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Free and open source tool #12: Miro

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Free and open source tool #12: Miro February 26, 2008 Miro used to be called “Democracy Player&#. Miro is basically a video player, which can recognize RSS feeds, and automatically download videos.

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Social Actions API, Semantic Web, and Linked Open Data: An Interview with Peter Deitz

Amy Sample Ward

In 2007, I realized that a much more effective way to aggregate interesting actions would be to subscribe to RSS feeds from trusted sources. I wrote about the potential for aggregating RSS feeds of giving opportunities in a blog post called, Why We Need Group Fundraising RSS Feeds.

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How This Nonprofit Increased Donations After Switching to Salesforce

Saleforce Nonprofit

In addition to this hurdle, we also had a non-mobile friendly website with an outdated visual design that affected both user experience and our search engine optimization (SEO). Meanwhile, the multiple content types and dynamic feeds made it easier for our staff to manage everything internally.

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Net Neutrality Open Source Documentary

Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

He created the above "open source documentary" on Net Neutrality called Humanity Lobotomy. All of the video clips came from searching ???net feed where he is tagging resources here. So, I've been looking for a good reason to link over to them and now I found it! net neutrality???

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33 Fun, Useful, and Totally Random Resources for Nonprofits

Nonprofit Tech for Good

A social search tool that allows you to easily track mentions of your nonprofit on social networking sites, blogs, and websites. Simply enter your nonprofit’s name and Addictomatic then creates a page of all your search results for easy future reference. Addictomatic :: addictomatic.com. Alexa Top Sites :: alexa.com/topsites.

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Google Chrome

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

It is open source, after all. Yes, it is open source, and I applaud Google for releasing open source software. I won’t be downloading it, or trying it, even when they release Mac or Linux versions. Why so curmudgeonly you ask? And it has some cool features. I am going to have to stop using Chrome.

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Raspberry Pi for Educators

Tech Soup

A quick Google search of Raspberry Pi projects produces a long list of ideas. With the GPIO, programmers have made it possible to do everything from automate your home to feed your dog. Power source. hardware open source' For educators, though, there are tutorials and projects that are a bit more practical.