Stories, software and strategies to help nonprofits do the social web
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July, 9 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Keynote on iPad is way more interesting than it’s desktop counterpart. I honestly don’t know how to add animations on keynote for Mac OS. But it’s a breeze to do on the iPad. And while I know how to add images and shapes on keynote on the Mac, it’s just much more fun and inspiring to do it on keynote for iPad. Some say the iPad is best suited for content consumption and not content creation. I believe it’s partially true because many app developers haven’t changed their perspective for a touch interface. And...
June, 12 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
The goal of all of this has been to harness the excitement of development for good, but also to go beyond the contests — to build communities of practice. Peter calls these innovator networks. If we’re lucky, these may grow into innovation marketplaces that just might be self-sustaining. That’s the hope, anyway. Meanwhile, it’s lots of experimentation. One prominent experiment, sponsored by Corbett’s iStrategy Labs, is this month’s Digital Capital Week (DCWeek). A week-long series of workshops, projects and parties...
June, 8 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
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May, 25 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
But--and this is important--Apple will not be able to take Google on in the areas of connectivity and cloud computing as long as they insist on a closed platform. Not because Google's FroYo features can't be implemented on a closed platform, but because it just wouldn't occur to you to do so. Furthermore, you can only go so far telling customers that you know what's best for them.... Apple is insisting on playing the game in a way that they can only lose. via radar.oreilly.com O'Reilly's Mike Loukides on how...
May, 24 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
I love my phone. Not so much for the phone part, but for the little computer in there that connects me to the world, no matter where I am. The phone has our calendars, our mail -- and, increasingly, our volunteer opportunities. It's the day timer of our times. But better than a day timer, the phone offers discovery, too. Lots of nonprofits and individuals are at work to make this discovery include nonprofits and volunteering. Here are a few of our favorite apps for good -- apps that connect people to nonprofits...
May, 3 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
Photo by Kaptain Kobold I like Apple's computers and phones. (It's a vice, I know.) Over the past couple of weeks all of this iPad, iPhone iNews has allowed for plenty of indulgence of that vice. But yesterday, Steve Jobs said something that could impact how people find nonprofits - and everybody else - online. He said folks using the iPhone: Spend about 30 minutes a day using apps Are using apps, not searching via casefoundation.org What does this mean to nonprofits &...
April, 12 2010 • 0 Comments • 0 Faves
“On a mobile device, search is not where it’s at, not like on the desktop. They’re spending all their time on these apps — they’re using apps to get to data on the internet, not generalized search.” Steve is basically just talking to Google, now. via live.gdgt.com Explaining the iAd advertising platform, Jobs says the average user spends 30 minutes a day using apps on the iPhone. A minority of those apps have a search component. That explains Google's investment in Chrome and Android.
April, 8 2010 • 1 Comment • 0 Faves
Apple has trained us to look for apps and use apps, not web sites. The iPad just furthers this behavior that Apple is training in us. I don’t need to open a browser anymore to get to my favorite content, my social networks, my maps and weather, etc. The disintermediation between Google/search and customers has been usurped (or soon will be) by Apple. Via apps, music, movies, and books, Apple now owns the customer “search” relationship. The app store is a discovery tool. Search is not. Search is a research tool...
April, 7 2010 • 1 Comment • 0 Faves
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