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Has Apple become evil? No, but they are getting stupid.

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The move of Apple to use software update to break hacked and unlocked phones is somewhat ironic, given the attitude of Jobs toward DRM , and the open source basis for OS X. Jobs understands that DRM doesn’t work, and doesn’t help sell music. He should understand that the same thing is true for iPhones.

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Social Networks and Digital Sharecropping

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

However, Michelle, your attitude is to not join yet another social network. I hate to tell you this but commercial social networking entrepreneurs LOVE your attitude. at 12:50 pm Well, I can imagine they might love my attitude right now. at 12:50 pm Well, I can imagine they might love my attitude right now. Be Helpful.

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Metaphors

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Salesforce is a serious tool with a ton of functionality and it it supported by a growing community – some very much into open source software, building an ecology that goes beyond metaphors but that provides extremely interesting and useful tools. Be Helpful.

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Penguin Day Reflections: OS as FairTrade, OS Feminism, and OS - the Next Generation

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Open Source Feminism - Click to Play. Penguin Day is a day-long workshop for nonprofit organizations to explore the range of issues and options inovlved in using Free and Open Source Software. What are the tactics for supporting online open source communities? What is the gensis of an open source community?