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Case Study: Providing Event Attendees with Wireless Internet via Mobile Broadband

NTEN

How important is it for your conference attendees to have access to the internet? of NCFR Conference attendees said that having internet access is at least somewhat important. Our organization has felt the pinch, spending thousands of dollars in past years on internet access for just our cyber café and registration desk.

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Departing from LA, Next Stop Brisbane: An Interview with a Digital Native

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

As you know doubt know, airports are not designed for travelers with laptops. There were few plugs at the gate, so I asked this young guy named Alex who was using the plug to recharge his Ipod if could share. Hope to get Internet access and a sim card on the other end (as well as a very strong latte). Alex is on route to Fiji.

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The Future of the Nonprofit Office: Working from Home v2.0

NTEN

The average smartphone outperforms the laptop computer of the previous decade. It's true: the employees of tomorrow may not have laptops or PCs. The new realm of net-enabled personal communications devices will cut down on the need for many employees to have an expensive-to-maintain PC or laptop. FYI: it doesn't work over 3G.)

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Why I won’t be buying Leopard

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’m not liking Apple’s increasingly closed and monopolistic tendencies when it comes to the iPod and iPhone. have you thought about which laptop might be best to load Ubuntu up on? I don’t use my Mac much anymore – I migrated to Linux as my main desktop, and will be sticking there.

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My personal Blogher To Do List and Reflections

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Do Audio - Thanks to some inspiration from Lisa Williams , I'm over my audiophobia and relieved to know that I don't have shell out the bucks for Ipod to podcast. Get ecto on my laptop. I cheaped out on a second license for ecto and that would have saved my butt when the wireless Internet collasped from the weight of 300 blogher s.

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7 Reasons Nonprofits Need iPads

Forum One

Skeptics doubted the iPod in 2001 , but it went on to help revolutionize how people consume music and audio content. The device's hardware includes components not currently found in a traditional desktop computer or laptop. It's promised battery life is ten hours -- longer than any laptop to date.

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