Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JANUARY 18, 2012
Today, we're joining what is probably the largest online protest in history , by blacking out significant portions of the Benetech website, as well as our Martus and HRDAG human rights websites. We're not alone: far larger sites like Wikipedia and Google and hundreds of others (if not thousands). But, we're not for piracy.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
JULY 9, 2018
We have an array of copyright exceptions that cover the activities of archives and libraries, especially fair use and the copyright exception that benefits people with disabilities. By this, I am not just talking about the publishing business, but also the nonprofit libraries committed to universal accessibility.
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Tech Soup
APRIL 7, 2009
Some people have responded to the news with little more than bemusement that Encarta lasted as long as it did, and many have pointed to Wikipedia as Encarta's killer and successor. Encarta itself has a strange and fascinating history. For me, Encarta was never a replacement for the library; it was an intellectual onramp to the library.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
JANUARY 1, 2007
Wikipedia has a great entry on PostgreSQL, including some history). It has a very long history, though, since it is based on Borland’s InterBase codebase. SQLite – a small footprint C library that implements an ACID compliant DB engine. Firebird – this is a newer kid on the block, sort of.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
JANUARY 1, 2007
Wikipedia has a great entry on PostgreSQL, including some history). It has a very long history, though, since it is based on Borland’s InterBase codebase. SQLite – a small footprint C library that implements an ACID compliant DB engine. Firebird – this is a newer kid on the block, sort of.
Nonprofit Tech for Good
JANUARY 30, 2012
Nonprofits can use Dipity to create timelines that highlight their organizational history, current events, and special campaigns. ” If you haven’t done so already, it would be wise to search for your nonprofit on Wikipedia to see if anyone has created a page for your nonprofit, because that now means you also have a page on Qwiki.
Museum 2.0
APRIL 18, 2008
For those who haven't attended, the Museums and the Web conference brings an international audience from art, history, cultural, and science museums together to talk about new ways to engage with their audiences via the web. Many native groups are not eager to offer up their cultural stories and history for mash-ups on the web.
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