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Open Data and Civic Hacking

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A couple of weeks ago we hosted Steve Spiker ( @spjika ) at a NetSquared San Francisco event, who talked about how his organizations Urban Strategies Council and OpenOakland tackled data projects in Oakland, California. Open Source data NetSquared TechSoup Event apps' Check out the Netsquared blog for a detailed write-up.

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Hiatus

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

Home About Me Subscribe Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology Thoughtful and sometimes snarky perspectives on nonprofit technology Hiatus August 26, 2008 As many of you know, I’m about to make a big move: to the left coast, to the big city of Oakland (or thereabouts). This is a good move for me, in many ways. Be Helpful.

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Tidbits

Zen and the Art of Nonprofit Technology

open source, etc. Vote for them , especially the one I’m helping out with (David Geilhufe is the spearhead) on open source CRM. I’m really psyched about the Nonprofit Development Summit , happening here, in my (current) fair city, Oakland (I love it that I don’t have to travel so much anymore.)

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TechSoup Global at National Day of Civic Hacking

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Open source champion Brian Behlendorf spoke at the event, encouraging the hackers to focus on finding an interesting problem to solve rather than worrying about building a sustainable model. ReWrite Oakland. Image 3: ReWrite Oakland, Caravan Studios. Did you or your organization participate in NDoCH?

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7 LGBT Tech Projects You Need to Know

Tech Soup

Formed in response to the growing employment and economic barriers that plague the transgender (sometimes called "trans") community, Trans*H4ck is a series of hackathons that bring visibility to trans entrepreneurs and innovators while developing new and useful open-source tech products that benefit the trans community.

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Mozilla Service Week Kick-off

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Long-time Mozilla community Ken Saunders reached out to Tutors for All and is volunteering to redesign their website , while Yale’s Free Culture Club is hosting an educational event on Free and Open Source Software. Our partner OneWebDay also has a variety of service events taking place on and around Sept.

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Tell Your Community's Story with NetSquared

Tech Soup

Oakland, California: Office 365 for Nonprofits — Bay Area! Portland, Oregon: Secret Knowledge of Open Source. Thursday, September 18, 2014. Naples, Florida: Return to Basics: WordPress Walk-in Clinic. North Richland Hills, Texas: Managing Your Biggest Asset: Relationships and Community Engagement.