Tech Soup

JANUARY 21, 2011

Last month, I blogged about the Google Chrome notebook , evaluating its potential applicability to the nonprofit and library sectors. Content sites, using Flash technology, worked and responded quickly, even the online version of Adobe Photoshop, Photoshop Express Editor. Here are some observations so far: read more.

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Forum One

AUGUST 24, 2009

Over the past month, I had the privilege of being the Forum One Project Manager for a fun, open-source web application development contest: the Apps for America 2: Data.gov Challenge. We conceived "DataMasher" -- a web application that allows users to "mash-up" two sets of state data using an operator of their choice. Cool right?

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Tech Soup

JUNE 13, 2013

These applications have won awards, shone through rigorous testing, and met our strict standards. Critical personal data is never transmitted, USB flash drives are scanned by default, and when you delete sensitive files, no trace is left behind for snoops. This new addition serves to emphasize how essential up-to-date security is.

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Whole Whale

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

Key Takeaway #2: Spotlight Your Mission as the ‘Hero’ In the book, Ogilvy realized in a flash of insight that taste was irrelevant for whiskey – it was brand image alone that motivated purchases. Blend time-tested principles with bold new applications. Those insights should drive messaging and campaigns.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 29, 2012

The first time you run a program you've downloaded from the Internet, the SmartScreen Filter checks it against a list of known safe applications, and alerts you if it's unknown and therefore has potential to be malware. The SmartScreen Filter detects and blocks unknown and potentially malicious programs that you download.

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Tech Soup

JULY 12, 2012

Audio, video, application, and screen sharing (jpg, ppt, pdf, flash, mp3, doc). Sharing of specific applications (not just full screen). Optimize success – close all other unnecessary applications before a meeting to optimize your computer for a successful meeting. Webcam sharing (multiple users). That's it!

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sgEngage

APRIL 15, 2024

Flash Forward to the Present: Onwards and Upwards Since Blackbaud Grantmaking transitioned to SKY view, Blackbaud has continued to prioritize constant improvements and modifications to provide a completely configurable GMS that can be built around an organization’s unique processes and workflows. It’s a win win!

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Tech Soup

JULY 28, 2014

You can always flash a card on another computer before transferring it to the Raspberry Pi, but buying a preformatted card may save you an extra step. Broadcom BCM2835 SoC full HD multimedia applications processor. 700-MHz Low Power ARM1176JZ-F Applications Processor. Need more RAM or USB ports? Don't forget the accessories!

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Forj

DECEMBER 11, 2017

As the software industry continues to move away from purchased client/server applications and toward cloud-based SaaS (software as a service) solutions, LMS administrators must rethink the means that they employ to keep their system free from attack, and most importantly, keep their data secure. Keeping Your SaaS Data Secure. Attack Vectors.

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AFP Blog

MARCH 22, 2012

Community Foundation launches new fundraising method | Home | The Advocate — Baton Rouge, LA : LAFAYETTE — The Community Foundation of Acadiana launched a new donation method — an embeddable fundraising widget — to make it easier for people to give to nonprofit organizations that are assisting those recovering from last week’s flash flooding.

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Neon CRM

AUGUST 10, 2023

The 2022 summit featured a tutorial on Reels directly from Meta employees, a session on building an audience on TikTok, and a series of “flash sessions:” 6-minute talks on everything from cryptocurrency to social media accessibility. How to Register: Registration for 2024 has yet to open.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 8, 2014

The way it works is that the password management software has a local database or a file that holds the encrypted password data for secure log-in onto computers, networks, web sites and application data files. You can also store this locally on your own machine or on a USB flash drive. See the "encrypted" part? LastPass 3.0

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Connection Cafe

APRIL 28, 2020

Plan a virtual social media “flash mob” where supporters are asked to post organization or issue graphics on all social media accounts for a set time period. Facilitate virtual mentoring, college application review, or interview skills workshop, like Mission Graduates is doing. The cause getting lost in the noise. DISEASE FOUNDATIONS.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 31, 2010

The primary benefit of the Pro version is that you can create PDF files from any application that can print, or natively from Microsoft Office. PDFs can also be a container of different file formats, allowing the user to embed pictures, PDFs, and even Flash files to create a professional document to showcase your different types of work.

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Tech Soup

MAY 27, 2009

Similarly, Flashblock lets you choose when to load Flash elements. Use Comodo Internet Security to control when and how other applications are going online. Most Web browsers allow you to disable all images: they'll simply appear as rectangles. When you need to see an image, you can have the browser load them automatically.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 7, 2007

Once enough people "validate" (vote for) the project, it becomes active and visible to anyone using the SpeedGranting application. WFObject is a small Javascript file used for embedding Macromedia Flash content. At the end of the grant period, we tally the votes and distribute the money to the winner.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 5, 2012

The Venue Pro includes the following software: Office Mobile: a suite of basic Microsoft Office programs including Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, PowerPoint Mobile, OneNote Mobile, and Outlook Mobile; Office Mobile applications are compatible with their desktop counterparts. These donated phones include a Windows Mobile operating system, 4.1-inch

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 24, 2011

This includes throwing sensitive documents in the trash, losing USB flash drives, and PCs being hacked. It will also facilitate the use of data in the cloud for our work where applicable. However, one cannot deny that individuals, companies, and governments can lose data because of human error or insufficient security measures.

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NTEN

MARCH 6, 2009

Once you click it, the online mini-slideshow (Adobe Flash) with synched audio is opened in a browser window. Another application that jumps out at me is to engage board members, stakeholders, or a departmental team around a project or report. You can see a demo online. ).

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2007

BITS reported on October 12th that LinkedIn CEO Dan Nye is " rushing to copy the electronic underpinnings of Facebook's elegant application programming interface, or A.P.I., will essentially be a set of APIs and a new markup language that will allow third party developers to create applications that run within MySpace.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 8, 2014

Notice the the conversation is about the application deadline. How about Flash Back Friday ? Sharing photos from reunions or Alumni meetups on campus is another way to make that connection like this Twitter example above from Ramah Seminar. The event also had a hashtag which makes it easy for those on Twitter to find and connect.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2010

   And it seems like the concept of flash mobs for the arts is not limited to FourSquare. Build an application using the Foursquare  API. .  "If you goal is to dip your toes into the waters of social media, then your measure is the dampness of your toes." created to mark their 2009-2010 Season of Belief. 

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

AUGUST 7, 2006

Applications Take a look at Gliffy. But this flash-based software is not a toy application either - you can use it build network diagrams, entity-relationship diagrams, floorplans, mockups of user-interfaces. I've also been exploring DesktopTwo - this application came to my attention via Emily Chang's eHub site.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 30, 2011

A few weeks ago, HandsOn Network launched The Good & Ready Campaign that leverages interactive technologies and social networking to support their partners, The American Red Cross , Ready.gov and FLASH by recruiting, inspiring and mobilizing volunteers in support of their goals for September, National Emergency Preparedness Month.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

Ro)bots (or spiders) are scripts or applications that search out information on the web. Other platforms like Java and Flash could end up being (once again?) Software as a Service (SaaS) are online applications that frequently live on cloud servers; think of your webmail account. Is it the wave or my surfboard that is muy mal ?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 13, 2012

Then, one of his cousins texted directions based on a new smartphone application called “Waze,” which crowdsources data from nearby drivers to create real-time traffic and road reports and find the best routes. We turned on CNN and watched together as scenes from New Jersey and New York flashed across the screen.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 12, 2009

Add applications to your Page and engage your users with videos ( YouTube Box ), photos ( Flickr Box ) reviews, flash content, and more. All the great features of Facebook are available - writing on the Wall, uploading photos, and joining discussion groups. Integrate your blog /web site content via Blog RSS Feed Reader.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

On the high end, Adobe Audition offers professional level audio editing tools, but for most podcasts, comparable quality can be achieved with the cheaper applications. Use free flash players like XSPF or Podcast Pickle's branded widget player to embed your latest or favorite episodes on your website.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 23, 2008

The Collection of photographs found on the site are pulled in from Flickr using a Flash-base mashup. Individual profiles, groups, fan pages and applications. Brooklyn Museum of Art developed a Facebook application called Art Share. Artists can upload and share their own work using this application. In this post, I???

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

Smart organizations create and publish their data widely to other sites, widgets, social networks, and aggregation applications. Feeds and Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) are the most efficient ways to make this happen on the web today. Today, there are many tools to visualize and share data online.

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Museum 2.0

APRIL 17, 2007

I try not to focus too heavily on web tools on this blog, but this application is too lovely to pass up. It's called VoiceThread , and it's a program that allows you to create an elegant slideshow of images with audio (and text, and scribbles) to go along. They are committed to making this technology accessible (and free!)

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 22, 2006

Every year, there’s a Flash festival/conference, Flashforward , that highlights novel uses of flash in web navigation, art, games, instructional demos, and more. Today, I want to share a small application that was nominated for the prize in Navigation… but it’s a lot more than that.

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Connection Cafe

JANUARY 29, 2009

They have the call-outs featured in the Flash section on the homepage, then, on this page , they provide links to ways users can “Act” by “Supporting their campaigns” This resonates with users much more because it leads them down a pathway where they can make a difference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 2, 2006

They are akin to plugins or extensions in desktop applications. Web Widgets often but not always use Adobe Flash or JavaScript programming languages. Other terms used to describe a Web Widget include Gadget, Badge, Module, Capsule, Snippet, Mini and Flake.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

at 7:46 pm Dear Michelle: Since you are already using FreeConference.com for the audio portion of your conference, I wanted to alert you to the fact that we are launching in Beta our new SharePlus desktop sharing application in the next couple of days. Karel Lukas [link] 4 Nancy King-VP Marketing 08.17.07 Which screensharing company are you?

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2007

The Collection of photographs found on the site are pulled in from Flickr using a Flash-base mashup. the final version, the application pulls images from flickr.com that are tagged "denver+art+museum" and screened for certain licensing types. In designing and developing The American Image: The Photographs of John Collier Jr.

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Museum 2.0

JUNE 4, 2007

whose applications are designed to be simple enough for anyone to use—is a term that mostly confuses and overwhelms people. application is not so easy. have to do with the social aspect of the applications. It’s a sad irony that Web 2.0—whose Creating the backbone for a robust 2.0 Many in-museum 2.0-style is equally important.

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