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My iPhone 3G

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Well, the iPhone 3G changed the equation, some. The phone interface is great, visual voicemail rocks, reading email is really good, and surfing the web is decent – way better than on a blackberry. I swore up and down I wouldn’t get one. The iPhone 3G does have 3rd party apps, but they have to be vetted, etc.

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HOW TO: Add Your Nonprofit to FourSquare

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Cafes, bars, and live music venues are its primary focus, but nonprofits can and are already starting to add their physical location as “Venues&# to FourSquare in order to show up in “Check-in&# searches. Please note that you can change Twitter accounts at a later date, thus your are not locked into a FourSquare username.

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Giving the Gift of Accessibility

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

: • I hope you'll pass on to the donor that I, for one, couldn't have received a nicer gift than a book I can read in braille, in my comfy reclining loveseat, to the melodies of soft classical music, a lilac candle burning, diet cream soda within reach (.), and Blackberry pie, my dog, at my side. Rural Nurse 2. Where Love Rules 6.

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More good news from Google: Open Handset Alliance

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’ll be watching the Open Handset Alliance, and wondering when I can replace my Blackberry with an open phone. { I’ll be watching the Open Handset Alliance, and wondering when I can replace my Blackberry with an open phone. {

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Guest Post by Kira Marchenese: What Happened When We Introduced 350 Staff to Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The pitches included costumes, music, video filmed on-site, mock-ups, and social media demos. I didn’t see anyone checking their Blackberry, which was pretty amazing. Tags: change management training materials. . • After each table developed a strategy, the large teams picked one strategy each to develop a pitch around.

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See What’s Out There » Blog Archive » New York Times Deathwatch

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Reading it you get the sense that these folks just won’t face the music. But, there is simply no escaping the reality that the economics of the business have changed so substantially that it is now unsustainable. People also loved the buggy whip, but times change. Yes, I appreciate that times are changing.

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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

He notes that the field is changing fast and that the blogosphere moves faster than textbooks and the "by" license makes this sharing easier. I got a ride from Simon Rowland who was using his blackberry and GPS to help navigate to the restaurant to meet up with the rest of the group. Lots to think about here.