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SaaS vs. Open Source

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 SaaS vs. Open Source September 24, 2008 I just finished writing a post for the Idealware blog about choosing SaaS vs. Open source. From my perspective, the key is openness.

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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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Can open source software save organizations money?

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

One question that will inevitably be asked: can free and open source software save organizations money? Open source software is both free as in “beer&# as well as free as in “kittens.&# There are no license fees, but it takes care and feeding. Confusing, huh? Where does the resounding yes come from?

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The “Open Source Software is Free” myth

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 The “Open Source Software is Free&# myth July 14, 2008 I had a startling realization a few days ago. No one would think that anyone thought that implementing open source software was without cost.

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Caltech: Founding Values

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Caltech feeds an intense curiosity, a burning desire to understand, to grapple with hard problems and to own them! Now, as a successful tech entrepreneur, I’ve benefited from California’s incredible venture machine, which creates immense value for individuals and for society. To the greatest extent possible, be open.

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Drupal/Salesforce Integration

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I’ve not had any experience with Springboard, but it’s important to understand that it is not open source, and is only maintained by one shop. Right now, there is an alpha release for Drupal 6, which is alpha in that very humble open source sense – it’s being used in quite a number of production sites.

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Meta will soon roll out Community Notes, a whitewashed version of Elon Musk’s fact-checking system

Fast Company Tech

The tech giant is betting on a new, community-driven system called Community Notes that draws on Xs feature of the same name and uses the Xs open algorithm as its basis. The rollout will be throttled and, initially, notes wont appear publicly as Meta claims it needs time to feed the algorithm and ensure this system is working properly.