Tech Soup
APRIL 10, 2012
session, Open Source Mobile Apps for Social Change. Why Open Source? Open source is not just about software distribution. Open source as a philosophy also promotes accessibility, transparency, inclusivity, open data, and integration with other tools. Crowdsourcing and mapping.
Amy Sample Ward
JULY 10, 2012
”" Microsites for Nonprofits: Your Questions Answered | NTEN – "What do you do when you want to give extra publicity to a specific cause or campaign? "DeadUshahidi’s mocking tone towards maps it deems ineffective, without any understanding of the goals of the groups behind them, is problematic.
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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
MARCH 18, 2012
Like going to hackathons and wish you could get paid to work on a good cause full time? We use free and open source software whenever possible, but we're pragmatic and work with what our human rights monitoring and advocacy partners need, so our environment is a pretty eclectic mix.
Amy Sample Ward
MAY 14, 2009
There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. Google’s Mapping tools include: Google Earth. Google Maps & MyMaps. Google Maps API. The new map galvanized the community because they were able to really understand the impact of the plan. Google Sketchup.
NTEN
MAY 28, 2009
Open Source is Dead. What I mean is that open source, as we knew it, is dead. For the last decade, what we've been talking about when we say "open source" is "open code" -- a set of zeroes and ones that we can configure to our heart's desire. Long Live Open Source.
Care2
MAY 15, 2009
There are quite a few options for doing this, some open source and free others not. She re-mapped the data in Google Earth and shared the new map with community members, local politicians, and presented it at the community meeeting to a much different response. Idealware.org has reviews of many of these tools as well.
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
OCTOBER 29, 2008
In less than a month, volunteers across the country, with no other resources than their know-how and volunteer time, built www.twittervotereport.com to stream individual messages from Twitter and that will aggregate messages into maps and graphs. Matt Cooperrider, a key architect of the effort, called Twitter Vote Report ???the
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