Cities are opening up. Thanks to a lot of hard work from projects like Open311, The Sunlight Foundation, and OpenPlans, cities are beginning to share their reams of municipal data, electronically, with citizens. Once out in the open, that data will be the feedstock for mobile and web applications that’ll give us real-time smarts about [...]
Apr 282010
Are nonprofits slow movers when it comes to technology? By many counts, they’ve made better use of social media than any sector – but it’s certainly true that nonprofits tend to be time-crunched and cash-strapped. That means that mission comes first. Other pursuits, like cracking the 500 page instruction manual on the latest visualization software, [...]
The Tides Foundation – known especially for their work in fiscal sponsorship – launched their first blog recently with a post titled “Why Does Infrastructure Matter?” Ellen Friedman, the Tides Executive VP, writes: “If we don’t pay attention to the infrastructure we are putting in place to support the work necessary to implement our visions, [...]
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