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Web 2.0 Part Va:APIs

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

services, like del.icio.us, google, flickr, and many, many others, and use and manipulate this data to their own ends. One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups. It allows nonprofits free access to data that they would normally not have access to (like mapping data), or would have to pay a lot for.

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The Future of Supporter Data (Or, Is Your Data at a Middle School Dance?)

NTEN

Over the past 10 years, the mashup of the web and our personally identifiable data (PID) has grown up. We use CRMs, SQL databases, MS Access, Salesforce, File Maker, Outlook, Excel, paper, post-its, that server gathering dust in the corner. It’s time to throw the nonprofit tech dept some love. During his 4.5

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SaaS vs. Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

’ [Your captcha is asking me to type a slightly naughty word) 2 Mr Web Service 09.25.08 SQL is a bit fiddly at the best of times, and if we move past SaaS to DaaS (Data as a Service) it frees up a *lot* more time to share ideas on the functionality front. There are multiple ways to ‘play well with others.’

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10 Disruptive Technologies You Need to Think About

NTEN

The EU is currently coming up with regulations for tech and power consumption. Outside of the actual tech, you will also need to pay closer attention to policies. These services don't integrate right now, which makes managing them difficult -- and makes dealing with them a big waste of time for your staff. . Then came email.

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Another view of this 2.0 thing

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

Coming from the heart of a major "old-time" tech company, the contributors here often have a different take on things from all the writers focusing on small tech firms we so often quote. techniques like Ajax access data more dynamically, the real paradigm change in his book will be when browser "pull" is replaced by push technologies.

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