Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 17, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 One of the best examples of the use of APIs are Google Map mashups. Part Va:APIs October 17, 2006 One of the best parts of Web 2.0 for geeks is APIs.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

We hope that this will spur development for more social applications and mashups as well as better distribution of these applications worldwide. Katrin over at MobileActive.org weighs in , and I agree: So what does this mean for the ‘mobile for good’ field?

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 8, 2011

it actually tells you, with much richer context: I personally love data-map mashups and Qriously uses them brilliantly! Listening is a big part of social technologies as you can tap into and follow all kinds of conversations. And once all 100 responses were gathered, I took a look at all the data.

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The Next Web

APRIL 27, 2013

In many emerging economies capitalism has slowly developed out of the shadows of communism, feudalism or dictator-style mashup economies, and its current incarnations haven’t entirely shaken themselves of the dusty vestiges of the past. The distrust that haunts both the Tanzanian and Ecuadorian tech scenes is not without precedent.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2010

In addition, the Museum has taken those tips and created a mashup with the YELP api. A Google maps, Twitter and Foursquare mashup that show’s where your event participants are checking in on a map and what they’re  talking about). Tags: Art Sector Arts & Technology location.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MARCH 22, 2007

technologies but much less widespread adoption. While it didn't include tagging, it did include mashups; the other five were the same. It found that social networking was actually the most popular tool, with 19% of companies having invested in it, followed by podcasts (17%), blogs (16%), RSS (14%), wikis (13%), and mashups (4%).

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The Verge

OCTOBER 5, 2021

It’s an ad format that’s never been great, but the real kicker is that it makes absolutely no sense here — in the intro, Intel claims it’s showing off “new technology” and “innovations” and then proceeds to show people absolutely gobsmacked by tech that is old news by almost any standard. If you’re brave, you can give it a watch below.

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Amy Sample Ward

APRIL 22, 2009

The way I see it, there are many directions that technology is aiding social change work: enabling data sharing, exchange and mapping. You can also use Social Actions’ Twitter mashups to pull and push actionable opportunities to your network. How is social media being deployed to connect the Green Movement?

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AFP Blog

DECEMBER 13, 2007

Ordnance Survey lets people do mashups with its maps | Technology | Guardian Unlimited: "Normally we keep stuff about the Free Our Data campaign to its own blog, but some things are worth mentioning here too. This ties in with our story in today's Technology. This ties in with our story in today's Technology.

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Museum 2.0

OCTOBER 21, 2010

The folks at the New Media Consortium have released their annual Horizon Report , a roundup of up-and-coming technologies relevant to museums, archives, and libraries. Like its predecessors, the report provides succinct backgrounds and reference projects for technologies predicted for widespread adoption on the 1, 2-3, and 4-5 year timescale.

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

OCTOBER 20, 2006

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Web 2.0 Part Vb:APIs October 20, 2006 This morning, I sat in on the " Great Open API Debate " hosted by NTEN. It seemed that only Blackbaud had APIs you have to pay for. That’s good news.

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Museum 2.0

SEPTEMBER 24, 2007

He or she has created one of the most innovative, enjoyable mashups out of a cultural icon. What's a mashup? One fun example is overplot , a mashup that takes quotes overheard in New York City ( the data ) and places them on a Google map (the tool), so you can browse the quotations by address.

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AFP Blog

SEPTEMBER 27, 2010

Technology for the Nonprofit and Philanthropic Sector :: Tom says "mergers and alliances" - we say "mashups and interoperability." Let's think of ourselves as interoperable allies.: "I I recently had a very lively conversation with Tom McLaughlin of the Nonprofit Finance Fund.

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NTEN

JANUARY 27, 2009

Tags: contest NPTech nonprofit technology community buzz APIs.

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TechCrunch

AUGUST 31, 2021

The company, which makes open source and commercial products for processing structured and unstructured data in one location, views its market as a new technology category. Databricks calls the technology a data “lakehouse,” a mashup of data lake and data warehouse. Why hasn’t the company gone public? billion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

AUGUST 27, 2014

This is one of the first reports using “Personal Health Data” in aggregate, using data points around sleep tracking to look at a natural disaster. As Jacob Harold mused on Twitter, “In such a moment of something so powerful and scary as an earthquake, technology can only observe.” How long will this data be stored?

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Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

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. 3 Jon Biedermann 09.25.08

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 4, 2008

How are technologies and social trends impacting your supporters? Nonprofit Pulse just created a mashup. What are they saying about your organization? What do they think about your issue area? What do they like or dislike about your program or service? How are their preferences changing? You can try searching for people twitter.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 14, 2009

It is a mashup of RSS feeds on one page that includes: The ten best or "must read" blog posts from selected blogs. The filtering of these posts is handled automatically is based on the number of comments, inbound links, and other signs of engagement. (Hmm. sounds like a mashup of RSS run through Postrank).

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Tech Soup

APRIL 21, 2009

TechSoup Global's NetSquared project is doing some amazing work, particularly on the use of mobile technologies and social change around the world. They cover all 21 Featured Projects from last year's N2Y3 Mashup Challenge. Last year's Mashup winner — Ushahidi — is the topic of the first case study.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 29, 2008

Win $10,000 DonateNow Mashup Challenge at NetSquared. Okay, building the mashup will probably take you longer than ten minutes, but $10,000. Technologies to Recruit, Organize and Engage Youth. Hurry the deadline is May 19th to submit your idea. A Practical Guide to Using Web 2.0 And if you???re

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 17, 2020

It was an active week in the technology world broadly, with big news from Facebook and Twitter and Apple. This Operator Collective + @BLCKVC + @SalesforceVC mashup caught our attention. This is The TechCrunch Exchange, a newsletter that goes out on Saturdays, based on the column of the same name. You can sign up for the email here.

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NTEN

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Over 1,500 mashups later, and a first prize win in the contest, DataMasher is proving to be a great experiment in data transparency. When others can access and use your data, there is endless potential for innovation - both in your issue area and where your issue meets other issues, and technologically. Fosters innovation.

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TechCrunch

JULY 14, 2022

” “Bobidi is a mashup between community and AI, a unique combination of expertise that we share,” Choi added. “We believe that the era of big data is ending and we’re about to enter the new era of quality data. .”

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Firefox Ubiquity Command : A Firefox mashup that lets you highlight any phrase as your browse the web and find related ways to take action. The winners will be anounced at the 2009 Nonprofit Technology Conference. social actions mashup. You have until April 3rd to submit your project.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

MAY 7, 2010

I got a chance to meet her face-to-face for the first time at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in 2007. Online, this may mean participants creating their own mashups or using organizational data to construct visualizations. I got a chance to meet her face-to-face for the first time at the Nonprofit Technology Conference in.

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NTEN

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Michaela Hackner and an amazing team from ForumOne worked to create a mashup tool for the Sunlight Foundation 's Sunlight Labs Apps for America 2 contest. Charity Dynamics helped National Trust for Historic Preservation use open and social technology to re-engage their members and community. Voting's open till Monday!

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NTEN

MARCH 12, 2009

It looks like there are about 20 award categories, including: Technology Impact Moment. Best Animation or Mashup . Vote here for the 2009 Golden Dot award winners. Online Politician of the Year. Oustanding Online Campaigns (National and local). Best Candidate Blog. Best Mobile/SMS Campaign. Best Podcasting Series.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

JULY 15, 2009

These gatherings provide a chance for all those interested in the intersection of social technologies and social change , whether you're part of a nonprofit organization or a for-profit organization, a funder or a consultant, a developer or an entrepreneur.". In theory, though, ChangeCamps could be organized anywhere.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 20, 2021

He has a point; when I play Fortnite , I’m constantly shuffling through different outfits and accessories to fit my mood or to create fun mashups. I think what’s really special about what we can do with our technology and with our community is create new ways for players to self-express [and] also new ways for players to experience fashion.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

One of the above is the actual cover of " Visualizing Information for Advocacy " - a must read booklet from Tactical Technology Collective. So, you want to build a MashUp? Take the NetSquared Mashup Challenge ! This guide on the Total Cost of Technology from the ICT Hub may also be useful. NpTech Conversations.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 17, 2009

I did a mashup with social media framing. The book, written in 2002, does not address social media and change management or even technology. I also wondered about the historical context of change management and technology tool adoption, asking on Twitter if there case studies about the adoption of the typewriter in the workplace.

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NTEN

JUNE 18, 2009

The short answer: Cloud computing levels the technology playing field for nonprofits. It no longer matters whether you have a sizeable budget or a shoestring budget: With cloud computing, sophisticated technology solutions are more accessible because all you need is access to the Internet. Cloud Computing: The Next Big Thing.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

SEPTEMBER 24, 2008

The play on words with the title reminded of something a few years ago when nonprofit techies were looking at technology outcomes. " It sparked a debate - that the technology, in of itself, doesn't create the change, but may help facilitate it. We asked, " How many whales did you save with that web site ?"

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NTEN

MARCH 19, 2010

We're only 20 days away from the 2010 Nonprofit Technology Conference -- but who's counting? 501 Technology, LLC in booth 80. Visit the 501 Technology booth and enter to win an app from our MoblityCMS platform for your non-profit organization. Increase your mission-focus with 501 Technology. We can help you with that.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

Case Foundation highlights advocacy mashups , and we're glad to see NTEN members Peter Deitz , Care2 , GlobalGiving , and MAPLight.org received some well-deserved props. And we can't forget to highlight the fact that TechSoup 's NetSquared Mashup Challenge helps encourage, spread the news about, and fund this type of work each year.

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NTEN

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

I'd like to close by pointing you all to this Valentine's Day appropriate post by Eric Johnson of the Case Foundation : " How to Date a Mashup Programmer " Tags: NPTech nonprofit technology community buzz NTEN nten members. You can probably guess where NTEN members came down on this debate. :).

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