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All the new domain names
Colin Jackson regularly talks on Radio NZ about Internet or technology. If you’re quick you can download the podcast, but you can always pick up his speaking notes at his blog.
The other day he talked about how domain names are changing, because ICANN, the body that controls them has:
… voted to allow a far, far wider range of names. So, soon, perhaps we’ll be seeing names anz.bank or citycouncil.wellington, or may be just plain google – without the dot com.
[Via it.gen.nz: A visit to icann.]
What this means is that in the future — next month, next year — we may start seeing some very different addresses on the Internet. Intead of typing www.radionz.co.nz into your browser, for example, maybe you’ll only need to type this: radionz.
Colin’s sessions on Nine to Noon are always interesting, and he explains his topics in plain language that regular folks can understand. His segment is around 10 minutes long, so take a short break from work, and spend a few minutes keeping up to date with the world of technology.
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July 5, 2008 1 Comment
How to use 5 minutes a day (productively)
Courtney Johnston of the National Library has a post about how to (productively) spend time on the web. Here’s what she suggests if you have 5 minutes:
Got a spare 5 minutes a day?
My top tip would be to set up some RSS feeds of Technorati tags and Google Blog Alerts, using the name of your institution / website / blog / exhibition / service / product as the keyword. Then every day, try to respond to or act on something you see being said online (remembering that not everyone wants to hear from you).
[Via LibraryTechNZ: Time is on my side: What could you do on the web in 30 minutes per week?.]
Find out more about RSS feeds by viewing Keeping up with the Joneses — Miraz’s workshop notes from the Engage your Community conference, or at What’s this about RSS?.
May 11, 2008 2 Comments
Comments please
Has your group experimented with anything like Flickr, YouTube, Facebook, MySpace, Bebo, Basecamp, Twitter, Delicious, Google maps, Google Earth, LinkedIn, TumbleLog, Viddler, Wikipedia, Skype, AdSense, blogs, wikis, podcasts, RSS feeds and so on?
If so, please leave a comment on this post telling of your experiences and conclusions.
April 30, 2008 4 Comments
Manage volunteers with Zoho People
Another tool that looks interesting, though I haven’t had time to explore it — Zoho People:
Zoho, best known for its suite of free productivity and collaboration online tools, a direct competitor to Google Apps, has just launched Zoho People , a free online Human Resources Management Application. It’s designed for small and medium-sized businesses, but Zoho People could be just as useful for a nonprofit that needs an efficient way to manage a workforce of volunteers.
[Via Wild Apricot Blog: Manage Your Nonprofit's Human Resources Online With Zoho People.]
March 25, 2008 No Comments
Text messaging for the non-profit sector
I have no experience with FrontlineSMS, but it is designed for community organisations:
FrontlineSMS is the first text messaging system to be conceived, designed and written firmly with the needs of the non-profit sector in mind.
Are you a locally- or internationally-based NGO looking at the potential to use mobile phone text messages to reach specific groups of individuals within a target community? Or to run an awareness raising campaign? Or to run a competition, or carry out a text-based survey? Or to simply keep in touch with your fieldworkers?
Do you want to provide text-based information services such as bus times, prices, goods availability etc?
[Via : The Cute Cat Theory Talk at ETech.]
If you’ve used FrontlineSMS, please leave a comment with your opinions about it.
March 19, 2008 No Comments
