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Reverse Engineering the Nissan Leaf's Range Display

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We drove around the neighborhood, passing joggers and cyclists (also a group that doesn't suffer much from range anxiety), as we kept track of the miles we'd gone with no range showing on the display. It's rare for me to drive further away than San Jose, San Francisco or Berkeley. Finally, at the 8.8

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A Couple of Do Good iPhone Apps

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

The Extraordinaries has also been doing a good job of tracking nonprofit iPhone apps over at their blog. You'll find reviews of iPhone apps from the Olympics , National Center for Missing Children , the San Jose Museum , and others.

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News from NetSquared: Case Studies, Microsoft Development Challenge, and N2Y4 Registration Open!

Tech Soup

You can track all of the posts by using this link for the N2Y3 case studies here. It will be held in San Jose, California from May 26-27. They cover all 21 Featured Projects from last year's N2Y3 Mashup Challenge. Last year's Mashup winner — Ushahidi — is the topic of the first case study.

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9 Ways Nonprofits Can Excel Using Social Media

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

Examples: San Jose Opera use of #Operaplot Twitter Hashtag. I also talk about tracking the time because working on social media can give you ADOLAS (AD – oh look a squirrel!) 3: Use conversation starters to engage your target audience. And of course, you can use a spreadsheet to plan out your conversation starters!

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An Interview with Jeska Linden about Nonprofits in Second Life

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

When I graduated in 2003, I moved out here to California and worked with the San Jose Museum of Art before getting a job with Linden Labs. I learned a lot from San Jose Art Museum. Time management becomes quite the problem when you have 2 different worlds to keep track of.

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Game Friday: Bigger is Better

Museum 2.0

Flying into San Jose yesterday, I laughed out loud when I looked out the window and saw Clifford the Big Red Dog below me, a cheerful addition to the skyline (thanks to the Children's Discovery Museum). What museum hasn't benefited from a giant blow-up dinosaur on its front lawn? But there are gamers out there doing one better.

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The 2016 Best Nonprofit Conferences Calendar

EveryAction

NTEN / San Jose, CA / $650. With 14 tracks, 77 unique sessions, 3 pre-conference workshops-and an emphasis on providing more case studies and innovative content, our goal is to make this the best conference you've ever attended. Fundraising / #AFPFC / @AFPIHQ. Fundraising. Nonprofit Technology Conference 2016 (16NTC).

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