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MARCH 5, 2010

gSyncIt can get my notes into Google Docs, but those don't sync with the Pre and I don't want to have to get Internet access just to read or write a note. I found that MediaMonkey , a free music organizer/player, sync tool that I had used with an older MP3 player, will sync my tunes with the Pre. Tags: Mobile Communications.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

I’m still on internet clients, believe it or not, and still have some to go. It’s based on Mozilla Firefox, and apparently the developers of Flock contribute a fair bit back to the Firefox codebase. Today, I’m talking about Flock. Flock is the “social browser.&# For bookmarking, it uses your del.icio.us

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NOVEMBER 5, 2007

This means that anyone can hack their phones – and a raft of developers can create really interesting kinds of software for phones. Katrin over at MobileActive.org weighs in , and I agree: So what does this mean for the ‘mobile for good’ field? This is big.

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Nonprofits can use the platform to create mobile-friendly donation pages, personalized touchpoints, and other elements that optimize the giving experience. Top feature: Monday.com’s mobile app allows you to stay organized while on the go. Run Agile sprints, marketing campaigns, and other initiatives to support your nonprofit’s goals.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2008

Interestingly enough, lots of developing world countries voted against it. There’s lots of great details on Groklaw. Venture capitalists are liking open source more and more. Why do we nptechies care? More $ toward open source is a tide that lifts all boats.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #8:XChat February 5, 2008 This is, really a post both about a tool ( XChat ) and about IRC (Internet Relay Chat.) XChat is one of quite a few IRC clients.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

It also includes applications that you might develop (or have developed) that are hosted outside your network. You are dependent on your internet connection – which could be a problem for mission-critical applications. That’s really all it is – there isn’t anything fancy about it.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 17, 2017

If this equipment has a six- or seven-year lifespan rather than three or four years, the environmental impact for even a fraction of the billions of computers and mobile devices now in use in the world will be immense. The number of mobile devices (phones and tablets) in use in the world now exceeds the global population of 7.4

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 3, 2008

It’s a conference that is an event of the Institute for Politics, Democracy and the Internet. I’ve never been – online politics has never really been my focus. But I’m quite looking forward to it. I’m looking forward to talking about free and open source software to this audience. {

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

I’m really psyched about the Nonprofit Development Summit , happening here, in my (current) fair city, Oakland (I love it that I don’t have to travel so much anymore.) Funny thing: it’s happening the same week as the Convio Summit , and the Blackbaud Conference. It might be interesting. {

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Tech Soup

JULY 8, 2011

mobile technologies, distribution of power and wealth, transparency in. “[In Africa] the race is on to find what mobiles can do in areas as disparate as public health, governance and education.” ” Rakesh Rajani, Tweweza, talking about the potential dramatic impact of the mobile phone in Africa in the next five years.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 7, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #10: Filezilla February 7, 2008 I decided that most of the tools I’ve been talking about so far (except WordPress and Joomla) are internet clients for one type of protocol or another.

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MAY 12, 2008

I’ll be on hiatus for about another week, and will have some long awaited new FOSS tools, as well as other posts that have been brewing for a while. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 25, 2008

Read an interview of an Android developer. There are some other interesting moves outlined in that great post by Marshall Kirpatrick, my currently favorite ReadWriteWeb blogger Android for the masses, iPhone for the rich? It’s an interesting question, what Android might (or might not) turn out to be. So far, it’s simply vaporware.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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JUNE 11, 2008

Last year’s winner was Barry Warsaw, lead developer of the awesome Mailman mailing list manager. The competition, judged by a panel of national leaders in public interest computing, is now entering its third year. The application deadline for this year’s prize: September 1, 2008. Ruby Sinreich is a new phenomenon ! You go girl!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 30, 2008

Michele Martin talks about developing a personal learning plan. I read her blog for great tips on professional development and technology. { It’s a great, thoughtful post. David is always a great source for thoughtful insights about open source. 1 trackback } links for 2008-07-30 - Kevin Bondelli’s Youth Vote Blog 07.30.08

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APRIL 11, 2008

Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 30, 2007

Jobs understands that DRM doesn’t work, and doesn’t help sell music. From a developers prospective, Vista is much better than OS 10 – Microsoft even gives away basic development tools like asp.net and visual studio on their website. He should understand that the same thing is true for iPhones.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2014

It doesn’t rely solely on the relatively few big data centers out there, but rather on the emerging Internet of Things in which processors are embedded into appliances, thermostats, cars, street lights, buildings, etc. The reason why The Fog is emerging is because of the amount of data overwhelming our 3G and 4G mobile networks.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 14, 2008

I imagine, too, because it’s based on an open source platform, developers will begin to code in data portability (or have they already?) is a microblogging service based on an open source project, Laconica , and all of the updates are copyrighted by a Creative Commons (Attribution) license. You can log in using OpenID.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 22, 2008

So I’m polishing off my PHP skills, and we’ll see where that leads. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 19, 2008

There are open source LMS, some of which are quite well developed, and some also geared toward (or developed by) colleges and universities. LAMS – not as much an LMS as a curriculum development tool. Moodle – probably the best known open source LMS.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

This change creates an incredible opportunity that will affect the entire world, making access an affordable reality as more and more people have a device in their pocket that is capable of being an accessible e-reader: from inexpensive mobile phones and MP3 players to braille notetakers that can store thousands of ebooks in digital braille.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

MPower has started to generate some community-driven development. I’m excited to see what community-driven development can do! And why is this in “social issues&# and not “technology&# ? But, anyway, I’m not putting the silly badge in the sidebar, sorry. It looks interesting.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 10, 2008

The role I play most often currently is providing a clear and understandable avenue between the client and a technology vendor (such as web or database development shop). This is a really interesting professional development activity, I think. This is also an ongoing process. Intermediation. at 6:06 am Michelle, I love this!

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

1 trackback } Free and open source tool #9 : Pidgin - Affordable Web Developer - Just another WordPress weblog on Affordable open source web development. 1 trackback } Free and open source tool #9 : Pidgin - Affordable Web Developer - Just another WordPress weblog on Affordable open source web development.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

It is, I imagine, what the future of television will be. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 21, 2008

Drupal integration is better, but there is a lot of active development going into improving the Joomla integration. Otherwise, it’s easy to host it on a generic hosting account, if you don’t need that functionality. It can integrate with both Drupal or Joomla, and there is a new stand-alone version as well.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Skeptics doubted the iPod in 2001 , but it went on to help revolutionize how people consume music and audio content. The iPad's release next month is best considered as another milestone in the phenomenal expansion of mobile computing. Tags: Influence Internet Strategy Tips & Trends. Smartphone sales are soaring , with 54.5

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 6, 2008

Hat tip to Jon Stahl for the heads up. { Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07 Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07 The only thing that will be left is games. I like building my own systems – I need a new desktop, and I like the idea that I can build my own easily, and get a fair bit of power fairly cheaply.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 14, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Things that make me feel better December 14, 2006 As someone who has developed web database applications for clients, I always hate when they get errors. Things like this make me feel so much better.

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APRIL 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology NTC Links April 6, 2007 There has been a little bit of blogging and the like at NTC – although it was certainly hindered yesterday, when the internet was down for most of the day.

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APRIL 23, 2008

Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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Tech Soup

AUGUST 3, 2011

Today, the conversation has shifted towards making our websites accessible as a key requirement of the development process - for complex reasons and with complex benefits. For instance: What are you doing to encourage accessibility for your own online or mobile-based presence? Below, we've compiled all of the community responses.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 8, 2007

Tim says: If all OpenSocial does is allow developers to port their applications more easily from one social network to another, that’s a big win for the developer, as they get to shop their application to users of every participating social network. But it provides little incremental value to the user, the real target.

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