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My Top 16 tools of 2008

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

They also span the range of proprietary, SaaS, and Open Source. They are on this list because I think they are great, because they have undergone a lot of change or development this year, or because they are game-changing. Open Source Tools. Elgg is the open source social network management system.

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Why I won’t be buying Leopard

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

There are a number of reasons for my deciding to slowly leave the Macintosh platform: I want to focus more energy and time on free and open source platforms – I might donate what I would have spent on Leopard to some deserving projects. The only thing that will be left is games. Be Helpful.

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My iPhone 3G

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

There are some great apps and games, some really good for really cheap (or free.) But the apps, and the app store (where to get apps) have been the cause of crashes, iPhone lockup requiring multiple restorations (which, luckily, are relatively painless.) But getting them onto the iPhone, or getting them to work, is sometimes a pain.

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An interesting call from danah boyd

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Nor will you get to see the cool articles on alternate reality gaming, crowd-sourcing, convergent mobile media, and video game modding that are also in this issue. Even if you read an early draft of my article in essay form , you’ll probably never get to read the cleaned up version. That’s super depressing.

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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. An online database of third-party social media apps and software, there are thousands of free tools listed in categories ranging from photos and videos to music and games. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com.

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Drupal, Joomla and Plone! Oh my!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

April 15, 2007 At NTC , there was a lot of talk about the “big three&# open source CMS packages that most people these days in our sector are using: Drupal , Plone , and Joomla. I keep a little tech support blog on Mayfirst[0] and I’m always game to answer questions like. Be Helpful.

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This guy is right on

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

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.