Things We Like

Submitted by Brett on Tue, 07/17/2007 - 2:22pm
A monthly roundup of our favorite nonprofit tech resources. Read more posts on our blog.

  1. Trying to figure out how Microsoft's Gianpaolo Carraro came up with the probabilities in his 2007 SaaS predictions. Does he have a special piece of unreleased prognostication software?
  2. Do Something's Karma Tycoon. Do hosted games qualify as SaaS? Play KT with some friends and you won't care: it's like a great boardgame, without the need to keep track of the pieces or the score. Be sure to check out the URL behind their Teachers' Curricula, as well.
  3. The Pearl of the Alps. Get it? Looks like a great interface with nature.
  4. The iPhone. There's no shame in it: the iPhone practically qualifies as a hardware mashup. NTEN gave away an iPhone at NTC 2007, and winner Ron Piccinini of Larkin Street Youth Services says, "It's the gadget that I dreamed of two years ago: integration of MP3 player, smart phone, and internet browser. Thanks to Apple and especially NTEN for the hook up!"
  5. Almost as fun as the iPhone itself are the homages disguised as parodies, from Comedy Central (expected) to the New York Times (good for them) to Fake Steve Jobs (huh?).