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  • Interesting series on Online Privacy--check it out

    NPR just did the final installment of their series, " The End of Privacy ". I highly recommend checking it out. It's a little scary, but also gave me things to think about for how to use social media either personally or for an organization, with an eye to the legal and social ramifications...
  • mobile netbooks for human service agency

    Hi, My agency is talking about getting netbooks for our staff who go out on site visits (we are an organization that assists people with mental/developmental disabilities in finding work, plus other community supports.) Apparently some other larger human service org's are having their staff use these...
    Posted to Wireless Connectivity (Forum) by pleasantpittsfield on 09-17-2009
  • Alternatives to Google Analytics

    Does anyone have suggestions for alternatives to Google Analytics for tracking web site usage that doesn't have all the privacy and selling of collected information? We would like to start tracking and understanding our web usage more, but don't really like the Google issues. Thanks Dave
    Posted to Web Building (Forum) by dwelp on 07-09-2009
  • Google Analytics and TechSoup

    Since implementing Google Analytics, a web analytics tool , on parts of the TechSoup Web site, there were some concerns raised about user privacy regarding its use. We have created a page with details on how this may be disabled, and would like to have an open forum for any further questions or feedback...
    Posted to TechSoup Town Hall (Forum) by tsg_kevin on 06-29-2009
  • How to develop a Terms of Use policy?

    What is a good way to go about developing a Terms of Use policy for my website? What are "the basics" such a policy should include?
    Posted to Tech Planning (Forum) by ChristaC on 06-18-2009
  • Questions from a new twitterer

    My org just started using Twitter and I'm looking for some best practices. Specifically, answers to these 2 questions: - Should you follow everyone who follows you? I think not, because I don't necessarily want to follow someone who has nothing to do with what my org is about. Is that wrong?...
    Posted to Emerging Technologies (Forum) by newtwitterer on 03-18-2009
  • Re: Help with TechSoup's "Tech Beginner's Guide"

    I've just reviewed the guide and it is very good. It does, of course, need to be updated to current technology. I would also consider adding a section on open source software. There is a lot of confusion about open source software and a simple clear explanation of the strengths and weaknesses of...
    Posted to Tech Planning (Forum) by mspohr on 02-18-2009
  • Re: Help with TechSoup's "Tech Beginner's Guide"

    This tip would be internet related: I think the first thing anyone starting out on the internet should know is that any move you make on the internet is traceable (not necessarily personally identifiable though) and anything you post on a social media site can show up on hundreds of other sites as well...
    Posted to Tech Planning (Forum) by marita on 02-17-2009
  • Ethics, Privacy, and Web Analytics

    If you work in IT or marketing, or you advocate business ethics and or the right of privacy and you haven't heard of web analytics... well, you might be living under a rock! Web analytics is a booming global industry with systems (especially free systems provided by some of the worlds largest corporations...
    Posted to Emerging Technologies (Forum) by donc on 02-02-2009
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