Startup costs are at an all time low, ideas are everywhere, and there are millions of content-creating users out there ready to help out. It's never been a better time to be a webby guy who's into webby things. These are good times. These are the salad days. New services, tools, and sites bubble...

One of the most interesting webby things I get to do here at Blackbaud is produce, host, and edit all of our podcasts. Podcasting is a great way for any organization to create inexpensive social media that is informational, portable, and shareable. We have three different brands of podcasts here at Blackbaud...

Yesterday I participated in the NTEN Office Hours program by hosting a session in the Communication Track ...which we all know these days means webby things. I was a bit nervous going into the session, but I have to say it was a lot of fun - and a great example of using web technology to provide real...

When I have the pleasure of talking with leaders in nonprofit organizations, two things come up again and again as critical to building a sustainable future: the need to achieve a broader and better view of their constituents; and the need to reach them in new and more meaningful ways. Anticipate There...

The technology world is full of buzz words that make up a language all their own. With the turn of the 21st century, software as a service (“SaaS”) took its place in the dictionary of technology terms that are redefining the way many organizations plan for the future. With the web as the virtual foundation...

I'm really not obsessed with Twitter...well, no more than you are at least. OK, maybe a little more. Either way, I just wrote this article for Fundraising Well and The NonProfit Times , and thought it should end up here on Webby Things. Enjoy! Twitter Makes Relationships Work — Right Now Social networking...

My brain has been buzzing ever since I read the big Google Friend Connect press release yesterday. Social networks form natural silos or walled gardens, and even FriendFeed may not be able to break them down (despite an AMAZING feature set - I've loving you FriendFeed ). This is a big challenge,...

Blackbaud's Conference for Nonprofits in Montreal is off to a brilliant start this morning, and Twitter updates are allowing attendees to share the experience with their followers. The era of microblogging ( Twitter ), lifestreaming ( Socialthing! and FriendFeed ), and mobile broadcasting ( Qik ...

Have you checked out Woopra yet? Woopra is a web analytics tool that not only delivers revolutionary real-time data, but does so with stunning beauty. The day trader vibe of the user interface makes me think all webmasters using this tool will soon be channeling their inner Jim Cramer , with a touch...

As with most webby-types, I'm becoming hopelessly addicted to Twitter . That said, I have a lot of trouble explaining to skeptics how tiny updates about what people are doing can actually be useful. They don't see that while Twitter appears to be about nothing, it is really about everything ...