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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
JANUARY 29, 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 #6: Joomla! January 29, 2008 I don’t exactly know where the exclamation point came from, but if you want a scarily easy CMS to install, Joomla is a place to start.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
JULY 9, 2007
July 9, 2007 So I talk a lot about both open source software, and the preciousness of one’s own data. I tout the benefits of open source software. So, here is a real life example of someone with a measly 195 records in her contacts database. Open source projects do get better.
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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
NOVEMBER 16, 2006
I’m reading this book at the same time as I’ve been working on the Nonprofit Open Source Initiative. I’m realizing that all of the justifications for why I am so into open source and free software is right here in this book! It gets chewy, for sure, but it feels like every chew is worth it.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
APRIL 18, 2007
Can you tell us some examples of how Excel is superior or more supple than Calc? What I’d really like to see though is a true, enthusiastic Open Source community get behind a “better&# spreadsheet for its own sake, not for the sake of copying Office. but it won’t talk to mailmerge files.
Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology
JANUARY 31, 2008
WebHuddle is free, and open source. This is what I want: The community edition of DimDim that integrates with an open source VOIP system and Moodle. Here’s an example of some activists using it: [link] And, yes, I’m doing some work for ooVoo. ReadyTalk is proprietary and not free (as in beer).
Amy Sample Ward
FEBRUARY 19, 2011
The first example of direct content is the use of Wikipedia during the 7/7 bombings in London. Another direct content example is that of the number of websites that emerged post-Hurricane Katrina. Another example of indirect content is that of social networks. Direct Content. Indirect Content. Why Social Media?
Tech Soup
APRIL 13, 2012
We use nonprofit, open-source Drupal to manage our main website. An example is 350 Mexico. For file sharing we use Box.net. On October 24, 2009, 350.org An example is the video of 15,000 school children in Adidas Aba rallying for "strong action and bold leadership on the climate crisis.“
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