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Why I Don’t “Like” Facebook
Photo by nitot/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 Big changes are happening at Facebook, and they mean that what you do and say, on and off of Facebook, is now being more heavily tracked and more broadly shared. If...
View ArticleThe Softer Side Of Security
This article was first published on the NTEN Blog in April of 2010. As the technical staff at our nonprofits, we wrestle with all sorts of complex security concepts: firewalls, encryption, network...
View ArticleVoid Rage: Unable to Muster Facebook Anger
Following is a guest post from Jon Loomer, offering a different perspective on Facebook’s privacy changes. Jon Loomer’s career has evolved from overseeing Fantasy Basketball product, content, marketing...
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Tech Tips From The Nonprofit Technology Conference
This article was first published on the Idealware Blog in May of 2010. Last month, I reported on the first annual Tech Track, a series of sessions presented at the April, 2010 Nonprofit Technology...
View ArticleWhy Does The Right Attack Nonprofits?
Robert Egger’s brilliant response to Rush Limbaugh’s recent diatribe against nonprofit employees. is a must watch, particularly the last five seconds or so, which neatly sum it up. Limbaugh claims...
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Why the TSA Groping is a Big, Big Problem
Photo by Raymond Mendosa I’ve been pretty horrified by the new TSA security procedures since I first caught wind of them. The Boing Boing blog has been doing excellent coverage of the fiasco,...
View ArticleHow Glenn Beck Incites Violence
The above clip is one of the more succinct examples of what Glenn Beck spends just about every day doing: taking historical facts, arranging them in a shady jigsaw puzzle of innuendo, and then...
View ArticleIs It Time To Worry About Cybercrime?
This article was originally posted on the Idealware Blog in September of 2011. For the past decade, the bulk of unlawful web-based activities have been profit-motivated: phishing, spam, “Nigerian”...
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Why You Should Delete All Facebook Mobile Apps Right Now
It’s nice that Facebook is so generous and they give us their service and apps for free. One should never look a gift horse in the mouth, right? Well, if the gift horse is stomping through my bedroom...
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A Tale Of Two (Or Three) Facebook Challengers
For a website that hosts so many cute pet videos, Facebook is not a place that reeks of happiness and sincerity. It’s populated by a good chunk of the world, and it’s filled with a lot of meaningful...
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Should You Outsource Your IT Department?
This post was originally published on the MAP Techworks Blog in November of 2014. For a nonprofit that’s reached a size of 25 or more staff, a key question revolves around how to support technology...
View ArticleHow I Spent My 2015 Technology Initiative Grants Conference
I’m back from our (Legal Services Corporation) 15th annual technology conference, which ran from January 14th through the 16th in San Antonio, Texas. It was a good one this year, with a great...
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Where I’ll Be At 15NTC
The 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference starts on March 3rd and marks my tenth year attending (out of the last eleven). Based on my prior experience, I’m looking forward to highly enriching and...
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Highlights Of The 2015 Nonprofit Technology Conference
I’m back and moderately recovered from the 2015 NTC in Austin, Texas, where, along with plenty of good Texas food and beer, I shared some wisdom and learned a lot. Here’s a summary, with my favorite...
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Hillary Clinton’s Shadow IT Problem
As you likely know, when Hillary Clinton was Secretary of State, she set up a private email server at home and used it for her email communication, passing up a secure government account. This was a...
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Experienced Technologist For Hire (Specialty – Nonprofits)
Since I left my job at Legal Services Corporation last year, I’ve been doing consulting and Interim CIO work in order to get the bills paid while looking for new work, and I’ve decided to make that the...
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