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Study the Data, But Eat the Cakeā€”Put the Human Factor Forward

.orgSource

Sunk cost fallacy is that soul-sucking tendency to continue investing time, money, or effort into activities that are clearly failing. Several providers offer open source or limited free access, which is a great way to test options. RapidMiner is another open-source platform with a drag-and-drop interface.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Imagine if you will, a group of free/open-source software internationalization/translation/localization evangelists gathered in an artist's studio in snow-covered Warsaw, heated by a wood-stove, but with high-speed wireless internet access! We're actively translating Martus into roughly ten languages.

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Great reads from around the web on October 11th

Amy Sample Ward

– "Well how about that – after Epic Change’s use of JustCoz, and Al Gore’s campaign with Climate Reality Project in September to get folks to donate their status updates, someone has gone and open sourced the concept.

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Crowdsourcing: Measuring the Impact of the Crowd in Funding and Doing

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Collective activities are not new to social media. The Audubon Society organized the first Christmas Bird Count to inventory all the birds in the Western Hemisphere in 1900. But now using social media enable the Society and ( anyone else ) to increase this activity with less effort and less cost. 2) Crowd Creation.

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Providence Public Library: ā€œA Most Democratic Insitutionā€

DipJar

She came to the library right before a significant capital campaign to transform the library into ā€œan open source, peopleā€™s universityā€ and hasnā€™t looked back since. This is manifested in the ways library leaders and workers seek input and active participation from the community. to determine ideal placements. I love them.ā€.

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Technology for Whom? Owning Our Platforms

Non Profit Quarterly

For instance, Stocksy United, a platform cooperative for photographers, videographers, and artists generally, has a fair wage distribution system for members. 35 The Open Food Network, an international platform cooperative, has a focus on helping local farmers connect to customers with sales of their organic harvest.

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Guest Post: World Maker Faire and the New York Hall of Science: Radical Trust

Museum 2.0

There is a whole range of recyclers, hackers, metalworkers, weavers, builders, circuit benders, and artists up and down the East Coast that NYSCI connected with through the Maker Faire planning. An open source 3D printer kit was a clear hit, supported by 3D printing workshops. We want that for our visitors.