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Buzzword Buzz

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

One key development - to me perhaps the most exciting - is an approach to web development called AJAX. This is just what Ajax means to change. To make a long story really short, an Ajax application uses JavaScript to get data from the server whenever it is needed, without requiring the browser to redraw the entire page.

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Friday Links: June 23

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

Programming If you're a web developer eager to get your feet wet with the new Ajax techniques but not sure where to start, take a look at Ajax Hacks , by Bruce W. And now for something completely different I wonder what Nick Carr thinks about the cultural impact of this new technology ?

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Keeping up with the news

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

His most recent post describes an Ajax-based chatroom service you can add to your blog or website with just a few includes. developers: recently he devoted an inch or so to the competitive impact of Performancing's blogging plug-in for Firefox had on the Flock browser. Michael is also attuned to the competition between web2.0

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Convio Open: How APIs May Change the Way You Work - Online Fundraising, Advocacy, and Social Media - frogloop

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Sams presentation and demo of Convios new "Open" feature set had piqued my interest in APIs and their impact on nonprofit communications. Sam provided insights about Convios goals with their new Open initiative as well as about the current and potential impact of APIs on the nonprofit sector. Frogloop: What is Open?

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Web 2.0 Part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

in terms of their positive impact. After that, I’ll go under the hood, and talk about things like open APIs and AJAX. { The technologies generally connected to Web 2.0 Hallmarks of Web 2.0 sites include a democratic approach to content, organization by tagging, and new, much more flexible and intuitive interfaces.

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