Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

JULY 11, 2013

Matching Techies With Social Causes SocialCoding4Good began with the idea of building a sort of Match.com for tech volunteerism — an algorithmic platform that would match individual software developers to nonprofit organizations that were building open source software for socially good causes.

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The Verge

APRIL 22, 2021

The possibility of bugs slipping through is well-known in the open-source software community. The university has put out a statement , saying it’s been made aware of the research and its subsequent ban from contributing.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

OCTOBER 22, 2005

I came to Amsterdam yesterday to attend a summit meeting of open source foundations. There seem to be dozens of these groups, each built around one or more open source software project. Picture of the open source foundations summit.

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The Verge

MAY 28, 2020

AppGet is a free and open source package manager for Windows, which automates installing software on Windows PCs. What was copied with no credit is the foundation of the project. The announcement was especially bad given how little credit was given to AppGet compared to other projects,” says Beigi.

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TechCrunch

JANUARY 26, 2021

Kafka has existed as an open source tool for a decade. Today the company released its first product, Redpanda , an open source tool designed to make it easier for developers to build streaming data applications. As a Latino founder, Gallego is acutely aware of the need for a diverse and inclusive workforce.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 3, 2011

The Day aims to raise awareness of disability issues with a focus on the rights of persons with disabilities and the benefits derived from their integration in the social, economic, cultural and political life of their communities. This innovative approach is now opening up completely new horizons.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 11, 2022

That inspired Foxglove, which began in early 2021 as a fork of Webviz, an open source web visualization project released by Cruise three years ago. Foxglove creates cloud-based tools and libraries like the open source MCAP, which provides a standardized interface for companies to exchange data.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

Although I often get snarky about this, I am aware that I am guilty of this, too. They call the developer, who is busy now using AmazingWebCreator on some huge project, or has moved on to SuperDuperWebCreator, and doesn’t have time for them. Most nonprofits are not run by geeks. How many people use it?

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NVIDIA AI Blog

JANUARY 16, 2025

Industry Leaders and Partners Safeguard AI With NeMo Guardrails NeMo Guardrails, available to the open-source community, helps developers orchestrate multiple AI software policies called rails to enhance LLM application security and control.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 21, 2007

Blog Days, Blog Actions, and GTD for Blogs Perhaps inspired by Blog Day and Blog Carnivals , lately, I've been seeing coordinated "blog action" projects crop up in and around the nptech space. Adopt a classroom project from DonorsChoose and lead a blog fundraising campaign. My favorite phrase is "The code isn???

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 5, 2008

I’ve been helping a client hire a temporary project manager, and so in the interview process one of the questions I ask is how people keep up with change in the field. But it is useful to be aware of what’s happening on the bleeding edge, because at some point (probably soon) that stuff is going to be pretty standard.

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Its now parlaying its advancement of business AI into serving as an open-source tools hub for the technology community. Airbyte For simplifying large-scale data integration for AI-centric projects In a world dominated by AI, its difficult to overstate how critical data management is to the foundations of a functional system.

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DataRobot

DECEMBER 1, 2021

It has also promoted its Common Unified Device Architecture (CUDA) open source framework, which enables the use of GPUs for general-purpose computing. Consider swarms of flying drones that have social awareness. CUDA currently has more than 2.3 million developers. Even today, however, many activities are beyond AI’s reach.

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TechCrunch

JULY 7, 2021

This morning r2c , a startup building a SaaS service around the Semgrep open-source project , announced that it has closed a $27 million Series B. On the OSS point, r2c works with Semgrep, which the company likens to a “code-aware grep.” There are many ways to generate revenue from open-source software.

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TechCrunch

APRIL 28, 2022

Against this backdrop, Deepset , the startup behind the open source NLP framework Haystack, today announced that it raised $14 million in a Series A investment led by GV with participation from Harpoon Ventures, System.One, Lunar Ventures, and Acequia Capital. Fortune Business Insights pegged the NLP market at $16.53 billion in 2020.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

OCTOBER 20, 2006

The session was called "Funding Technology Projects" and was moderated by Jeff Forster. " Be aware of vendor-driven solutions. Documentation of your project is important and get it disseminated so other people can benefit from your knowledge. That's why Open Source is a good way to go - you don't get locked in.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JANUARY 29, 2008

The other 1/2 of my time I’m doing consulting work , focusing exclusively on helping organizations without a lot of technical expertise navigate their way through the maze of creating and getting through technology projects. I like proposals that focus more on the project, and show clear understanding of the project.

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The Verge

APRIL 16, 2021

Every major browser that uses the open source Chromium project has declined to use it, and it’s unclear what that will mean for the future of advertising on the web. Google Chrome is built on an open source project, and so FLoC was implemented as part of that project that other browsers could include.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 27, 2006

Generative Transformation talks about what leadership is , and means – particularly that it means self-awareness. A Girl’s Guide to Managing Projects has a nice post about what Project Managers do all day, anyway. Amy Kinkaid, of Fundraising Breakthroughs , has some great advice about asking for money without shame.

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Amy Sample Ward

OCTOBER 11, 2011

Thankfully, we have some incredible nonprofits on the ground who continue to tackle these issues everyday, raise awareness and mobilize people into action. One of the worst humanitarian crises continues to escalate in the Horn of Africa, where famine, war and drought are threatening 13M+ people.

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Amy Sample Ward

JANUARY 27, 2010

John is currently working on OpenAction, a platform that connects people to the projects they care about. I’ve always done side projects part time, but never had the courage or funds to go at it full time. How was the project developed? ″, that focuses on open standards and linking data.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

MARCH 8, 2013

Ideal for launching online fundraising and awareness campaigns, your nonprofit needs at least a month to prepare your campaign materials and craft your messaging in order to build a sense of anticipation among your fans and followers. Noun Project :: thenounproject.com. FrontlineSMS :: frontlinesms.com. noCloud :: npcloud.org.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

DECEMBER 27, 2012

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Powered by OpenSecrets.org , nonprofits that work on issues related to corporate accountability and democracy could use this app as part of their mobile strategy to build awareness about campaign finance reform.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

AUGUST 27, 2012

A free, open-source software program that enables users to send group text messages from computers or mobile phones. Noun Project :: thenounproject.com. The Noun Project’s mission is to share, celebrate and enhance the world’s visual language by serving as a portal to unique icon sets. Present.me.

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Forum One

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Universal CMS You’re likely aware of traditional open source CMS platforms like WordPress and Drupal or traditional enterprise and SaaS-based content management systems such as AEM and Sitecore. Universal CMS represents the next evolution, combining the benefits of both open source and headless platforms.

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Nonprofit Tech for Good

JULY 28, 2013

With YouTube’s resources behind the project and tablets changing the way donors and supporters consume Web content, you’d be wise to spend two minutes reserving and protecting your nonprofit’s Zeen username. for awareness campaigns, staff and volunteer training, and creative storytelling and reporting. Present.me.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

I recently because aware of this academic lockdown. To all of the academics out there, I beg you to help me make this change reality. Let’s stop being silenced by academic publishers. { 1 comment… read it below or add one } 1 Kevin Mark 02.08.08 at 1:24 pm Hear. Be Helpful.

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Forum One

MARCH 11, 2025

Think of a Drupal-aware roadmap as your guide, helping you navigate the complexities while keeping your missions goals in focus. Why Drupal Needs Its Own Roadmapping Approach Why can’t you just use a standard product roadmap for your Drupal project?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 18, 2025

Anysphere For giving developers a coding partner with contextual awareness Cursor AI has emerged as a standout in the growing field of AI code editors. Cursor acts like a coding partner thats aware of the context in which code is being created. Read more about Glean , honored as No. Read more about Anysphere , honored as No.

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NVIDIA AI Blog

JANUARY 23, 2025

NVIDIA Triton Inference Server, one of the companys most popular open-source projects , allows users to package and serve any model regardless of the AI framework it was trained on. Reducing Response Times With Recurrent Drafter (ReDrafter) Open-source research advancements are helping to democratize AI inference.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 1, 2011

Beirut Diary: I’m in Beirut for the week as part of The E-Mediat project , a capacity building project that leverages a networked approach. The E-Mediat project is sponsored by MEPI, US Department of State’s Middle East Partnership Initiative and was created in response to Secretary Clinton’s announcement of Civil Society 2.0.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 17, 2007

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology The search for good web conferencing August 17, 2007 I decided, perhaps rashly, that one way of exposing people to, and training people on, open source software, was by doing web conferencing.

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Top Nonprofits

JULY 1, 2022

You’ll be able to leverage these features to create a user-friendly nonprofit website that facilitates online donations and other transactions, keeps donor information secure, and increases brand awareness. Both are open-source, user-friendly, and customizable. Plus, they both have a strong user support community.

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The Next Web

JULY 29, 2013

We never used to-do apps before, but we sure used project management systems to organize our projects, and to coordinate work and communication with clients. Most of the project management tools we’ve used were highly profitable products, but equally hard-to-use, ugly and poorly integrated. Try to play devil’s advocate.

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Saleforce Nonprofit

AUGUST 24, 2022

DLRS is a community-built and community-maintained open source Salesforce solution. “Open source is nothing without a community, and I could not be more excited for the DLRS team and this release. Learn more about the history of DLRS, and Andy’s decision to join the Open Source Commons program.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 23, 2021

Throughout the day, you can expect to hear from industry experts, and take part in discussions about the potential of new advances in data, open source, how to deal with the onslaught of security threats, investing in early-stage startups and plenty more. The Future Is Wide Open. How Confluent Rode the Open Source Wave to IPO.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 18, 2008

This is always powerful to demonstrate the rapid spread of information and the networked effect - and can help open the possiblities. Chris Brogan started a project called " Twitter Packs " which is a simple list of people who use twitter organized by interests or locations. Add yourself here. adoption for nonprofits).

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