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Storymakers 2016 Winners

Tech Soup

(Please visit the site to view this video). Our Best Video winner hails from the proud city of Detroit and is the unanimous top choice. Please visit the site to view this video). Please visit the site to view this video). Please visit the site to view this video). Please visit the site to view this video).

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8 Apps That May (Actually) Change San Francisco

Tech Soup

This project began as a Code for America project in Detroit. Prashant and his co-founders identified a need for local data about buildings and real estate in Detroit and discovered that the city was under-resourced when it came to the technical tools needed to collect it. It was the first project of its kind in 28 years. LocalFreeWeb.

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Feelings and Participation

Museum 2.0

Our visitors often see museums as a genre, not unlike hospitals or libraries. Lumin at Detroit Institute of Art Now on to the interactives…I’ve been thinking a great deal about the function of interactives in museums. As important as excellence is, shared success is equally important in this field.

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Using Software and Data to Change the World

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

I had the honor to be the opening keynoter for the first-ever Good Tech Fest , which was held in Detroit on May 22, 2018. Furthermore, instead of having to scan many books at $100 to $5000 apiece, our library now gets five to 10 thousand books each month for free, in a standard format that costs us pennies per book added to our collection.

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