduate, early web author, and leading advocate for open-source computing.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

It looked quite like it might be a fun event to be at, but the hefty $3000 price tag for admission wasn’t something that I could possibly stomach, so I sat in front of my laptop, watching people describe new tools. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

There are a number of reasons for my deciding to slowly leave the Macintosh platform: I want to focus more energy and time on free and open source platforms – I might donate what I would have spent on Leopard to some deserving projects. have you thought about which laptop might be best to load Ubuntu up on?

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 20, 2013

All of this software is free and much of it is open source. Picture it: You're on public transit after a long work day and you accidentally leave your laptop behind. Loss of valuable hardware aside, your laptop is full of confidential data. What if it ends up in the wrong hands?

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MAY 29, 2007

Charity Village®NewsWeek: Cover Story: "Adventures in open source: The nonprofit software debate continuesElisa Birnbaum By Elisa BirnbaumMay 28, 2007I have to admit I’m not very tech savvy. I’m just happy if I can use my laptop without hassle and rely heavily on the IT support of my family and friends.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

At some point, when I’ve saved up enough pennies, I’m going to buy a Mac laptop again. On the Windows side the hardware manufacturers make proprietary drivers for Windows, and very few make drivers for Linux, or open source their drivers so that Linux developers can use them. And, guess what? I’m giving up.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

NOVEMBER 29, 2004

Laptops roasting by a wood fire. Imagine if you will, a group of free/open-source software internationalization/translation/localization evangelists gathered in an artist's studio in snow-covered Warsaw, heated by a wood-stove, but with high-speed wireless internet access! Check the Wiki at the above link for more information.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 7, 2010

FrontlineSMS is an award-winning free, open source software that turns a laptop and a mobile phone into a central communications hub. It is especially popular with grassroots organizations in the developing world because it is free and does not require an Internet connection.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 9, 2007

The only time I shut down this laptop is when I’m taking it somewhere, which is relatively rarely. I’m relatively happy, and, surprisingly enough, I don’t miss using the mac everyday. Here are the good things: Even macs get weird sometimes, especially if they’ve been on for a long time. I love apt-get/aptitude.

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Tech Soup

MAY 14, 2013

They originally wanted to organize a conference to convene social innovators and social entrepreneurs on the nonprofit tech cutting edge to see what everyone was doing. To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. One Laptop Per Child (just launched that year). What Is Web 2.0?

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Lifehacker , a popuplar blog on technology and productivity, had a post last week on lessons learned from a stolen laptop. As someone who travels frequently, often alone to crowded places where one must exercise a high level of caution, losing my laptop or phone is something I think about a lot. Software encryption is your friend.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 28, 2005

I had her laptop open, and I saw a "Ford_F350" network come, and go. Anyway, as the bus rolls by, I see "PVTA_0333" come up on the MacStumbler, then leave! Yeah, really, really! It reminds me of the time a friend of mine and I were driving to Rhode Island on the highway. Maybe faster than we think. {

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Joy Neal (right) is the library director and Lane Fernando (below) is their tech support person. She became the library tech person by default. She is a favorite on TechSoup for Libraries because she is always open to new technology. Patrons can also bring their own laptops and tablets and use the library's free WiFi.

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Tech Soup

FEBRUARY 14, 2013

Joy Neal (right) is the library director and Lane Fernando (below) is their tech support person. She became the library tech person by default. She is a favorite on TechSoup for Libraries because she is always open to new technology. Patrons can also bring their own laptops and tablets and use the library's free WiFi.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

They have an integrated, cloud-based IT system in which everyone has laptops and merely needs some way to get to the Internet to plug in to 350.org. We use nonprofit, open-source Drupal to manage our main website. " Jon was very matter of fact. It requires very little maintenance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

It notes, "Maybe the answer is an intermediary b/w tech and design volunteers and the non-profits they???re This post shows you how to jury rig a DIY periscope for your webcam if it is built into your laptop screen. This is useful if you want both broadcast AND use your laptop to take notes (or answer email).

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Tech Soup

APRIL 13, 2012

They have an integrated, cloud-based IT system in which everyone has laptops and merely needs some way to get to the Internet to plug in to 350.org. We use nonprofit, open-source Drupal to manage our main website. " Jon was very matter of fact. It requires very little maintenance.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

It is based on some open source code called Pligg that creates a "digg" like interface. The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. Someone on the 501 Tech Club NY list ( NTEN Affinity Group ) suggested a name change might be needed. Generation.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

VTVigils VT Vigils VTvigils.org is a project of a diverse group of national campaigns and organizations not affiliated with Virginia Tech. shows us how to screencast with Linux and other open source tools! If you want to keep up with the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), check out the wiki. Freecharity.org.uk Paul Lamb might.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Check out Steve Dembo's Geek Toys that'll give you Geekbumps which includes the Give One Get One XO Laptop Campaign (hurry offer ends on November 30th) and a Chumby (hmm. The NOSI Choosing and Using Free and Open Source primer is on the ICT Hub Knowledgebase! Now that you've shopped for good, what about for yourself?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

I set up both on my laptop, and tried out some really simple app development. Symfony November 6, 2008 In my new explorations of PHP web application development, it seemed a good idea to get a look at both CakePHP and Symfony. Both of them seem to be PHP’s answer to Ruby on Rails. The approaches are similar and different to each other.

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Forj

AUGUST 12, 2021

Your overall learning business strategy and tech tools such as your learning management system (LMS) and eCommerce tools work together to deliver content to your learners. Another consideration is the platforms already in your association’s tech stack. Quickly author content by enhancing existing content, such as PowerPoints.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 20, 2014

The Mifos X Platform is free open source cloud software for running a microfinance organization that provides small loans, savings accounts, and micro insurance to very poor people. The name is an acronym of "micro finance open source." The First Universal Software Platform for Financial Inclusion Launches.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 21, 2008

In this photo, Tyler is listening to a book from Bookshare.org on his school's laptop with the assistance of the Kurzweil 3000 audio software. It is open source software, but we're experimenting with a revenue model to sustain the project over the long term. We've just launched Miradi.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

That said, to be alerted of new low-cost or free resources and tools available for nonprofits, please subscribe to the Nonprofit Tech for Good 2.0 A service of Tech Impact , npCloud is a nonprofit whose mission is to ensure all nonprofits can use cloud-based technology to better serve their communities. Zeen :: zeen.com.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

His big prediction was that 2012 would be a breakout year for mobile computing in nonprofit tech. Another big trend in the IT press forecasts is the much heralded decline of the traditional PC – laptops and desktop computers. An example of this is the superb open-source freeware database developed by Benetech.

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