Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 21, 2011

OpenOffice.org is a free and open source cross-platform office suite, which can read and write MS Office.doc,xls, and.ppt files. And the cool thing about open source software is that in situations like this, people can fork stuff. I hope that everyone reading this blog has heard of OpenOffice.org. And they did.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 16, 2011

If you want to put your book into formats that the widest variety of people will be able to read, think about these two important factors: Distribution avenues : Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Google and Apple, would be the ones I’d focus on, as well as whatever other avenues you want to use to get your electronic files out there.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 12, 2011

It’s core is a very powerful and flexible ticket tracker, but it includes all of the important project management features you want and need, milestones, time tracking, wikis, file repository, even discussion boards, and it connects with version control repositories. It works for multiple projects. I love the collaboration features.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 30, 2010

I think it is one of the long list of unpredicted successes that resulted from the near-ubiquitousness of open source software on the server side. We started using S3fs as a way to mount an S3 bucket in the filesystem, then just copy the files to S3. We have a script going which runs by cron daily to do the backups.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

Unfortunately, there's a 10 MB limit if you're uploading a PowerPoint file and you can reach that pretty quickly if you are presenting with visuals. OpenSource and Software Communities Jon Stahl has a thoughtful essay on Nonprofits, Open Source and Leadership. He outlines what each group can learn from one another.

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Byte Technology

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Indeed, with an open-source platform like WordPress—and not to mention the thousands of plug-ins and themes available to users—it should come as no great surprise that bugs, security holes and the like are constantly being discovered and, unfortunately, exploited by nefarious hackers. or in a cloud-based service such as Dropbox.

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AccelEvents

JULY 16, 2021

RTMP, at a glance, transmits video files from an encoder to an online hosting platform. . Open Broadcaster Software (OBS; Application-Based Program). OBS is an application-based, open-source software platform for broadcasters that allows for simple video editing functionality in real-time. .

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Global Giving

MAY 22, 2018

ClamAV is a popular open-source option. Systems like Google Drive, Box, or DropBox provide convenient, secure solutions for backup and file sharing. DBAN is one popular open-source option to assist with this. Understand if you need to get permission from your manager or IT team to install new software on devices.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

Data archeology: recover data from ancient files in odd formats. We use free and open source software whenever possible, but we're pragmatic and work with what our human rights monitoring and advocacy partners need, so our environment is a pretty eclectic mix. Please use open file formats (PDF is fine).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 9, 2007

July 9, 2007 So I talk a lot about both open source software, and the preciousness of one’s own data. I tout the benefits of open source software. Open source projects do get better. I could dump all my addresses into one big flat file, and use grep. That’s open source, no?

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Byte Technology

JULY 4, 2017

Your window will split and you’ll see all your source codes, and any changes you may make will instantly render on the page above. After you’re happy with your edits you can go ahead and change the actual theme files as well as any custom CSS code you added.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 3, 2013

argued that we must shift from spending on the provision of hard copy braille to the provision of refreshable braille and the associated digital file formats to enable people to read so much more. “As Department of Education Office for Special Education Programs (OSEP). A 3D graphic test on paper substrate of a circuit diagram.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 2, 2009

You can export your donation history into a CSV file, and you can make your reports into PDFs. The online help for BlackbaudNow is powered by the open source software MediaWiki. Of course, proprietary software makers use open source software all the time, that’s not the problem. There are no APIs.

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Tech Soup

JUNE 29, 2016

At its most basic level, a website is a collection of files inside folders that visitors can access when they type an URL into their browser. For example, a file path on your computer could be something like this: file:///Users/sarahlesh/mywebsite.html. The.css file is then linked through your tag. This is best practice.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 7, 2007

Office Open XML is Microsoft’s XML-based file format which is now native in Office 2007. Instead of adopting the already ISO approved Open Document format, it attempted to get through ISO a standard that, among other things, depends too much on non-standard, non-publicly available legacy file formats. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 13, 2008

I “live the open source lifestyle.&# First, they are putting the wraps on a new version, and there are some interesting projects happening, like integrating voter files, phone banking , and my favorite, case management. I was profiled on Linux.com. That’s kinda fun! That must have been before the iPhone. Be Helpful.

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Robert Weiner

APRIL 19, 2009

Google Desktop — Use Google to search your desktop files: [link]. TrueCrypt –- Very well-designed and easy-to-use program for encrypting your files and folders: [link]. PHP and MySQL -– Really good open source code for building dynamic web sites: [link] and [link]. But that’s why it’s free.).

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

DECEMBER 20, 2007

Many nonprofits have Linux file servers in their back offices. So next year, I’ll be doing 100 posts on particular free and open source tools. 1 trackback } Free and open source tool #1: Thunderbird » Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology 01.03.08 This was to appease the European Commission.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

We’re deep believers in the benefits of openness, which means we publish open source software and create open content under Creative Commons licenses. I was an expert witness in the case, and we’ve filed an amicus brief in the appeal. We serve human rights activists in more than 100 countries. What’s next?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 18, 2007

What I’d really like to see though is a true, enthusiastic Open Source community get behind a “better&# spreadsheet for its own sake, not for the sake of copying Office. Phil: I agree – with time and effort, OO or any open source spreadsheet could out Excel Excel. Maybe WikiCalc is the way to go.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 16, 2006

I’m reading this book at the same time as I’ve been working on the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. I’m realizing that all of the justifications for why I am so into open source and free software is right here in this book! It gets chewy, for sure, but it feels like every chew is worth it. Be Helpful.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MAY 15, 2012

This week, Benetech’s DIAGRAM Center has announced the release of an open source web application for creating and editing crowdsourced image descriptions in books used by students with print disabilities. Benetech has long been a pioneer in providing innovative services to people with print disabilities.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

I love it because it’s really easy to set up and back up (it’s all files, not in a database,) and it’s has draft autosaves (yay!). I have become a complete devotee of Dokuwiki , which I use locally on my laptop, for my to do lists, notes, etc. And I contribute to varied other wikis, which are on varied other wiki platforms.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

It’s stable, feature rich, uses open standards, reads and writes MS files, and, did I mention it’s free? Of course, like all open source software, it is “free as in kittens&# – but this particular kitten is pretty grown up, and already spayed and litter trained. Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

What may have taken months or even years to request via the Freedom of Information Act, often in a machine unreadable format such as a PDF file, now only takes seconds to download as a "comma-separated value" (CSV) file. All data analysis and visualization packages are able to read a CSV file. The Data Source View.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 29, 2007

They have a site, with the URL: [link] which is a link to a windows.exe file, which is a simple, sweet Debian installer. Changing one file (/etc/apt/sources.list) and running a few commands, should do the trick. But, the computers are networked, so it would seem – there must be some easy way, right? Debian comes to the rescue.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 15, 2007

All importing requires now is just going to the Wordpress import tool and specifying the file. Wordpress now uses dashes instead of underscores, so that’s something you don’t have to worry about. That’s all. You don’t have to worry about using mod_rewrite at all. Getting the varied blogrolls and badges, etc.

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Amy Sample Ward

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Shareable: The Open Source Guitar – So many good pieces to think on from this post (thanks for sharing it with me, Billy!) We hope you will download the file, find some useful information, and be inspired!"

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

If my house is clean, my filing done, and my laundry folded, you can bet the ‘net is down and I’m grumpy about it. If my house is clean, my filing done, and my laundry folded, you can bet the ‘net is down and I’m grumpy about it. 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Dustin J. Mitchell 02.20.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

It took me a couple of frustrating hours or so to configure samba (editing the samba.conf file and testing) so that I could share my home directory, with music and video, with my other computers, and share my printer. Of course with my mac, I opened up the system preferences, checked a button, and, voila! This is my dilemma.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 15, 2011

them, makes files accessible from anywhere, and it is fully integrated with Google Apps. The best part, though, is that it is open-source, so anyone can host it on their own server and have unlimited capacity and full customization. Basecamp allows for sharing files, setting project milestones and using. working on.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

DECEMBER 8, 2022

This open-source, accessible solution enables workers and volunteers to collect data wherever they need to go. We have already had some feedback on broader needs, like the ability to upload files and conditional logic, so we have those in the roadmap now. Enter: Grassroots Mobile Survey, now available to install.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

WebHuddle is free, and open source. This is what I want: The community edition of DimDim that integrates with an open source VOIP system and Moodle. Earlier, I’d found that the only tools that would work with presenters using Linux were ReadyTalk and WebHuddle. ReadyTalk is proprietary and not free (as in beer).

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Bloomerang

DECEMBER 19, 2023

This can streamline everything from new employee onboarding to cross-team collaboration and secure file sharing. WordPress Platform overview: WordPress is a free, open-source CMS, meaning anyone can view and change the software’s code to suit their needs. Prices vary based on the hosting provider you choose.

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Tech Soup

JULY 31, 2017

When I founded CompuMentor (which became TechSoup) in 1987, I had to file articles of incorporation that would legally bind the organization. More than 80 such projects are available on the platform with open-source code to enable replication.

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Tech Soup

OCTOBER 20, 2010

TrueCrypt is a free and open-source tool that makes it relatively easy to encrypt your data, using encrypted volumes. These are basically files that act as containers, that are mounted and dismounted using a passphrase, and would look like separate drives to which you save your data. Software encryption is your friend.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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