Aliya Abbasi's Field Reports

These might help when you are looking for answers to common non-profit and technology issues. Sign up for newsletters or just browse when you have a question: http://nationalserviceresources.org/"The Resource Center is your one-stop shop for online tools and training resources to strengthen your volunteer or service program...contains online training tools, event calendars, and effective practices, as well as a catalogue of printed publications and videos available on loan." http://www.techsoup.org/"TechSoup.org offers nonprofits a one-stop resource for technology needs by providing free information, resources, and support. In addition to online information and resources, we offer a product philanthropy service called TechSoup Stock. Here, nonprofits can access donated and discounted technology products, generously provided by corporate and nonprofit technology partners." …read more

10/06/06 We are in MA (2), NC (2), and CA (4) We are working on a variety of projects: organizing and maintaining computer labssetting-up a samba server,creating utilities to document system downtimes, planning and designing websites, contributing to existing free and open source software, comparing existing software and suggesting a best-fit to npos,usage guide/documentation for clients,writing articles and improvising workshops. We are interest in:Free and Open Source Software - (tag FOSS)Beta-Testing the www.ctcvista.org - (tag suggestions)Fundraising for Technology - (tag fundraising)Website Development (not CMS) - (tag webdesign) …read more

Articles of Explanation http://www.technorati.com/help/tags.html ->"Think of a tag as a simple category name. People can categorize their posts, photos, and links with any tag that makes sense." http://learn.netsquared.org/getting-started-with-tagging/what-is-tagging -> "is the ability to assign topical keywords to a wide range of digital content, like photos, bookmarks (favourite web sites) and blog posts." …read more