Add to my contacts Michelle Murrain
Independent Consultant at
Oakland, CA
http://zenofnptech.org/
Zen and the Art of Getting Your Website Done
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Adblock Plus
in 13 toolboxes
add to my toolboxFirefox addon that eliminates banner advertisements.
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Adium
in 62 toolboxes
add to my toolboxAdium is a free instant messaging application for Mac OS X that can connect to AIM, MSN, Jabber, Yahoo, and more.
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Adobe Photoshop
in 72 toolboxes
add to my toolboxPowerful but expensive digital image manipulation package.
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apache
in 62 toolboxes
add to my toolboxindustry standard open source web server
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Audacity
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add to my toolboxFree, open source software for recording and editing sounds.
tagged: audio, avbox, converter, crossplatform, lasatech_audvid, mac, multimedia, multmedia, opensource, sound -
Balsamiq
in 7 toolboxes
add to my toolboxMapping and diagramming tool.
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Causes
in 6 toolboxes
add to my toolboxApp designed to promote nonprofit causes on Facebook.
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Chicken of the VNC
in 13 toolboxes
add to my toolboxInteract with a remote computer as if it's next to you. Great for troubleshooting, maintenance and all of those relatives who call you up for Mac help. Requires that the remote computer have VNC client software running (10.4 has this built-in, otherwise d
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CitizenSpeak
in 12 toolboxes
add to my toolboxFree E-Advocacy for Grassroots
tagged: campaigning, capacitybuilding, civicspace, community, drupal, eadvocacy, email, eorganizing, free, grassroots, hosted, opensource -
CiviCRM
in 94 toolboxes
add to my toolboxOpen source constitutent relationship management system.
tagged: advocacy, apc, civicrm, consituent, contacts, crm, database, donation, drupal, eadvocacy, ecrm, elections, email, eorganizing, fundraising, joomla, lasatech_crm, lasatech_db, lasatech_docshare, mail, mambo, management, member, newsletter, openngo, opensource, relationship, voter -
Coda
in 5 toolboxes
add to my toolboxCoda is a powerful web development application for Mac OS X, developed by Panic.
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confluence
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add to my toolboxWiki. Not open source, and only free to non-profits, but excellent.
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Debian
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add to my toolboxLinux distribution with a very strong community
tagged: apc, DEB, debian, distribution, distro, free, GNU, Linux, opensource, operatingsystem, server, ubuntu -
Delicious
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add to my toolboxWeb based social bookmarking lets you share online finds and discover new ones. Ground zero for tagging.
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DokuWiki
in 23 toolboxes
add to my toolboxDokuWiki is a standards compliant, simple to use Wiki, mainly aimed at creating documentation of any kind. It is targeted at developer teams, workgroups and small companies. It has a simple but powerful syntax which makes sure the datafiles remain readable.
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Drupal
in 159 toolboxes
add to my toolboxVery extensible CMS platform based on PHP and used by many NGOs - "Community Plumbing"
tagged: apc, blogging, Bryght, civicactions, civicspace, CMS, contentmanagement, development, drupal, eadvocacy, leadlearn, modules, nonprofit, npo, OnDemandNPO, open, opensource, php, rss, site, source, web -
Elgg
in 4 toolboxes
add to my toolboxOpen Source Social Networking Platform
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emacs
in 7 toolboxes
add to my toolboxpopular and powerful text editor
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EverNote
in 22 toolboxes
add to my toolboxNote taking application.
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Facebook
in 114 toolboxes
add to my toolboxFacebook is a social utility that connects you with the people around you.
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Firebug
in 51 toolboxes
add to my toolboxThe ultimate in-browser code-monkeying and debugging utility. An undeniable reason to switch to Firefox. Installs as a toolbar in the browser.
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Firefox
in 345 toolboxes
add to my toolboxFirefox is the popular open source web browser from Mozilla
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Flickr
in 160 toolboxes
add to my toolboxWeb based photo sharing service
tagged: 0, 2, awesome, during, event, flicker, flickr, globalmelt, hosted, lasatech_photos, leadlearn, Network, networking, photo, photography, photos, photosharing, sharing, social, software, tagging, tags, web, web2.0 -
FLOSS Manuals
in 23 toolboxes
add to my toolboxFLOSS Manuals is a wiki-like platform for generating user manuals for free, libre, and open source software (FLOSS). The goal of the project is to make free software more accessible by providing clear documentation that accurately explains their purpose and use. The manuals on FLOSS Manuals are written by a community of people, who do a variety of things to keep the manuals as up to date and accurate as possible. The way in which FLOSS Manuals are written mirrors the way in which FLOSS (Free, libre open source) software itself is written: by a community who contribute to and maintain the content.
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FriendFeed
in 9 toolboxes
add to my toolboxMashup of RSS feeds for popular sites such as YouTube, flickr, twitter, and yelp.
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Fusion
in 6 toolboxes
add to my toolboxSeamlessly run Windows, Linux and other PC operating systems on your Intel-based Mac.
tagged: Apple, Linux, mac, macintosh, MacOSX, operating-system, parallel, virtualization, vmware, windows -
GIMP
in 116 toolboxes
add to my toolboxA freely distributed piece of software for such tasks as photo retouching, image composition and image authoring.
tagged: apc, bitmap, crossplatform, graphics, lasatech_photos, Linux, multimedia, opensource, photos, photo_editor, windows -
Gmail
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add to my toolboxGmail is a web-based email with very user-friendly interface and huge storage capacity
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Google
in 105 toolboxes
add to my toolboxGoogle is the quintessential search engine.
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Google Analytics
in 68 toolboxes
add to my toolboxGoogle Analytics tells you everything you want to know about how your visitors found you and how they interact with your site. website
tagged: analytics, audience, globalmelt, google, hosted, lasatech_monitor, management, marketing, pageview, referrals, tracking, traffic, website -
Google Browser Sync
in 9 toolboxes
add to my toolboxGoogle Browser Sync for Firefox is an extension that continuously synchronizes your browser settings – including bookmarks, history, persistent cookies, and saved passwords – across your computers.
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Google Calendar
in 76 toolboxes
add to my toolboxA free web-based calendar.
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Google Checkout
in 6 toolboxes
add to my toolboxService for shopping and transfering money on-line. Now with a specialized service for nonprofits.
tagged: finance, getting, globalmelt, google, hosted, merchant, merchantaccount, money, shopping, signups -
Google Desktop
in 12 toolboxes
add to my toolboxFast file search for Windows computers.
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Google Docs and Spreadsheets
in 83 toolboxes
add to my toolboxNow covered by Google Drive.
Web-based word processor and spreadsheet tool. Formerly Writely.
tagged: documents, globalmelt, google, hosted, lasatech_doc, management, project, spreadsheets, web-based, wiki, word, word-processor, writely -
Google Earth
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add to my toolboxGoogle Earth combines satellite imagery, maps and the power of Google Search to put the world's geographic information at your fingertips.
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Google Groups
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add to my toolboxHosted web/email/usenet discussion groups.
tagged: discussion, email, free, globalmelt, google, lists, management, newsletters, project, usenet, web -
Google Notebook
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add to my toolboxClip and collect information as you browse the web.
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Google Scholar
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add to my toolboxGoogle Scholar provides a way to broadly search for scholarly literature.
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Google Talk
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add to my toolboxGoogle Talk enables you to call or send instant messages to your friends for free, anytime, anywhere in the world.
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Google Toolbar
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add to my toolboxAdd-in for Internet Explorer and Firefox, featuring pop-up blocker, spell-checking, and search engine.
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Google Video
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add to my toolboxUpload and share your own videos.
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GoToMeeting
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add to my toolboxHost unlimited meetings for an unlimited duration with up to 10 attendees per meeting
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Growl
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add to my toolboxGrowl is a notification system for Mac OS X: it allows applications that support Growl to send you notifications.
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iMovie
in 14 toolboxes
add to my toolboxVideo creation software.
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Intervals
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add to my toolboxWeb-based service that combines time tracking and task management. Useful for those that bill on an hourly or project basis.
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iPhoto
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add to my toolboxDigital photograph organization software for Apple.
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iWork
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add to my toolboxOffice productivity suite for the Mac.
tagged: Apple, excel, mac, macintosh, MacOSX, office, productivity, spreadsheet, word, wordprocessor -
Joomla!
in 54 toolboxes
add to my toolboxJoomla is an award-winning content management system (CMS), which enables you to build Web sites and powerful online applications. Many aspects, including its ease-of-use and extensibility, have made Joomla the most popular Web site software available. Best of all, Joomla is an open source solution that is freely available to everyone.
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KeePass
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add to my toolboxKeePass is a free/open-source password manager or safe which helps you to manage your passwords in a secure way
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Keynote
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add to my toolboxPresentation software for the Mac.
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LinkedIn
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add to my toolboxSocial networking for non-social purposes with a focus on professional development, networking for jobs and problem solving through the expertise of those in your extended network.
tagged: college, finding, friends, geek, lasatech_socmed, linkedin, networking, OnDemandNPO, professional, social, SocialNetworking, social_networks -
Mac OS X
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add to my toolboxApple's desktop operating system.
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MediaWiki
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add to my toolboxPowerful wiki software built to support the Wikipedia project
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MySQL
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add to my toolboxOpen source DataBase Management System
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NetNewsWire
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add to my toolboxClient-side weblog aggregator for OSX
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Numbers
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add to my toolboxApple spreadsheet software.
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Omnigraffle
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add to my toolboxDiagramming and flow-chart software for Mac OS X.
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OpenOffice
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add to my toolboxFull-featured open source office productivity suite, featuring word processor, spreadsheet, presentation, drawing and database packages; free MS Office replacement.
tagged: apc, bloatware, calc, crossplatform, editor, microsoft, office, officesuite, opensource, powerpoint, preocessing, presentation, productivity, spreadsheet, spreadshet, suite, word, wordprocessing -
Parallels
in 11 toolboxes
add to my toolboxParallels for Intel-Macs that give you the flexibility of running Windows on a Mac OS X simultaneously
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Paypal
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add to my toolboxGeneral funds transfer service which can be adapted for online donations.
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PHP
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add to my toolboxPHP Language
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PostgreSQL
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add to my toolboxOpen source database.
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Quicksilver
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add to my toolboxA unified, extensible interface for working with applications, contacts, music, and other data.
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Redmine
in 8 toolboxes
add to my toolboxproject management web application
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Seesmic Desktop
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add to my toolboxSeesmic Desktop is an Adobe Air application that allows you to easily follow, contact and organize your friends on Twitter and Facebook through a desktop application.
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Skitch
in 11 toolboxes
add to my toolboxScreenshot and photo editing software for OS X.
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Skype
in 228 toolboxes
add to my toolboxFree/cheap Internet telephony and handy IM tool.
tagged: apc, calls, chat, crossplatform, free, globalmelt, IM, instantmessaging, internettelephony, leadlearn, MacOSX, management, OnDemandNPO, phone, project, secbox, Security, skype, skypeout, tools, video, voip -
Social Source Commons
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add to my toolboxThe Social Source Commons is a “knowledge commons” that provides users with: a directory of software applications; links to relevant documentation, localization tools, services, user reviews; and a place to request tools/features.
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TextWrangler
in 14 toolboxes
add to my toolboxFull-featured text editor and programming tool for Mac
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Thunderbird
in 137 toolboxes
add to my toolboxMozilla's Open Source email client
tagged: client, communication, crossplatform, e-mail, email, GNU, IMAP, Linux, mac, mail, mail_client, opensource, secbox, side -
Tiger Address Book
in 5 toolboxes
add to my toolboxAddress Book program for Mac OS X.
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Tiger Mail
in 8 toolboxes
add to my toolboxEmail client for Mac OS X.
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Trac
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add to my toolboxTrac is a web-based software project management and bug/issue tracking system. It provides an interface to Subversion and an integrated wiki.
tagged: bugtracking, collaboration, cvs, development, engineering, free, management, opensource, project, projectmanagement, software, svn, wiki -
Transmit
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add to my toolboxFTP for Mac OS X
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TweetDeck
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add to my toolboxAn application that aims to evolve existing functionality of Twitter by breaking down Twitter feeds into more manageable bite sized pieces. Track Twitter feeds and social media activity.
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Twitter
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add to my toolboxTwitter is a global community of friends and strangers answering one simple question: What are you doing? Answer on your phone, IM, or on the web.
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Ubuntu
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add to my toolboxUser-friendly Linux distribution.
The Ubuntu promise:
* Ubuntu will always be free of charge, along with its regular enterprise releases and security updates
* Ubuntu comes with full commercial support from Canonical and hundreds of companies from across the world
* Ubuntu provides the best translations and accessibility features that the free software community has to offer
* Ubuntu core applications are all free and open source. We want you to use free and open source software, improve it and pass it on.
tagged: Africa, apc, Canonical, debian, distribution, distro, freesoftware, GNU, Linux, opensource, operating, operatingsystem, OS, South, system, ubuntu -
VLC Media Player
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add to my toolboxVLC media player is a highly portable multimedia player for various audio and video formats (MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, mp3, ogg, ...) as well as DVDs, VCDs, and various streaming protocols.
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Vuze
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add to my toolboxAzureus implements the BitTorrent protocol using the java language
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Wikipedia
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add to my toolboxWikipedia is a global and multilingual Web-based cooperative free-content encyclopedia.
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WordPress
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add to my toolboxFlexible open-source content management and blogging software with an active user and developer community and a wide variety of plug-ins or extensions available.
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X-Chat
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add to my toolboxFree cross-platform IRC client
