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Open Social != Open Data

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Tim says: If all OpenSocial does is allow developers to port their applications more easily from one social network to another, that’s a big win for the developer, as they get to shop their application to users of every participating social network. We don’t want to have the same application on multiple social networks.

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NpTech Summary: Red T-Shirt Day - Supporting Monks, YouTube Nonprofit Channel, and Web2forDev Conference Reports

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Tobias Eigen from Kabissa presented at the Web2fordev: Remixing the Web for International Development. Changing the Present has launched a Facebook application adding to the virtual gift community. It's an open source free web meeting service. He also shares the key points of his presentation here. It isn't dumb dumb.

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NpTech Tag: Socially Responsible Idol, Nptech Meebo Chat at PDF Conference, and Personal Fundraising

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

There are different flavors of Creative Commons licensing, some encourage remixing more than others as the Learn Online blog points out in the " The Illogical rhetoric of Share Alike " Ruby Sinreich points us to Liza Sabater's manifesto on People Powered Politics based on the seminar Cluetrain Mainfesto. is still relevant.

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NpTech Tag Summary: Party Metaphors, Conversations, and A Few Good Links

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Conversation Tracking in the NpTech Space There quite a blog buzz about the need for a Netsquared European Remix going on. The BuzzMonitor is an open source application that "listens" to what people are saying about the World Bank across blogs and other sites in order to help the organization understand and engage in social media.

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NpTechTag Summary: Insect Antennae, A Blast from the Past, and More

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

It is based on some open source code called Pligg that creates a "digg" like interface. The nptech tag stream (plus other sources) has been imported, so you can comment and vote on tagged items. applications have changed the rules of online community. Flickr photo from jhritz NpDigg: The Insect Antennae?

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