Google Earth is a free piece of software that allows you to browse the globe from your desktop. Recently, Google was in the news for adding information on what is happening in Darfur to Google Earth.
I’ve posted about Twitter and how your ministry could use this technology to quickly update your constituents. A company called Frengo has launched a new way for ministries to create a mini Twitter network of their own, thanks to Mashable for the great write-up.
This is pretty neat stuff. A couple of bloggers decided to use Amazon’s S3 to handle traffic for an Apple keynote live blog, and they recently shared some of their stats:
And the total cost for all this? $10. Amazon S3 is certainly no replacement for “real web hosting” like Media Temple, but it does go to show how blogs nowadays can use web services to handle huge spikes in traffic for not that much extra cost (all without degrading performance).
Why does your organization use email? Have you taken the time to think about it, or do you use it because it’s there and everyone else is doing it? Once you answer that question then you can think about what it will take to use email excellently.
I love this depiction of humanity verses the machine called “Animator vs. Animation.” The setting is in a Macromedia Flash interface and the sparks fly. Even if you have never ever had to work with a graphics program, you’ll appreciate the rage against the computer.
Facebook released a new plugin that lets members associate themselves with social causes and donate to them. “Cool,” I mused. Within a few days, I found that on another social networking site, my template homepage background has been hijacked and replaced with multiple non-profit organization logos. This time, I thought, “whoa,” as I leaned back on my chair. With a smile I thought for a moment that social causes have finally walked inside the door of the online grassroots movement party. Think about it - not only has a webpage background been imposed on profile pages around the world (which of course you can change), charity finally gets a plugin.
Back when I first heard of blogging engines Moveable Type was all the rage. When we were looking for Open Source platforms for use at Silas Partners, Moveable Type was out of the running because it’s free version was not open source.
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