Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 11, 2008

Quick definition Cloud computing is basically running applications on the web via “Software as a Service (SaaS)&#. That includes applications from Google Documents, to Salesforce.com, to Gliffy.com , (the service I used to create that graphic.) Also, you can access the applications anywhere you go.

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OCTOBER 19, 2011

WordPress was born as a blogging tool, primarily, and has expanded outside of that realm, to encompass different kinds of content management use cases. WordPress still has only two content types: Blog Posts and Pages. Kinds of sites probably best done in WordPress: Blogs. Community Blogs. that aren’t one or the other.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 15, 2007

At first blush, although Kintera officially got out the door first, announcing Connect weeks ago, and delivering the APIs and docs on Friday, their play is a good start, but Convio, announcing Open tomorrow, appears to be ahead in terms of providing real openness. Open has 3 components, APIs, Database Connectors, and Extensions.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 15, 2007

I started to do databases for organizations, and then, in 1999, I flew headlong into web application development, which became my specialty and mainstay until I took a break to go to seminary in 2005. And I struggled mightily with my own capacity to build really good applications mostly without other developers to help out.

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Michael Stein's Non-profit Technology Blog

FEBRUARY 16, 2006

I can't help wonder if this mounting bad PR played a role in Yahoo's announcement this week to release their Javascript user-interface library and a library of web application design patterns under an Open Source license. It's certainly big news. I can tell you the developers at my joint are eager to get a look at it.

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OCTOBER 20, 2007

The essence of an API is that it enables databases and applications to talk to each other, so you can share data and host data in multiple places simultaneously. APIs achieve this by opening small windows into a database that allow light-weight applications to access and display the data in a variety of places online.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Cake vs. Symfony November 6, 2008 In my new explorations of PHP web application development, it seemed a good idea to get a look at both CakePHP and Symfony.

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