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Tao: Where We Are and Where We’re Going

In September we released a new beta version of Tao for the first time in 11 months. A lot has happened in those 11 months. Tao changed hands along with several other modules and themes, and it’s taken us some time to get up to speed on all the new code that we have committed to maintain.

The Benefits of Open-Source (and Drupal) for Non-Profits

In our current economy, almost everyone -- and non-profits, in particular -- is being challenged to do more with less. Budgets are tight and web-based investments are expected to be both measurable and successful.

Using Collaborative UX to Design for Social Advocacy

For several years, we’ve been fusing the visual design and user experience design processes together more formally. And, in doing so, the end result is a more intuitive site with complementary functionality and aesthetics.

World Bank Open API Data: Now in Google Search Results

Earlier this year we blogged about the launch of a new Open API, which Phase2 built for The World Bank. The Open API allows third-party developers and organizations to freely query World Bank's largest dataset containing world economic and business indicators and create all kinds of interesting mash-ups.

Today Google announced the addition of the API data to its search results.

Tattler Starts Beta

Today we announced the start of beta for our topic-monitoring tool Tattler.

Knight Foundation Funds Open Source Innovation

As a leader in the news industry, the Knight Foundation is transforming the way communities and journalists create and disseminate content. Each year the foundation grants millions of dollars to this initiative and while it prides itself on giving to a wide range of projects, there does seem to be an exciting underlying trend¬open source.

NTEN Conference Materials Available Online

Just in case you missed it - NTEN has now posted this year’s conference resources, including recordings, blogging notes, and session materials.

Highlights from the NTEN 09 Conference in San Francisco

Last week I traveled to San Francisco for the NTEN NTC09 conference. I met some great people, learned a lot about what non-profits are doing and thinking about web technology these days, and chatted it up with fellow open source champions in the Drupal, Plone and Joomla communities. I concluded my visit with a presentation to the San Fransico Semantic Web Group and the Drupal Users Group on our work with Open Calais and the development of the OpenPublish tool.