Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

August 11, 2008 You’ve likely heard a lot about “ cloud computing “ And what’s true is that the sales-talk about computing in the cloud certainly makes the conceptual issues behind it, honestly, well, cloudy. Changes in the application happen without your knowledge or consent.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 17, 2007

Given the widespread problem with phishing schemes, it’s disturbing that web apps are training users that it’s OK to give a new site your email username/password. And if you have a Gmail account, it’s the same username/password that you’d be using for Analytics, Google Docs, Adsense, etc. 4 Ade 12.18.07

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Focus on solving problems, not adapting to solutions. Operationally, C3 has standardized around Salesforce's Force.com which we started using in 2006, and Google Apps which we started using in early 2008. Instead, I solve a problem one step at a time. Both are extensible platforms with strong nonprofit user communities.

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NTEN

MARCH 18, 2010

Focus on solving problems, not adapting to solutions. Operationally, C3 has standardized around Salesforce's Force.com which we started using in 2006, and Google Apps which we started using in early 2008. Instead, I solve a problem one step at a time. Both are extensible platforms with strong nonprofit user communities.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 12, 2009

We announced 1stfans on December 5, 2008, and since then have had 272 1stfans from 15 states and 9 countries on 4 continents. Everyone gets fixated on this, but we’re just using it to address a problem. There are both virtual-only and local 1stfan members. People shouldn’t get hung up on the social media-ness.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

In response to the Facebook flip, Doc Searles, in this post and a follow-up argues that we should "stop petitioning Facebook and Google to solve our problems for us." If you participate in Give One Get One today, you will receive your XO laptop(s) in early 2008. It was covered by C|NET news.

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Non Profit Quarterly

AUGUST 10, 2022

Compounding the normal difficulties of raising capital, platform cooperatives face additional problem of larger start-up costs. In this regard, the problem for platform cooperatives is not so much technical or financial as it is political. 9</sup). 39 This is a tiny share of the U.S. trillion in assets. economy/archives/82578.

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