Comments on: Uncharted Technologies for Nonprofits, Part II http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/uncharted-technologies-for-nonprofits-part-ii Confessions of a Non-Profit Executive Director Sat, 13 Mar 2010 11:46:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Allan Benamer http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/uncharted-technologies-for-nonprofits-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-95307 Allan Benamer Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:26:41 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/uncharted-technologies-for-nonprofits-part-ii#comment-95307 @Eduardo Jezierski: Thanks for the links -- I like building blocks too and there are some in the list. I'll certainly consider FireEagle once it gets past beta. Another criteria is that the site has enough information on it for EDs and DDs to make a decision on it. Right now FireEagle doesn't exactly have that yet ;) You might want to tell us more about instedd.org too. I covered it at: http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/twitter-and-facebook-for-humanitarian-purposes but perhaps there's new information you might want to share? @Eduardo Jezierski: Thanks for the links — I like building blocks too and there are some in the list. I’ll certainly consider FireEagle once it gets past beta. Another criteria is that the site has enough information on it for EDs and DDs to make a decision on it. Right now FireEagle doesn’t exactly have that yet ;)

You might want to tell us more about instedd.org too. I covered it at: http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/twitter-and-facebook-for-humanitarian-purposes but perhaps there’s new information you might want to share?

]]> By: Eduardo Jezierski http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/uncharted-technologies-for-nonprofits-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-95306 Eduardo Jezierski Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:04:55 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/uncharted-technologies-for-nonprofits-part-ii#comment-95306 @Allan - Absolutely right. FireEagle is more of a 'building block' rather than an end to end solution. Scenarios: For example, in the ever-present issues of 'who's doing what where', or when a foreign NGO worker arrives in a new place and his/her list of aquaintances in the area is slim, imagine being able to get information about the area, about other people in the area, have notifications go to SMS phones in the communities, etc. Not sure whether these are the scenarios DD are looking for every day or not.. Some relevant links that might shed more light on scenarios we are envisioning: http://instedd.org/aboutdirectory http://instedd.org/contacts_nearby_test_drive http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11793 http://www.clariusconsulting.net/blogs/kzu/archive/2008/02/29/57850.aspx @Allan – Absolutely right. FireEagle is more of a ‘building block’ rather than an end to end solution.

Scenarios: For example, in the ever-present issues of ‘who’s doing what where’, or when a foreign NGO worker arrives in a new place and his/her list of aquaintances in the area is slim, imagine being able to get information about the area, about other people in the area, have notifications go to SMS phones in the communities, etc. Not sure whether these are the scenarios DD are looking for every day or not..

Some relevant links that might shed more light on scenarios we are envisioning:
http://instedd.org/aboutdirectory
http://instedd.org/contacts_nearby_test_drive
http://www.nap.edu/catalog.php?record_id=11793
http://www.clariusconsulting.net/blogs/kzu/archive/2008/02/29/57850.aspx

]]> By: Allan Benamer http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/uncharted-technologies-for-nonprofits-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-95305 Allan Benamer Thu, 06 Mar 2008 17:04:32 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/uncharted-technologies-for-nonprofits-part-ii#comment-95305 @Michael Dorausch: It looks like the Bad Behavior plug-in I use thought Digg was some bot going through my links. It's fixed now so Digg away! @Eduardo Jezierski: By FireEagle, I'm assuming you mean the Yahoo location-based service? It looks FireEagle is pretty cool, but one of criteria for being on the list is that the technology has to have a scenario for EDs and Development Directors to grab a hold of. If you wouldn't mind sharing a scenario as how it could be used, that would be great. Just thinking about it, it could be used for disaster recovery programs (GPS-based inventory tracking) but I think I'd have to recommend a whole slew of other technologies just to get it to work... @Michael Dorausch: It looks like the Bad Behavior plug-in I use thought Digg was some bot going through my links. It’s fixed now so Digg away!

@Eduardo Jezierski: By FireEagle, I’m assuming you mean the Yahoo location-based service? It looks FireEagle is pretty cool, but one of criteria for being on the list is that the technology has to have a scenario for EDs and Development Directors to grab a hold of. If you wouldn’t mind sharing a scenario as how it could be used, that would be great. Just thinking about it, it could be used for disaster recovery programs (GPS-based inventory tracking) but I think I’d have to recommend a whole slew of other technologies just to get it to work…

]]> By: Michael Dorausch http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/uncharted-technologies-for-nonprofits-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-95304 Michael Dorausch Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:09:27 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/uncharted-technologies-for-nonprofits-part-ii#comment-95304 This is an excellent list of resources. Tried to submit to Digg but received "bad link" messages. This is an excellent list of resources. Tried to submit to Digg but received “bad link” messages.

]]> By: Eduardo Jezierski http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/uncharted-technologies-for-nonprofits-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-95303 Eduardo Jezierski Thu, 06 Mar 2008 03:04:21 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/uncharted-technologies-for-nonprofits-part-ii#comment-95303 Good info thanks a lot! Hey you might also consider FireEagle in the emergent techs list - if they are as open as they seem to be about their data and allow simple application development scenarios, it could become a useful tool for non-profits with complex logistics scenarios. Good info thanks a lot!
Hey you might also consider FireEagle in the emergent techs list – if they are as open as they seem to be about their data and allow simple application development scenarios, it could become a useful tool for non-profits with complex logistics scenarios.

]]> By: Allan Benamer http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/uncharted-technologies-for-nonprofits-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-95302 Allan Benamer Wed, 05 Mar 2008 18:32:31 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/uncharted-technologies-for-nonprofits-part-ii#comment-95302 Even better -- I think AOL is several years late on this but hey, the more the merrier. Even better — I think AOL is several years late on this but hey, the more the merrier.

]]> By: Peter Gulka http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/uncharted-technologies-for-nonprofits-part-ii/comment-page-1#comment-95301 Peter Gulka Wed, 05 Mar 2008 17:40:52 +0000 http://www.nonprofittechblog.org/uncharted-technologies-for-nonprofits-part-ii#comment-95301 I live and die by meebo. News today is their partnership with AOL and the upcoming release of Open AIM. Should make for some fun new features. I live and die by meebo. News today is their partnership with AOL and the upcoming release of Open AIM. Should make for some fun new features.

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