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Open Source Feminism: An Intervention with Wikipedia

NTEN

B h Magazine. The internet is powered by open source technology—exciting software that's built collaboratively from the bottom-up. Open source is meant to be free and equal, but then why do men continue to dominate open source sites like Wikipedia? The idea that technology is not neutral is a heavy one. Sarah Mirk.

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Are E-Readers Greener than Books?

Tech Soup

E-readers are electronic devices with LCD screens between five and nine inches that are designed for reading digital books, magazines, and other electronic documents. They largely use e-ink technology to display content. Wikipedia has a good long list of all of them.

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Precycling for the Holidays

Tech Soup

Precycling , according to Wikipedia, is the practice of reducing waste by attempting to avoid bringing into the home or business items that will generate waste. Fortunately, Green Technology Magazine has helped me out with their compiled selection of the latest green holiday tips. I think I've found one, though.

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6 Technology Concepts Nonprofits Need to Understand in 2018

Nonprofit Tech for Good

Over the last decade the discussion around nonprofit technology ( #nptech ) has primarily been social media, mobile technology, and online fundraising, however as the internet enters its next phase, nonprofits need to better understand some of the more complicated concepts that will shape the internet and its use in the decades to come.

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Wade Roush suggests some continuous computing tools that ought to benefit npos

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

In the comments of a I post I did on continuous computing where I referenced the continuous computing blog and the possiblities for nonprofits, Wade Roush, a senior editor and West Coast bureau chief for MIT's Technology Review magazine suggested some additional tools. (He I hope to post an interview with SJ soon.)

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NpTech Tag Summary: Free Ranger Rick, Green Geekery, and Blog Day is Next Week!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

If your nonprofit is based in the DC area, NpowerDC reminds us that the deadline for their annual Technology Innovation Award is two weeks away. Video, Wikis, Virtual Worlds, and Social Networking Wikiscan let's you see who is editing wikipedia as mentioned in a recent Wired Magazine article. Fundraising and Philanthropy 2.0.

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Office clean-up Part 1 :Open-Source and the GPL

Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

And what happened is I ended up sitting on the floor all day, reading through the piles magazines that have come in over the last few months and just stacked up. Wikipedia has published a list of software licenses that can give you some sense of how the definition of FOSS has fragmented.