Resource Roundup 12/15

Open Standards for Online Advocacy Tools [2] (Personal Democracy Forum)
An opinion piece outlining the very real need for data standards among online advocacy tools.

More Proof Second Life is a Boondoggle [3] (Confessions of a Nonprofit IT Director)
Allan Benamer gives some compelling reasons why Second Life is a waste of time for nonprofits.

Web 2.0 In the Workplace? Not So Fast [4] (The Bamboo Project)
A good summary of an article in IT Business Canada, that reports that organizations have a lot of concerns about using Web 2.0 tools.

2006, Brought to You by You [5](NY Times)
An interesting look at the impact of user generated content on media and society.

Using Blogs for Advocacy [6] (NPAction)
Short but useful case studies on three organizations using blogs for advocacy

The Struggles and Strategies of Online Organizing: An Interview with Leda Dederich [7] (NetSquared)
Britt Bravo interviews Leda Dederich about the huge challenges for small progressive groups trying to adopt technology

Bertie, Blogs and Breast Cancer Care [8] (nfp 2.0)
An interview with Bertie Bosrédon, Head of New Media at Breast Cancer Care, about his experience with social media tools, and factors in nonprofits adopting these tools.

30 Amazing Things You Can Do With Widgets [9] (MicroPersuation)
A graphic tour through some of the things - both very useful and more of the novelty variety - that you can add to your website or blog via widgets.

Evaluating an Open Source Community [10] (Enter Content Here)
A terrific guide to evaluating the activity, leadership, viability and more of the community around an open source tool.

Why FOSS isn't on activist agendas [11] (Linux.com)
A look at some of the benefits of Free and Open Source Software for activists, and some of the disconnects between the activist and Open Source communities.