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The Wealth of Networks, Chapter 3

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The Wealth of Networks, Chapter 3 November 16, 2006 I bet you thought I’d stopped reading? So here’s the summary for Chapter 3. Or given up? It’s really worth a read.

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Open Source Database solutions part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

more on Open Standards and Benkler (actually, Benkler is up next – I’ve got two chapters to review). Server-based DBMS (DataBase Management Systems) MySQL – MySQL is, I think, the most popular, and best known open source DBMS. Wikipedia has a great entry on PostgreSQL, including some history). I promise (!)

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Open Source Database solutions part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

more on Open Standards and Benkler (actually, Benkler is up next – I’ve got two chapters to review). Server-based DBMS (DataBase Management Systems) MySQL – MySQL is, I think, the most popular, and best known open source DBMS. Wikipedia has a great entry on PostgreSQL, including some history). I promise (!)

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Social Architecture Part 2: Hierarchy, Taxonomy, Ideology (and Comics)

Museum 2.0

A taxonomy’s rapid progression from analytic description to normative system—literally becoming a pedagogical conscience—warrants caution. In Chapter 3, McCloud identifies six different methods by which comic artists transition from one panel to another (for example, scene-to-scene or action-to-action).

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50 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline. MoFuse is a mobile content management system that allows you to easily create mobile websites using basic HTML and the RSS feed of your blog.

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Nonprofit Technology News: The Demise of Facebook Causes and Cloud Storage for Charities

Tech Soup

” To be fair, Causes describes the acquisition as a new chapter for the Causes community. It’s a new international charity classification system that will pave the way for better grantmaking, especially online and international philanthropy. Perhaps demise is too strong a word, then.

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60 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

LevelUp is a mobile payment system that allows users to register their credit cards to make purchases at participating merchants with a simple scan of a QR code. Ideal for organizing regional chapters, activists, or special events, Meetup makes it easy for nonprofits to organize supporters online to then meet up face-to-face offline.

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