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Second Life Education Programs in NY Times, Goes Open Source, and other tidbits

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Photo from Kate in Flickr Social Signal Open House in TechSoup Office last week I'm playing catch up here on a bunch of Second Life stuff happening over the past week that I didn't want to let slip through my fingers: Social Signal held an open house in Second Life to welcome their new virtual worlds manager, Catherine Winters , to Social Signal.

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Cryptography 101: How to Lock Down Your Data

Tech Soup

A few weeks ago, the San Francisco Public Library hosted an event with the Electronic Frontier Foundation , a nonprofit dedicated to fighting for citizen digital rights. All of this software is free and much of it is open source. Loss of valuable hardware aside, your laptop is full of confidential data.

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Deadline Approaching for $10,000 Pizzigati Prize

Tech Soup

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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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. I have two other wikis ( a public and private wiki) that are in Mediawiki, on my web host. And I contribute to varied other wikis, which are on varied other wiki platforms. Different enough to drive me crazy. Be Helpful.

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

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

A true public/private partnership, the funding partners include Microsoft and craiglist Charitable Fund. Rami shared how his organization works in a transparent way, open sourcing its program materials and processes. They’ve simplified and focused on what they do best.

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La Conner Regional Library: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study

Tech Soup

For instance La Conner has been using thin clients since 2008, and recently installed an open-source integrated library system. Like most libraries, La Conner Library provides public access computers to patrons to use however they wish. Patrons can also bring their own laptops and tablets and use the library's free WiFi.

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La Conner Regional Library: Windows MultiPoint Server Case Study

Tech Soup

For instance La Conner has been using thin clients since 2008, and recently installed an open-source integrated library system. Like most libraries, La Conner Library provides public access computers to patrons to use however they wish. Patrons can also bring their own laptops and tablets and use the library's free WiFi.

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