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Web Application Frameworks

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I know a lot of pretty serious geeks read this blog, but I also know some folks who aren’t do too, and I figured it was time to do a quick outline of web application frameworks, and how they differ from things like a CMS. A web application framework is one that does require programming to provide the basics of a user interface.

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Citizen Tech: Social Media in Disaster Response

Amy Sample Ward

If web users knew of someone else who needed help, 44 percent would ask other people in their social network to contact authorities, 35 percent would post a request for help directly on a response agency’s Facebook page and 28 percent would send a direct Twitter message to responders. Direct Content. Thousands of reports were placed via SMS.

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Intro to Photoshop for Nonprofits: Part 5

Tech Soup

This logo file was available in part 1 , but for the sake of convenience, you can download it here , too. Click File > Place Embedded… ( File > Place in versions prior to Creative Cloud). Select the file blog-generic-nonprofit-logo.eps and click Place. Save your document with File > Save.

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Intro to Photoshop for Nonprofits: Part 5

Tech Soup

This logo file was available in part 1 , but for the sake of convenience, you can download it here , too. Click File > Place Embedded… ( File > Place in versions prior to Creative Cloud). Select the file blog-generic-nonprofit-logo.eps and click Place. Save your document with File > Save.

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Microlearning: Fad or Fantastic?

Forj

Our ability to find what we need to learn on the Internet is ubiquitous; so much so that 70% of employees will turn to Google before their company learning files*. Wikipedia ? appeared first on Web Courseworks. Recently, I watched a video on how to convert my garage florescence tube fixtures for LED blubs.

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Reduce Travel with Online Collaboration

Tech Soup

Cloud computing basically means services you use over the Internet like Google Apps, Microsoft Office Web Apps , Live Documents , or One Hub rather than installing software and housing the document or information in-house. The most famous wiki is of course Wikipedia. Additional Resources. Online Project Management Tools.

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The Wealth of Networks, Chapter 3

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

.&# He talks about three examples which have become classic – free/open source software, SETI@Home , and Wikipedia. He spends a fair bit of time talking about the Wikipedia model, and how, basically, amazing it is.

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