Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

What makes it usable Newer applications are using AJAX and Flash, to give the kinds of functionalities we’ve come to expect with desktop applications – so it’s just like having a desktop application with our data – except it’s “in the cloud&# not on our desk.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

At first blush, although Kintera officially got out the door first, announcing Connect weeks ago, and delivering the APIs and docs on Friday, their play is a good start, but Convio, announcing Open tomorrow, appears to be ahead in terms of providing real openness. Here’s a quick overview of both initiatives.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2005

I think this is the reason I instinctively identified Ajax as someting my users would care about, and why I've not been as vocal about tagging or social bookmarking, for example. Why can't you just send her a doc like you did last week?" And probably your executive director doesn't want to either. I've tried.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 21, 2005

Everyone knows the nuisance of emailing around a doc and then having to collate everyone's edits. I'd also invite people to look into Ajax and related approaches when they are updating the interactive parts of their website to move their ecommerce look and feel forward. Wikis or Writely can certainly be more efficient.

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