Amy Sample Ward
DECEMBER 15, 2009
' Open Source Is Dead! Long Live Open Source! What I mean is that open source, as we knew it, is dead. For the last decade, what we've been talking about when we say "open source" is "open code" — a set of zeroes and ones that we can configure to our heart's desire."
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
APRIL 3, 2009
The thing that is prompting this post is the little storm about the security metric that we used to try and get a handle on the security of the 4 different systems we reviewed. You might think that comparing four different open source packages that, in essence, do pretty the same thing (in a broad sense) would be a cakc walk.
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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
MAY 19, 2008
Speaking of metrics, Drew Bernard has an awesome post about how to use web analytics based on the functions of specific pages or sites. Speaking of the responses of the old guard, eTapestry, which was bought by Blackbaud last year, is opening up it’s API this week. Everyone (including them) gets better data. Time will tell. {
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
MARCH 12, 2007
Both the database implementer and the nonprofit organization will need to establish in the project plan the metrics and deliverables that comprise success.&# I wish all nonprofits understood this! Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
MARCH 12, 2007
Both the database implementer and the nonprofit organization will need to establish in the project plan the metrics and deliverables that comprise success.&# I wish all nonprofits understood this! Freelance Switch Gavin’s Digital Diner Idealware Jon Stahl’s Journal Lifehacker LinuxChix – Be Polite. Be Helpful.
NTEN
JANUARY 22, 2009
From questions about the actual production of the files, to distribution, to listener metrics and feedback, there are plenty of moving parts that can raise questions. This method is great for its ease of use and immediacy but will not allow you to add any sound effects, music, or cut in other voices and input.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
SEPTEMBER 17, 2007
And in your case, as the head of a nonprofit open source organization, I think you’re going to find that not publishing site statistics will cause you more grief than you think. It wasn’t meant as a statement about what I think about whether or not web stats are a useful metric of much. That dog won’t hunt.
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