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Wiki Syntax madness

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I have become a complete devotee of Dokuwiki , which I use locally on my laptop, for my to do lists, notes, etc. Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Wiki Syntax madness November 26, 2007 As most people deeply imbedded in Web 2.0,

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Linux, Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, and Me

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

More lately, I’ve been working to focusing my advising practice on helping people implement open source software (mostly server-side) in their organizations, providing advice and training. Week 1 I should have taken pictures – unboxing a new laptop is a lot of fun. My first step was to make sure the laptop booted.

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New tools

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It looked quite like it might be a fun event to be at, but the hefty $3000 price tag for admission wasn’t something that I could possibly stomach, so I sat in front of my laptop, watching people describe new tools. So this is definitely a tool to watch. good2gether is an interesting concept. Watch the demo. Be Helpful.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society - Untitled Article

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Laptops roasting by a wood fire. Imagine if you will, a group of free/open-source software internationalization/translation/localization evangelists gathered in an artist's studio in snow-covered Warsaw, heated by a wood-stove, but with high-speed wireless internet access!

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E-Mediat: Day 2 – The Networked NGO in the Arab World

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

To localize Networked Nonprofit concepts to an Arab NGO context, as appropriate, for improved project outcomes. Rami shared how his organization works in a transparent way, open sourcing its program materials and processes. The specific learning objectives: To understand the principles of “being” a Networked Nonprofit.

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NetSquared: In the Beginning

Tech Soup

To get going, they built the first NetSquared website using open-source Drupal. One Laptop Per Child (just launched that year). "Similar to their corporate counterparts, nonprofits are discovering that they can increase their effectiveness while maintaining lower operating costs by utilizing Web-based and open source tools.

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350.org Is Greening the Planet with Lean, Green IT

Tech Soup

They have an integrated, cloud-based IT system in which everyone has laptops and merely needs some way to get to the Internet to plug in to 350.org. This theoretically frees up millions of offices from having their own local area networks with servers and IT staffs to run them. " Jon was very matter of fact.

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