Tag Archives: Drupal

Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit

I am getting ready for the Pacific Northwest Drupal Summit taking place this weekend in Seattle. I’m looking forward to it – should be fun to feed my inner geek by delving into Drupal, the open source software platform that … Continue reading

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Setting us back while going forward: Amazee closes shop, refers members to Facebook and Google for social change organizing

I received the above message from Amazee today. Amazee is (or will be until December 23) a platform built using Drupal where people can create groups to organize around social change projects and campaigns. The makers of the site (Amazee Labs in … Continue reading

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Open Data is data that can be freely used, reused and redistributed by anyone.

Last week I participated in the Open Data for Development Camp in Amsterdam. I joined a remarkable group of ~130 development practitioners, funders, NGO leaders, consultants and technologists all brought together by the shared vision of opening up our data … Continue reading

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May Day reflections on Mailman, Facebook and the Future of Social Media for Activism

It’s May Day, a day of political demonstrations and celebrations organised by communists, anarchists, socialists, and activist groups. But today is not just May Day. It’s also the first day of a new month, which means that Mailman mailing list … Continue reading

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Camping out with the Drupallers in Seattle

The Seattle Drupal Users Group met for a Drupal Camp yesterday. It was an all day affair, with Drupal developers hiding out in one room learning about such things as theming and jviews with Robin Barre and noobs like me … Continue reading

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