Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
OCTOBER 17, 2006
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. services, like del.icio.us, google, flickr, and many, many others, and use and manipulate this data to their own ends.
NTEN
OCTOBER 11, 2010
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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Amy Sample Ward
JANUARY 20, 2011
I wrote a blog post called, Mashups, Open APIs, and the Future of Collaboration in the Nonprofit Tech Sector. I had spent close to three years trying to build this open platform only to have someone more tech-savvy than me explain that what we had built was in fact still a closed platform. Originally, adding actions manually.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
SEPTEMBER 24, 2008
And with mashups becoming more and more popular, there’s a kind of meta-collaboration at work now too. 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. 3 Jon Biedermann 09.25.08
NTEN
JULY 1, 2009
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. What data and applications can and should you give them access to via their phones? . Disruptive Technology #9: Mashups and Enterprise Portals.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
AUGUST 8, 2008
I've gathered up some of best of the best folks in the nonprofit tech field to share their stories, metrics, and lessons learned - this will be informative AND entertaining. Lessons in Local Tech: Sustainable Food 2.0 Learn how shortcodes, custom social networks, and mashups are delicious. Are you eating well? With snacks!
Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog
JANUARY 5, 2006
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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