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Tidbits

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It does make me think a lot about this whole space, and wonder if the fast moving train of Salesforce, and the slower moving trains of the open source alternatives, are beginning to bear down on the old guard, and how they will respond to them (or not, which would spell doom.) And yeah after reading the docs, I agree, it’s bad.

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Platforms break open!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

At first blush, although Kintera officially got out the door first, announcing Connect weeks ago, and delivering the APIs and docs on Friday, their play is a good start, but Convio, announcing Open tomorrow, appears to be ahead in terms of providing real openness. Here’s a quick overview of both initiatives.

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Platforms break open, part II

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 Platforms break open, part II October 18, 2007 The dust is settling. Methinks vendors in this space still just don’t grok, really, what “open&# means. I have a few comments. Be Helpful.

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What is cloud computing?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Huge data centers are being thrown up everywhere, and more and more companies are getting into the business of providing hosting for SaaS developers. Companies such as Amazon are creating massive grid storage and computing services for applications in the cloud. Be Helpful.

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Web 2.0 Experiments, snafus and stumbles

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Or that a certain nonprofit Executive Director Dugg a post about starting a video game company? And if you have a Gmail account, it’s the same username/password that you’d be using for Analytics, Google Docs, Adsense, etc. Creepy part: do I really want to know what’s on my ex-girlfriend’s MySpace page?

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50 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

The company also donates $1 to the partner nonprofit for each download. A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Additionally, the app serves as hub to all other Google Apps, such as Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Reader, Voice, Maps, etc.

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Google Chrome OS – are operators going to be standing by?

Judi Sohn

I’m just not hopeful based on the company’s track record in this area. Don’t you use AdSense, AdWords, Feedburner, Analytics, gCalendar, and Docs? For the techie-geek who runs Linux and open source software as a general rule, this is not a huge concern. For most products, it doesn’t exist.

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