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How to Build Platforms that Our Movements Can Own

Non Profit Quarterly

The nonprofit world’s approach to funding does not, and will not, work for the capital intensive, open source driven, risk-laden landscape of technology today. Only technology companies (with some exceptions in the open-source world) do that well. It costs millions to build a tech platform.

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Gaming the Talkback Experience with the Signtific What If? Machine

Museum 2.0

Maybe they'll open source the platform at some point so that anyone could use the system to play out their own what ifs. machines) for informal learning environments? Tags: Technology Tools Worth Checking Out participatory museum Unusual Projects and Influences usercontent game.

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