http://www.netsquared.org/tags/open-standards share stories about how web-based technologies are impacting people’s lives build toolkits for nonprofits around the globe to help extend their good work en-US http://www.netsquared.org/blog/jimcraner/open-source-open-standards-open-data <p>Hi everyone - I&#39;m Jim Craner; I&#39;m the managing partner of a nonprofit-focused web development group, the <a href="http://chicagotech.org">Chicago Technology Cooperative</a>, and I&#39;m really looking forward to meeting everyone at N2Y3! I&#39;m an Advocate and one of the volunteer developers for the <a href="http://movesmart.org">Movesmart.org</a> project (<a href="/2008/conference/projects/movesmart-org-beta">N2Y3 profile</a>) - a mashup providing housing-seekers with information on neighborhood amenities, quality of life indicators, affordable housing opportunities, and the services and programs of community based organizations. </p><p><a href="http://www.netsquared.org/blog/jimcraner/open-source-open-standards-open-data">read more</a></p> http://www.netsquared.org/blog/jimcraner/open-source-open-standards-open-data#comments FOSS free software GIS intro n2y3 n2y3con nptech open source open standards Fri, 23 May 2008 20:37:53 -0400 jimcraner 13340 at http://www.netsquared.org http://www.netsquared.org/blog/megan-keane/my-fieldtrip-google-opensocial-discussion <p>With all the recent buzz on <a href="http://code.google.com/apis/opensocial/" title="OpenSocial">OpenSocial</a>, Google&#39;s new open API for social networks, Web Guild&#39;s event: <a href="http://www.webguild.org/biography/open-social.php" title="Open Social--High Octane for Widgets and Web Apps">OpenSocial--High Octane for Widgets and Web Apps</a> caught my eye. So I headed down to the Googleplex on Wed. night to listen to the panel discussions to find out more about OpenSocial with an eye for how nonprofits can leverage this platform.</p><p><a href="http://www.netsquared.org/blog/megan-keane/my-fieldtrip-google-opensocial-discussion">read more</a></p> http://www.netsquared.org/blog/megan-keane/my-fieldtrip-google-opensocial-discussion#comments nptech open standards opensocial web applications Fri, 16 Nov 2007 15:40:16 -0500 Megan Keane 7224 at http://www.netsquared.org