Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 26, 2007

I love it because it’s really easy to set up and back up (it’s all files, not in a database,) and it’s has draft autosaves (yay!). I have become a complete devotee of Dokuwiki , which I use locally on my laptop, for my to do lists, notes, etc. And I contribute to varied other wikis, which are on varied other wiki platforms.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 15, 2007

All importing requires now is just going to the Wordpress import tool and specifying the file. Wordpress now uses dashes instead of underscores, so that’s something you don’t have to worry about. That’s all. You don’t have to worry about using mod_rewrite at all. Getting the varied blogrolls and badges, etc.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 9, 2008

It took me a couple of frustrating hours or so to configure samba (editing the samba.conf file and testing) so that I could share my home directory, with music and video, with my other computers, and share my printer. Of course with my mac, I opened up the system preferences, checked a button, and, voila! This is my dilemma.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

FEBRUARY 20, 2007

If my house is clean, my filing done, and my laundry folded, you can bet the ‘net is down and I’m grumpy about it. If my house is clean, my filing done, and my laundry folded, you can bet the ‘net is down and I’m grumpy about it. 2 comments… read them below or add one } 1 Dustin J. Mitchell 02.20.07

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 13, 2007

It’s stable, feature rich, uses open standards, reads and writes MS files, and, did I mention it’s free? Of course, like all open source software, it is “free as in kittens&# – but this particular kitten is pretty grown up, and already spayed and litter trained. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

MARCH 29, 2007

They have a site, with the URL: [link] which is a link to a windows.exe file, which is a simple, sweet Debian installer. Changing one file (/etc/apt/sources.list) and running a few commands, should do the trick. But, the computers are networked, so it would seem – there must be some easy way, right? Debian comes to the rescue.

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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. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 18, 2007

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. Phil: I agree – with time and effort, OO or any open source spreadsheet could out Excel Excel. Maybe WikiCalc is the way to go.

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NTEN

JANUARY 22, 2009

From questions about the actual production of the files, to distribution, to listener metrics and feedback, there are plenty of moving parts that can raise questions. This method is great for its ease of use and immediacy but will not allow you to add any sound effects, music, or cut in other voices and input.

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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. Earlier, I’d found that the only tools that would work with presenters using Linux were ReadyTalk and WebHuddle. ReadyTalk is proprietary and not free (as in beer).

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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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

APRIL 3, 2009

You might think that comparing four different open source packages that, in essence, do pretty the same thing (in a broad sense) would be a cakc walk. As a quick comparative look between a small number of open source systems, it’s hard to argue that it contributes no information. More on that in a bit.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

JULY 14, 2008

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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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

AUGUST 23, 2007

So I’ve been thinking a lot about the role of free and open source software in environmentally sustainable computing. And older computers running Linux make very handy single (or even multiple) purpose servers – file servers, backup servers, dhcp servers, routers and firewalls, print servers, etc. Be Helpful.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2008

In Cake, the database build is separate from the application building (you do it yourself), whereas in Symfony, you use Symfony to build the database with schema files written in YAML. I set up both on my laptop, and tried out some really simple app development. Then, you build forms and such using the schema as a foundation. at 4:52 pm Wow.

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MAY 5, 2015

The 20-person department pulls the information from scanned PDFs of the filings, enter the information into their database, and classify the information in the Foundation Center taxonomy. One of my first jobs in tech 1,000 years ago was as “Text Production Lead” on a music encyclopedia CD-ROM (Google it, kids).

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