Archive for the 'Technology' Category

• Beaconfire Contributes to Open Source CMS Report from Idealware (July 24th)

• CMS Evals: Leading a horse to water… (June 22nd)

• Teens 4 Planet Earth Moves to Ning (June 10th)

• AAHSA Ektron Site Build (February 27th)

• No PHP? No problem! (January 27th)

• How’s Your Project Going? – Metrics for Development Builds (January 25th)

• So you want to build a facebook application, now what? (January 16th)

• You Think the Red Button is Better, But How Do You Know? (December 22nd)

• Newsflash: Cobblers’ Children FINALLY Get New Shoes! (December 16th)

• Using Your iPhone for Good (Instead of Evil) (December 15th)

  

  Part Two of a Two-Part Series

  In our last episode, we explored why the iPhone is the Devil, and the downfall of Western Civilization as we know it. Or is it?

  Fortunately, in addition to the aforementioned tools of evil, there is a tremendous range of applications that can be used to better yourself or the world around you. In spite of having one of the many Solitaire applications, the noble stuff is what I like to show people when they ask if they can see my phone. And this category of apps continues to grow, as non-profits and other civic-minded folks realize the potential of the iPhone to help bring their message to the masses. There are even personal finance applications, which I have to imagine will advise one to stop wasting their money on virtual beer applications. (iBeer was $2.99, last I checked.) More of my amazing insights, below the fold. (more…)