nosiNew Aspiration Book: Open Translation ToolsAspiration has been a leading advocate for Open Translation, a nascent field of practice emerging at the crossroads of three dynamic movements of the information and internet eras: Open Content, Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS), and Open/Peer Production. Open Translation is the set of practices and work processes for translating and maintaining open content using FLOSS tools, and leveraging the internet to make that content and those tools available to the largest number of authors and readers. There is a diverse set of Open Translation software that supports or performs language translation, but relatively little has been written about these disruptive tools to date. As part of Open Translation Tools 2009, Aspiration co-hosted the first ever Open Translation Book Sprint. The Sprint generated two separate books: a 283-page volume entitled Open Translation Tools, describing the landscape of open translation tools, and a second 124-page book entitled Video Subtitling and focused solely on that topic as a specific case of translation and localization. The sprint was organized in partnership with FLOSSManuals, and use of the FLOSSManuals.net platform made it straightforward to remix and reuse content from the main book to create the second, and then to add and manage additional content in the second book. Utilizing the FLOSSManuals.net platform, the two books are now maintained in an open, “wiki-like” environment where anyone who wishes to can contribute additional material, and maintainers of the book can vet contributions for appropriateness and accuracy. Open Translation Tools 2009 and the Open Translation Book Sprint were generously supported by the Open Society Institute and the Ford Foundation.
Penguin Day San Francisco a Success!The Penguin Day came to San Francisco on Saturday, April 25, 2009, right before the NTC. A great crowd turned out to discuss open source for nonprofit needs, and educate participants about the rich array o Full details are at penguinday.org. The event was generously sponsored by Google. The final agenda can be found at http://pd.aspirationtech.org/index.php/Penguin_Day_Agenda Sessions included: * Introduction to Free and Open Source Software Penguin Day San Francisco took place at the Odd Fellows Hall at 7th and Market Street, in the heart of downtown. Penguin Day SF was organized by Aspiration, NOSI, PICnet, and CiviCRM.
Last Webinar of the NTEN/NOSI series: Open Source Database options 12/16Proprietary database systems, particularly for the desktop, such as Access and FileMaker Pro, have been ubiquitous in nonprofit organizations. But there are other options. This webinar will focus particularly on OpenOffice.org Base, a quickly developing open source alternative for desktop databases. We'll also cover open source server database systems, such as MySQL and PostgreSQL, and talk about how they can be implemented in nonprofit organizations. Tuesday December 16, 2008, 11:00 am PT / 2:00 pm ET
Next Webinar: September 23: Setting up a Joomla Website for your organizationJoomla is a very easy to use, and quite powerful CMS system. This webinar, which is the first of the series of webinars on open source CMS systems, will take you through the basics of Joomla, and what you'll need in order to make your new Joomla site a success. This webinar is co-presented by Ryan Ozimek, of PICnet, and Michelle Murrain, of NOSI. Date: Tuesday September 23rd. 11:00 Pacific/2:00 Eastern
Next Webinar, June 24 - Open Source Blogging ToolsIt’s becoming de rigeur for organizations, and nonprofit staff to blog. How can you set up a blog with free and open source software? What are the options out there? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the different blogging platforms? Learn about the open source blogging platforms, and hear from an organization that has implemented one. The next webinar is June 24th, at 11:00 PT/2:00 ET.
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