Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

What makes it possible Cloud computing is made possible and easier by two trends, two that have happened closely in parallel, one that is relatively recent: High bandwidth to the curb and massive data centers. You are dependent on your internet connection – which could be a problem for mission-critical applications.

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NTEN

MAY 12, 2009

Enjoy three jam-packed days on a breadth of topics, including languages (Java™, PHP, Groovy, AJAX, Ruby, Python), operating systems (OpenSolaris™, Linux, Android), Web and application servers (GlassFish™, Apache), databases (MySQL™), and services. Choose from 70+ expert led talks on: Cloud Platforms - Development and deployment in the cloud.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

DECEMBER 29, 2005

We see that the trend to make more and more services available via the web has brought xml-based webservices and innovative web-development techniques to the fore. XML-based web services Probably the biggest trend we see is that organizations are trying to push more functionality out to members and supporters via the internet.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JANUARY 5, 2006

Tools like Ajax, RSS, XML he sees as "refinements" of innovations from the.com period. techniques like Ajax access data more dynamically, the real paradigm change in his book will be when browser "pull" is replaced by push technologies. EDS fellow Charlie Bess, writing this week suggests the "Web 2.0" So what does Charlie want?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

It watches for emerging trends on the site and when something is becoming a hot topic of conversation - Evri uses that as a trigger to prompt a query to other sources for information on the topic. A combination of links from Twitter, other online sources and the clickstreams of users powers search engines like Wowd , OneRiot and Faroo.

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Care2

OCTOBER 20, 2007

57) Mobile (15) Nonprofit Benchmark Studies (15) Nonprofit Events (36) nptech (8) Online Advertising (5) Online Advocacy (47) Online Fundraising (97) Online Marketing (59) Online Organizing (32) SEO (3) Social Networking (109) Technology (31) Trends (51) Video (27) Volunteering (2) Web 2.0 (60)

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 19, 2007

Don't get distracted by the data you may or may not have, but look at more than one source of data (both quantitative and qualitative), look at trends and always link information to decision-making. Raw numbers aren't as important as trends) Unique Visitors. What is the trend? However, the metric is about to become a moot point.

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