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Open Source Database solutions part I

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 Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. more on Open Standards and Benkler (actually, Benkler is up next – I’ve got two chapters to review).

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Open Source Database solutions part I

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 Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. more on Open Standards and Benkler (actually, Benkler is up next – I’ve got two chapters to review).

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. Technorati (the first blog search engine at that time). Wikipedia is a community, Craigslist is a community, Moveon.org is a community, eBay for crying out loud is a community. What Is Web 2.0? Citizen journalism. Google Maps. Podcasting.

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The Wealth of Networks, Chapter 3

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’m reading this book at the same time as I’ve been working on the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. I’m realizing that all of the justifications for why I am so into open source and free software is right here in this book! It gets chewy, for sure, but it feels like every chew is worth it. Be Helpful.

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Internet Identity Workshop

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Kintera has chosen to integrate open identity standards and data sharing standards into their social CRM platform [link] These standards XRI and XDI are all a part of the identity ecology and will be talked about extensively at the IIW. There is also a $50,000 bounty program for OpenID integration in major open source distribution.

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Web 2.0 Part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The Wikipedia entry on Web 2.0 I blog, I use Flickr, I search blogs using Technorati, I use del.icio.us After that, I’ll go under the hood, and talk about things like open APIs and AJAX. { After that, I’ll go under the hood, and talk about things like open APIs and AJAX. { Hallmarks of Web 2.0 I think Web 2.0,

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