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Open Social != Open Data

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Open Data November 8, 2007 As the hype (which, I agree I have contributed to ) around OpenSocial dies down, the reality behind OpenSocial becomes clear. Tim O’Reilly has a bang-on post about the fact that OpenSocial does not mean that users can have data portability. O’Reilly doesn’t really have an answer for that one.

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How to choose a CRM

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Of course, all nonprofits already have a CRM (even if it is a spreadsheet) – the issue is, generally, migration to a new system, or integration with what they already have to add new features. In the process of going deep into those CRMs, I’ve been thinking about how nonprofits might choose CRMs to begin with.

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More good news from Google: Open Handset Alliance

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

We hope that this will spur development for more social applications and mashups as well as better distribution of these applications worldwide. This is big. This means that anyone can hack their phones – and a raft of developers can create really interesting kinds of software for phones.

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Web 2.0 Part Va:APIs

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Like the freedom that RSS gives to end users in terms of getting the data that you want in your hands, to read when and how you want it, APIs give programmers (and, at times, end users) the freedom to get data from Web 2.0 One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups.

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SaaS vs. Open Source

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

The company I work for, TheWebService.com&# , has created a new form of data storage, called “MyTables&# – it’s not open source, and it doesn’t use MySQL, but it is a very convenient and quick way of uploading and managing your own data. Non Profits should never feel that their data is being held hostage.

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Web 2.0 Part Vb:APIs

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

There were two different kinds of APIs discussed – the ones that help organizations with interoperability within their organizational systems – getting data from one app to another, and using APIs for things like Google maps mashups. It seemed that only Blackbaud had APIs you have to pay for. That’s good news.

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Self-Identification and Status Updates: Personal Entrypoints to Museum Experiences

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When you enter, you start the visit by "logging in" at a kiosk that records your name, your voice, your photo, and your favorite color and music genre. When you make an audio mashup, your voice is part of the mix. Then, that profile is saved onto an RFID card that you use to access all of the interactive exhibits in the Lab.

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