The continuing story of my new Thinkpad T400S laptop. I finally feel like it's starting to come together, particularly the upgrade to Windows 7. Here's the story so far. Maybe my experience will help someone else. After transferring my data and software using Laplink (and … [Read more...]
Nominations Closing Soon for $10,000 Pizzigati Prize
The Tides Foundation is accepting nominations for the annual Antonio Pizzigati Prize for Software in the Public Interest. The prize will award $10,000 to an open-source software developer whose work is helping nonprofits succeed. Nominations will be accepted through February 1, 2010. The winner … [Read more...]
What’s in Your Data Ecosystem?
Our friends at NTEN have launched a survey to examine nonprofits' data ecosystems. Your first question is probably "what is a data ecosystem?" NTEN describes it as follows: The nonprofit ecosystem is a way of thinking about how data is shared by and flows across the different … [Read more...]
Twitter Hacking and Cloud Security
The front-page headlines read "Hacker steals Twitter's confidential documents," but the real story isn't about Twitter — it's that the stolen documents were stored online, "in the cloud." This could happen to any nonprofit or company storing data this way. As we've seen … [Read more...]
Vindigo: The App That Wouldn’t Die
I've been using Vindigo for at least a decade. It's a big part of what kept me loyal to Palm PDAs and phones. It provided a restaurant guide with reviews, maps, and walking directions; movie reviews and show times for theaters; museum listings; a guide to bars and clubs; locations and contact info … [Read more...]
Favorite Free Software
Joe Medina of Colby College asked members of the FUNDSVCS listserve about their favorite free software programs. Here are mine, minus obvious ones like Gmail and Firefox (note that many are only free for home use). Ad-Aware -- Anti-spyware and malware tool for PCs: … [Read more...]
Creating bookmarks and hyperlinks in Acrobat Pro 5
Word 2003 and Acrobat Professional 5 aren't on speaking terms. As far as I've been able to tell, PDFMaker, which provides 1-click integration with Word, is incompatible with Word 2003 and higher. I removed PDFMaker from the Word startup file according to these instructions and no longer get error … [Read more...]
Pizzigati Prize for Open Source Software Developers
From the Foundation Center's RFP bulletin: The Tides Foundation Invites Nominations for Award Honoring Open Source Software Developers Who Add Value to Nonprofit Sector Deadline: March 2, 2009 The Tides Foundation is accepting nominations for the $10,000 Antonio Pizzigati Prize for … [Read more...]
Downadup Worm on the Rampage
Internet security firm F-Secure has estimated that more than 3.5 million computers have been infected with the Downadup worm, a malicious program. The worm, also known as Conficker, uses a major flaw that Microsoft patched in October to remotely compromise computers running unpatched versions of … [Read more...]
New Book: Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission
You can place your order now for Managing Technology to Meet Your Mission: A Strategic Guide for Nonprofit Leaders, which will be published in March 2009. The book was edited by NTEN's Executive Director, Holly Ross, former ED Katrin Verclas, and Special Projects Fellow Allison Levine. The authors … [Read more...]
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