Wanna be 2.0?

I have to admit, I cringe whenever I hear 2.0 appended to anything nowadays. I guess it’s just overused, but this label I came across today is pretty appropriate in my opinion.

Jakob Nielsen writes in his weekly email, “Much talk about whether Facebook is worth a fortune. The numbers being bandied about are a good sign that Bubble 2.0 is getting close to its peak.” So should we be concerned? He refers back to a post from April which makes two great points straight of the bat:

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Navigating Web 2.0

There was some good news for companies like mine and some bad news for nonprofits today.

NTEN is reporting a new study about Web 2.0 adoption by nonprofits published by the Overbrook Foundation.

The line that will grabbed my attention: “I’m in a perpetual state of anxiety about which tools I’m supposed to be paying attention to.”
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Flash Player gets HD Support

Later today Adobe will release a new version of the Flash player with H.264 support. That means that churches and ministries have a new option for delivering video online.
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Kintera launches Kintera Connect

A few weeks back I posted that Kintera might open up their platform a bit, well today the door got a little wider.
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Feedburner gets more free

Mashable is reporting that a fee Feedburner Pro features will be added to free accounts. Woo Hoo! That’s what happens when Google buys you.

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Google Earth adds charities

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.

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Create buzz around your ministry

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.

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Charity gets a plugin

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.

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Moveable Type Comes Home

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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Kintera may open up

This would be big news! Allan Benamer over at Confessions of a Non-Profit IT Director is heaaring that Kintera may open up their platform.
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