Tech Soup

JULY 18, 2017

Mind Shift: Expense Versus Investment. Drupal gets updated and maintained by millions of developers (a lot like Wikipedia). Integrations, scalability, and speed to market are all things to keep in mind when selecting digital tools. Drawing from experience, we have a few ideas about why that could be, and how Drupal can help.

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Tech Soup

MAY 22, 2009

Ozzy Osbourne is quoted as saying, "Of all the things that I’ve lost, I miss my mind the most." To hear that Wikipedia has taken over the market is a little scary to me. To hear that Wikipedia has taken over the market is a little scary to me. " Well, that certainly applies in the case of Encarta.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 11, 2017

According to Wikipedia, or Nielsen Norman Group, an Evidence-Based User Experience Research Firm, responsive web design is an approach to web design aimed at allowing desktop webpages to be viewed in response to the size of the screen or web browser one is using to view a website or webpage. What is responsive web design?

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NTEN

OCTOBER 25, 2011

Compelling: Never mind the what ; the key is sharing the so what with your audience. The waterfall age of the Encyclopedia Brittanica has given way to Wikipedia, and the bottom-up world is here to stay. The answer is simple, yet confounding: C+C+C = C. Embrace it and thrive, or resist and go the way of the technosaur.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2008

Perhaps you most likely remember this amazing deconstruction by John Udell of the Wikipedia entry on ??? It really helped you understand the inner workings of the collaborative construction of content on Wikipedia. Keep in mind this is a community wiki space. Heavy Metal Umlaut ??? Fast forward three years later.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 4, 2010

I heard first hand from Eugene Eric Kim about strategic planning at Wikipedia. So, it raised some questions in my mind: What is unique about online collaboration that begins online before a face-to-face meeting? I learned so much and quickly wanted to share a few insights.

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Gyrus

APRIL 19, 2016

In the digital world, one can turn to a blog, Wikipedia, social media platforms, online knowledge forums, videos, etc. A bit of research and evaluation on vendor’s clientele, services, customer references can be few additional items to keep in mind. and get informed on just anything. The information available is abundant.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 17, 2014

It’s basically typing with the mind. This new company makes EEG headset technology that allows you to control electronic gadgets and play iPhone and Android games with your mind. The Muse offers a variety of neuro feedback games that help you focus the mind and reduce anxiety and stress. Wikipedia article on smartglasses.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 12, 2011

For more and more of the best young technical minds, it’s no longer enough to line up their talents behind selling toothpaste on the web. For more information, here’s the Campus Party Wikipedia Page and here’s a BBC report on a Brazilian Campus Party.). They want their brains to matter. Welcome to the U.S.,

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.orgSource

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Wikipedia offers this one : Intelligence has been defined as the capacity for abstraction, logic, understanding, self-awareness, learning, emotional knowledge, reasoning, planning, creativity, critical thinking, and problem-solving. They represent gray areas which may not be true today, but their tomorrow is an unwritten story.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JUNE 28, 2005

His description of the robotics course -- "Lego of Your Mind." When students do a research paper without looking at wikipedia, the student research paper is far superior. But what if they went to wikipedia and made a critical comparison? And what if they put their paper into wikipedia. "Take for example.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

APRIL 23, 2006

The history, as Wikipedia explains it, goes like this. And his link on the architecture of the application will be interesting to the technically minded. Considering Dan invented the entire idea of the electronic spreadsheet as we know it, we'd be fools not be interested. It's being provided under the GPL License.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2015

If you want to learn more about vector graphics, this Wikipedia article can give you a broader understanding of how they work. It would take up the space of a few screens to display at full size, so let's save a smaller one with the web in mind. Spoon Graphics also has an excellent article on getting started with Illustrator.

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Tech Soup

APRIL 28, 2015

If you want to learn more about vector graphics, this Wikipedia article can give you a broader understanding of how they work. It would take up the space of a few screens to display at full size, so let's save a smaller one with the web in mind. Spoon Graphics also has an excellent article on getting started with Illustrator.

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Connection Cafe

AUGUST 4, 2011

In the weeks leading up to the event, the smart minds of the NPWF staff were hard at work with a plan to not only entertain guests while in line, BUT add value to their luncheon experience with the use of a little technology. Have no fear! So, allow me to take a moment to explain what I’m talking about.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

NOVEMBER 17, 2008

He told the story of the founding of wikipedia and the meaning of the Hawaiin word - quickly, quickly. He talked about the growth of wikipedia. Keep in mind that the big one eats the little one. It is not a book with pages, but it is about relationships. . Wiki: Collective brain of humanity.

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NTEN

AUGUST 25, 2009

And who needs libraries when we have Wikipedia and Kindles? So, be mindful. Much has been made of the possibility that technology will mitigate inequality by allowing the have-nots to leapfrog certain historical aspects of development. Cell phones and wireless technology mean rural areas don't need expensive landlines.

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NTEN

AUGUST 31, 2010

This resulted in us creating a “sneaker-net” approach to providing basic asynchronous ICT services to rural villages: a complete offline Wikipedia that fit on a CD-ROM, and severely restricted bandwidth throttling to allow community radios to access the Internet (via prepaid RBGAN) for $2-3 a day. . Please keep in mind .

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 29, 2009

The Core are people who do most of the work (think wikipedia editors.) One of the questions that also came up in my mind was: What's the difference between a community of practice and a network? June Holley comes to mind -- need to explore her work more closely -- but any other resources would be appreciated, too. .

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2010

According to Wikipedia, clickjacking is " a malicious technique of tricking Web users into revealing confidential information or taking control of their computer while clicking on seemingly innocuous Web pages. Should I click that "OK" button? " 'Nuff said.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

OCTOBER 19, 2005

I got dissapproving comments by half a dozen readers - typical was a comment from Mike at Mind Valley who says: I am surprised that you doubt the business value of tagging and social bookmarking. The Wikipedia article on it is clean and concise and points to a lot of important sites. social bookmarking. Look it up.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 22, 2007

side, consider these different major venues: A little explanation: Wikipedia is mostly about content. The value of that content is strongly impacted by the number of active users (social benefit), and there is some collective action around the development of wikipedia articles. Level 5 is a question mark in my mind.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 23, 2007

Susie's Blog, winning hearts and minds over to FOSS, points to an interesting article about how to convince management to approve free software. Check this out - NTEN's Wikipedia entry ! Laura Quinn's resource roundups ( here , here , and here ) always resources not discovered elsewhere. Perfect Password generator.

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Museum 2.0

DECEMBER 20, 2007

According to Wikipedia , 20 million people have viewed a Bodyworlds exhibition. In 2007, Bodyworlds most quickly brings to mind one word: blockbuster. Science centers that have never worried about lines are suddenly managing huge queues, putting up sold out signs for the first time.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JANUARY 30, 2012

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding.

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Museum 2.0

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

I was fascinated by our discussion, and Bob came to mind last month, when I was asked to write an article for the Association of Children's Museums quarterly journal, Hand to Hand , about children's museums and Web 2.0. The schools have open wireless internet, so each student has continual access to the Web. Why the uniformity?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

OCTOBER 22, 2012

After spending all that energy and time researching, writing, and editing 75,000+ words about social and mobile media best practices for nonprofits – living and breathing it for three months straight – it was frustrating, heart-breaking, mind-boggling even to have to let it go and accept that the book was going to be imperfect.

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Get Fully Funded

OCTOBER 23, 2022

If you keep the content short and focused on the mission, people won’t mind. Will people unsubscribe when I send so many emails? . You may feel nervous about sending out so many emails. But trust me, it’ll be fine. Trust me that you’ll gain more than you’ll lose because people are crazy busy and need the reminders to give.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 1, 2005

Then I show them Wikipedia, and I used to demonstrate Wikalong, but the page history of that service is broken and thus so is the wiki as far as I'm concerned. That's one thing that I try to keep in mind when evangelizing all these amazing new web applications and services: they aren't very amazing when they break.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 27, 2007

If you're curious about Occam's Razor, here's a more detailed description or see the simplicity page in wikipedia. Also, keep in mind that Google offers its product for free because it makes money by watching you; by using Analytics, you're agreeing to let Google store your information and use it for aggregate reports.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 11, 2009

The audio is fading a bit, so I've been thinking about what Mark wrote in his essay, " Sharing Power (Aussie Rules)" I read the essay three times, I mind mapped it, and have been noodling on it for an hour or two. The same sort of engine which powers Wikipedia can be put to work across a number of different “platforms”.

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NTEN

MAY 4, 2011

The human mind, it turns out, is an extremely efficient manager of the chaos of life. While it may be obvious that programmatic strategy – decisions that affect your coworkers, your volunteers, or your organization's mission – shouldn't be based on "snap judgments", it's incredibly hard to make the human mind work any other way.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 2, 2007

Keep in mind that these stats do no necessarily include those roughly 1700 people who subscribe to my blog's RSS feed and via email who may read me in their reader and not click through. Here's where you plunge into Google Analytics and run reports and relate them to your social media map (if you have one.).

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

JUNE 16, 2006

The post attacks the enthusiam for massively collaborative web projects, in particular, Wikipedia: The hive mind is for the most part stupid and boring. The problem is in the way the Wikipedia has come to be regarded and used; how it's been elevated to such importance so quickly. Why pay attention to it?

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JUNE 3, 2012

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding.

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Museum 2.0

MARCH 27, 2007

sites that revolve around content, like YouTube, Wikipedia, and Flickr, behave this way. You’d love to give that painting a piece of your mind but will peacefully listen to that installation. The smallest set are the “contributors” who actually upload videos they have made. Ideas design visitors.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

Many nonprofit professionals are overwhelmed by the all choices – and as the Mobile Web and related start-ups continue to grow, prepare to be mind-boggled by all the new technology options available to your nonprofit in coming years. The number of low-cost or free, web-based resources and tools available to nonprofits today is astounding.

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