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Free and open source tool #7: Firefox

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 31, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #7: Firefox January 31, 2008 This almost feels like cheating, talking about Firefox. What makes it even more powerful, is that there are tons of add-ons that make it even better.

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Open Source Open Tools Free

Pro Bono Week Spotlights Collaborative Nonprofit & Education Solutions

Saleforce Nonprofit

OCTOBER 25, 2021

By: Cori O’Brien, Senior Manager, Open Source Commons. This year, we are highlighting contributions made through Open Source Commons , a unique program that highlights the partnership between Salesforce.org and our community of customers and partners. Build Sustainable Apps to Meet Unique Community Needs.

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Education Collaboration Open Source Module

Open Source Database solutions part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. more on Open Standards and Benkler (actually, Benkler is up next – I’ve got two chapters to review).

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Open Source Database Open Language

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How To Cultivate Community Affinity Throughout The Generosity Journey

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Open Source Database solutions part I

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 1, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Open Source Database solutions part I January 1, 2007 I’m throwing up my hands. more on Open Standards and Benkler (actually, Benkler is up next – I’ve got two chapters to review).

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Open Source Database Open Language

Current Affair: The Importance of Keeping Your WordPress Site Updated

Byte Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2016

Indeed, there have been a host of scandals affecting WordPress plugins, not the least of which was the problem with a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that affected dozens of the programs and allowed hackers to gain access to sites through bypassing owner-controlled security protocols.

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WordPress Site Plugin Script

The easier it looks, the more expensive it will be (or, how to avoid clusterfrack projects)

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 23, 2010

I’ve been involved in web application development basically since they started – when, when a cgi-bin folder with some perl scripts to process simple forms was the norm. Tags: Consulting Database technology Development Nonprofit Tech Technology Zen opensource user experience. I know this is high, but I’m serious.

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Project Database Open Source Application

Reaping the Benefit of Open Platforms

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 6, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Reaping the Benefit of Open Platforms September 6, 2007 One of the cool things about free and open source software is that often (not always, but often) they provide an open platform for add-ons.

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Platform Benefit Open Open Source

Recruiting Geeks for Human Rights!

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

MARCH 18, 2012

We use free and open source software whenever possible, but we're pragmatic and work with what our human rights monitoring and advocacy partners need, so our environment is a pretty eclectic mix. Maintain and develop our data deduplication (entity resolution) framework written in python and Java.

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Analysis Statistics Chart Language

It’s my social graph, darn it!

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 4, 2008

Because of a script that scraped names and email addresses from Facebook, called Plaxo Pulse. As a result, Scoble joined the group dataportability.org , which I’ve been monitoring for a few months now. Why did Scoble get booted (he has since been reinstated)?

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Open Source Social Facebook Script

Google Analytics vs Site Meter

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 18, 2006

at 1:27 am From my personal experience after using both: Sitemeter scripts are slow and increase your page load time, whereas the Google Analytics script is fast! There’s so much to learn about blogging, but I am improving but slowly, very slowly. Thank you again for your help. 6 Debjit 01.01.10 Have you experienced the same?

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Analytics Google Site Folksonomy

Web 2.0 Part IIa: Social Bookmarking

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2006

of them have open APIs (that is, they allow other software to interact with them, and grab data, or add data,) they aren’t really interoperable (see Marshall Kirkpatricks excellent post on issues regarding Yahoo and del.icio.us and other of it’s acquisitions – adding another good reason to switch away from del.icio.us.)

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Bookmarking Web Social API

Technology Support as Teaching

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 24, 2007

Unfortunately, the most recent trend, which I have experienced all too much (and I’m sure you all have too), is to simply follow a script with the person who needs support. It opens additional doors. Providers have many different ways of handling that challenge. 2 cheryl 04.26.07

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Teach Support Technology Empowerment

Upcoming Webinar on February 2: Digital Storytelling - Push Before You Record

Tech Soup

JANUARY 30, 2012

storytelling, translating that story into a script or production. Creating a script and production Guide. His current causes include promoting open source software, creative commons, and computer security. This includes understanding the basics of good. guide, and where to find great auxiliary tools and resources to.

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Storytelling Digital Austin Script

Shoulder-to-Shoulder Instructional Media: My Tagging Screencast at NTEN!

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 13, 2007

Again, shows me the power of open content and open source thinking. Here's the script from the screencast written back in October. If you want to find out who else uses what social bookmarking service in the nonprofit tech sector, check out Social Source Commons. Some of my thinking has definitely evolved.

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Screencast Instruction Instructional Tag

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Free and open source tool #7: Firefox

Pro Bono Week Spotlights Collaborative Nonprofit & Education Solutions

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Trending Sources

Open Source Database solutions part I

Webinars

Open Source Database solutions part I

Current Affair: The Importance of Keeping Your WordPress Site Updated

The easier it looks, the more expensive it will be (or, how to avoid clusterfrack projects)

Reaping the Benefit of Open Platforms

Recruiting Geeks for Human Rights!

It’s my social graph, darn it!

Google Analytics vs Site Meter

Web 2.0 Part IIa: Social Bookmarking

Technology Support as Teaching

Upcoming Webinar on February 2: Digital Storytelling - Push Before You Record

Shoulder-to-Shoulder Instructional Media: My Tagging Screencast at NTEN!

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