Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 9, 2018

Literacy and access to knowledge underpins just about every social good, from education, to economic development, to health, to women’s empowerment, democracy and respect for human rights. To bring the power of books to everybody on this planet, we must make books truly accessible. Third, the print book is not universally accessible.

Accessibility 135

Accessibility eBook People Copyright 135

Museum 2.0

JULY 1, 2008

ers, Next week, I'll be going to DC for a meeting convened by the National Academy of Sciences and the Institute of Museum and Library Services on "Museums and Libraries in the 21st Century." Over the last 50 years, public-facing museums and libraries in the U.S. Dear Museum 2.0-ers, From the Web 2.0

Museum 20

Museum Library Participatory Wikipedia 20

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

I’ve been using varied Unix-based databases since then (as well as others including Access and Filemaker Pro), and most have been open source. You can access a MySQL database via many many different drivers that people have written for just about any programming language. So here is my current survey of the landscape.

Open Source 100

Open Source Database Open Language 100

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

I’ve been using varied Unix-based databases since then (as well as others including Access and Filemaker Pro), and most have been open source. You can access a MySQL database via many many different drivers that people have written for just about any programming language. So here is my current survey of the landscape.

Open Source 100

Open Source Database Open Language 100