Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
APRIL 7, 2011
Of course, on the proprietary side is the ever present and predominant Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. On the open source side, the projects that stand out are GIMP (a Photoshop replacement) and Inkscape (a vector graphics program – like Illustrator). On the open source end, there are some notable entries.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
AUGUST 1, 2009
It comes out of Kirrily Robert’s keynote at OSCON about women and open source. There has been, of course, a lot said about the fact that although women make up 20% of the tech field, they only are approximately 1.5% of open source communities. of open source communities. Say it, mean it.
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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
AUGUST 1, 2009
It comes out of Kirrily Robert’s keynote at OSCON about women and open source. There has been, of course, a lot said about the fact that although women make up 20% of the tech field, they only are approximately 1.5% of open source communities. of open source communities. Say it, mean it.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
MARCH 7, 2011
I’ve been using this tool since it actually was StarOffice, more than 10 years ago, when it was first open sourced by Sun in 2000. For most of that time, except when I was doing heavy collaborative editing with colleagues who are using MS Office, it is my Office Suite of choice.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
DECEMBER 19, 2008
There are, of course, arguments that IT budgets should be, at least, level funded during slim times, but the reality is that organizations are going to reduce budgets across the board. One question that will inevitably be asked: can free and open source software save organizations money? Of course, it all takes effort and work.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
JUNE 29, 2007
Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Gender, Race and Open Source June 29, 2007 My session on Free and Open Source software and the US Social Forum went great yesterday.
Tech Soup
JANUARY 22, 2015
For this reason, nonprofits are good candidates for open-source software (OSS), which can offer the functionality they need, without the glitz, glamor, and high price point of commercial systems. Easier to customize and control (requires coding knowledge, of course). Of course, many of these points are open to interpretation.
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