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8 Apps That May (Actually) Change San Francisco

Tech Soup

In San Francisco, sometimes one can feel a bit cynical about the influx of frivolous technology with billion dollar valuations. No Place Like Home. Did you know that San Francisco renters are seven times more likely to get buyout offers than eviction notices? Referral Services. The project was created by the St.

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LocalFreeWeb Combines Digital Inclusion with Public Transportation

Tech Soup

Q: What happens when you bring app developers together with nonprofits and libraries along with some coffee thrown in? I spoke with Joseph Tanigawa from Code for San Francisco (our local chapter of Code for America), who presented LocalFreeWeb at the previous breakfast. Collaborating with Public Libraries.

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TechSoup Global at National Day of Civic Hacking

Tech Soup

San Francisco Day of Civic Hacking. This hackathon took place at San Francisco State University's Paul J. Leonard Library. freespace], San Francisco. TechSoup Global's Ale Bezdekian attended another San Francisco event, but it was much different from the one at San Francisco State.

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Mobile Tech Connects Kids to Summer Meals

Tech Soup

Referrers include staff from nonprofits, community centers, public libraries, and other organizations that work with youth during the summer months. The free app provides a user with the nearest places for youth to get a summer meal. " How Libraries Can Use Range. Many larger public library systems (such as Washington, D.C.

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Using Software and Data to Change the World

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

Donors and communities are announcing big hairy audacious goals – end modern slavery, get to zero chronic and veteran homelessness, increase job opportunities for certain communities by a factor of two – or ten! Collectively, we are getting ambitious about social change. But wait, there’s more! Let’s go!

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29-Day Giving Challenge: An Interview with Cami Walker

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I was in a very dark place struggling with a very serious health condition. I have multiple sclerosis, and my life was in a very awful place. About a month later things were even worse, and I was in an even worse place. That's really not a good place for any human being to be, honestly. It started with me. I was broke.