Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
NOVEMBER 8, 2007
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.
Amy Sample Ward
JANUARY 20, 2011
I wrote a blog post called, Mashups, Open APIs, and the Future of Collaboration in the Nonprofit Tech Sector. The updates introduce Semantic Analysis and Natural Language Processing (NLP) capabilities to the Social Actions API and begin to connect Social Actions to the wider Linked Open Data community. I was surprised to the say least.
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NTEN
OCTOBER 28, 2009
For four weeks this summer, we got a crash course in data transparency. Entrants built useful applications incorporating at least one data feed from Data.gov , in an effort to make government data accessible and usable. Everyone on the team -- and at Forum One -- is committed to data transparency. Enhances your mission.
NTEN
OCTOBER 11, 2010
Over the past 10 years, the mashup of the web and our personally identifiable data (PID) has grown up. Data silos also create problems. Whether it’s data or dances, silos keep people separated at the party. An organization that owns its data and manages it correctly owns its distribution channels.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
MARCH 26, 2008
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.
Connection Cafe
AUGUST 25, 2009
While the practice of using images to convey meaning is nothing new to humans, dating back to the earliest cave drawings, putting data into visual representations seems to have taken on a new life in this day and age where mashups are king on the internet. Below are some links to a great collection of data visualizations.
NTEN
JULY 1, 2009
Disruptive Technology #2: Data Deluge. You know how I feel about data. Data, when handled properly, becomes intelligence -- and intelligence makes us better at our jobs, which makes the world a better place! First, they need to focus on data storage. IT managers will also have to figure out data de-duplication.
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