Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MAY 21, 2007

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. In the beginning, it was lack of software (I first tried this back in 1999), or printer drivers. I’m not about to change that.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

Brett Meyer, NTEN. The mission statement of One Laptop per Child is artfully constructed: "To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning."

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Giving up, a little August 6, 2007 As you might know, I migrated from using a MacBook Pro laptop as my primary desktop, to eating my own dogfood, as it were, and using Ubuntu Linux as my primary desktop.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

But what I realized was that the whole WPA thing with my laptop added to the pile of “little problems I haven’t solved yet.&# And, as Dustin pointed out in the comments to my venting post earlier, a lot of this is not the fault of open source desktop software developers. I am committed to the ethos of free software.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 9, 2007

The only time I shut down this laptop is when I’m taking it somewhere, which is relatively rarely. 90% of the software I want to install I just install by saying “apt-get install name_of_package&#. In general, installation and configuration of software has become much easier. I love apt-get/aptitude. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JUNE 24, 2008

I have had varied problems , from issues of software integration, video problems, wireless issues … The list is getting very long. At some point, when I’ve saved up enough pennies, I’m going to buy a Mac laptop again. I migrated to making it my primary desktop about a year ago. And, guess what? I’m giving up.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

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. Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 30, 2011

There are three main parts: the source, or camera that you use to capture video and audio; the encoder, which is software that you use to produce the live video; and the player that viewers will watch the video on. Your source can be as simple as a mini-dv digital camcorder, or even a webcam that you can connect to a laptop via USB.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 1, 2007

have you thought about which laptop might be best to load Ubuntu up on? Welcome your new Penguin overlords ;-) 2 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07 at 7:57 pm You make some very good points and I think I will “go Ubuntu&# too. Music converters: [link] [link] [link] 3 Gordon Montgomery 11.20.07 Be Helpful.

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Tech Soup

SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

There's still time to submit your nomination before October 31, 2011 for this year's Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public interest. Each year, the Tides Foundation awards a $10,000 cash grant to an individual or group who has created an open-source software project that benefits nonprofits and movements of social change.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 3, 2013

Five years ago, it was the laptop. It doesn’t replace my laptop, but I sure get a lot of use out of it. –Tom When I look at any piece of technology (business or personal), my first instinct is to evaluate the hardware and software eco-system around it to support the tablet in question. Amy Sample Ward, NTEN CEO.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 28, 2005

I had her laptop open, and I saw a "Ford_F350" network come, and go. Anyway, as the bus rolls by, I see "PVTA_0333" come up on the MacStumbler, then leave! Yeah, really, really! It reminds me of the time a friend of mine and I were driving to Rhode Island on the highway. Maybe faster than we think. { Be Helpful.

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NTEN

JULY 23, 2009

An academic-community partnership, the project brings together immigrant day laborers, scholars, software developers, and community organizers for participatory design, curriculum development, evaluation and research around this emerging media tool and its social impact. Second Place: $15,000. First Place: $25,000.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JANUARY 27, 2010

I was able to find some research and pieces about laptops in the classroom. I love the way NTEN does these sessions. An NTEN staff person interviews the expert on a conference call line, while people listen and post questions in the back channel. I like webinar software that facilitates learning between participants).

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NTEN

MAY 7, 2009

Get another year out of laptops/software, etc. Tags: budget gartner itstaff NPTech NTEN. Reducing costs may also mean you need to push IT costs out to future years where you can. This sounded familiar to @gartrell , who responded simply: Story of my life. Then, evaluate joint IT/Business processes. IT is not a cost center.

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NTEN

MARCH 30, 2011

By Steve Backman, President, Database Designs To close out our month-long look at some of the best tools for nonprofits, Steve Backman tells you about some of his favorite day-to-day software. Favorite software tools are all about managing processes fluidly. I look forward to hearing yours!

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 16, 2015

The doll takes a child's words and sends them over the Internet to cloud based voice-recognition software that can create the perfect response. Amy Sample Ward, NTEN's fearless leader, has a different view. I have some recommendations my What Is Nonprofit Technology article, featured in this month’s NTEN Connect."

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 9, 2007

Someone on the 501 Tech Club NY list ( NTEN Affinity Group ) suggested a name change might be needed. So, let's take a quick look at the most highly rated items this week - which are about money, content, software, jobs, and some geek humor. He notes they were all taken with a Sony Picturebook mini-laptop with built-in camera.

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NTEN

DECEMBER 21, 2011

Between seeing the number of people sitting around the Free WiFi Zone with a laptop or tablet, and watching the number of concurrent connections on the devices’ LED displays, it was clear that people utilized the service. The feedback from our post-conference survey told me a few other things, but more about that in a bit.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 20, 2007

Laura Quinn in her introductory post on the Open Content for Nonprofits NTEN Affinity group points to an article. Nonprofit Software and Hardware and Cell Phones. Peter Campbell equates Buying Software To Buying A House , a great metaphor, inbetween working on site redesign for the NPTech Community site. " Findhabeas.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 2, 2008

On Monday, Chris Brogan is going to do an NTEN members-only expert session and I'm filling in for Holly Ross as one of the moderators. NTEN Members get exclusive access to ask questions and hear them answered, for free! So, when blogging software came out - I was so excited because a) I didn???t My first steps.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 30, 2007

You have to be an NTEN member to participate and you have to be the first one to email Gavin.) Looks like Zen and the Art of Technology scored the Sony Vaio Picturebook laptops. Michael Stein (East Coast) tells us the difference between membership management software and crm. There's also dogooder.tv

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2007

Oh, I so want a NTEN baseball cap !) Check out Steve Dembo's Geek Toys that'll give you Geekbumps which includes the Give One Get One XO Laptop Campaign (hurry offer ends on November 30th) and a Chumby (hmm. A new entry into the charity shopping category , is MAATIAM. Now that you've shopped for good, what about for yourself?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

I set up both on my laptop, and tried out some really simple app development. Symfony November 6, 2008 In my new explorations of PHP web application development, it seemed a good idea to get a look at both CakePHP and Symfony. Both of them seem to be PHP’s answer to Ruby on Rails. The approaches are similar and different to each other.

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Connection Cafe

JULY 22, 2015

Ironically, these cloud services are typically offered at costs that are more economical than traditional licensed software and internal support expenses combined. When you buy new hardware or software, it’s sometimes difficult to determine how much capacity to invest in. Amy Sample Ward, CEO, NTEN.

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Robert Weiner

JUNE 21, 2009

Today I’m posting Karen Nyhus ‘ advice, originally posted on NTEN’s nptechconsult forum (for members only) in response to a request for “resources and tips for our nonprofit technology community to help them start things off right in 2007.&# Last week I posted John Elbare’s advice for new nonprofit consultants.

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Tech Soup

DECEMBER 9, 2013

We lead off with Amy Sample Ward who is the executive director of NTEN , the big membership organization of nonprofit technology professionals. Beth Kanter won the NTEN Award in2007: Most Valuable Person in NpTech field. He got the NTEN Award IN 2011. Amy Sample Ward. She is one of our great online community organizers.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Holly Ross at NTEN writes about a new ring tone, " Why don't you just shut up? DaveTV has a campaign to support the One Laptop Per Child effort. Green Laptops One Laptop Per Child give one, get one has been extended to December 30th. Zonbu has announced a laptop version. Michele Martin is already exploring.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 2, 2007

Declaring Open Source - a one-line patch to the US Code would make open source software a charitable deduction. See Ethan Zuckerman's post offers some thoughts about the content that will be loaded into the One Laptop per Child laptop.) It's called Moulin.

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Tech Soup

JANUARY 8, 2013

Another big trend in the IT press forecasts is the much heralded decline of the traditional PC – laptops and desktop computers. We're entering an age when data analytics software is just starting to process all this information about us – starting with our buying habits so online advertisers can perfectly tailor ads to us.

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