Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

I love these tidbits blog posts. I come across a lot in my varied net wanderings, and people send me stuff, so it’s a nice way to talk about some of it, without having to go into too much detail.

• I was profiled on Linux.com. That’s kinda fun! I “live the open source lifestyle.” That must have been before the iPhone.
• This blog is rated 8.2 (very good, they say) on Blogged.com. I’m not sure exactly what that means, but I guess that’s a good thing. And why is this in “social issues” and not “technology”? But, anyway,  I’m not putting the silly badge in the sidebar, sorry.
• MPower has started to generate some community-driven development. These look like pretty interesting, and useful applications. But I still haven’t seen much activity on the sourceforge page, nor does it seem that the code for these new projects is available. So the reality is still pretty far behind the hype. I sure hope the reality catches up.
• This news is so old it’s embarrassing - NPR opened up their content API. Way to go, NPR!
• Some really interesting things are brewing with CiviCRM. First, they are putting the wraps on a new version, and there are some interesting projects happening, like integrating voter files, phone banking, and my favorite, case management. I’m excited to see what community-driven development can do!
• A new site was launched called “Green Nonprofits.” It looks interesting. It looks to be a joint venture by a group of nonprofit-focused for-profits, none of which I’ve heard of (which doesn’t mean a thing, really.) Something to watch.