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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. They designed an open-source mobile browser-based app that allows the user to quickly collect and map data while on the ground. No Place Like Home. The project was created by the St.

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CommunityOne West and JavaOne: Free Event in San Francisco for Open Source Developers and Other Techies for Good

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The co-located conferences CommunityOne West and JavaOne are shaping up to be a great opportunity for techies for good to get some information, inspiration, and maybe even some hands-on training at these FREE events in San Francisco next month. Tags: cloud computing CommunityOne NPTech nptech event Open Source.

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SocialCoding4Good Going International with Random Hacks of Kindness

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

We realized that our humanitarian free and open source software (HFOSS) partners had important roadmap projects with tremendous potential, but in many cases lacked the resources to design, prototype and develop them.

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Penguin Day: Pre-NTC Open Source Learning Opportunity

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Flickr Photo by Green Moon Penguin Day is coming to San Francisco on Saturday, April 25, 2009, right before the NTC. Full details about this opportunity to explore open source software are at [link]. Sessions will include: Introduction to Free and Open Source Software. Creative Commons And Open Content.

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My Year in Drupal: The Power of a Collaborative Community

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More recently, I flew down to San Francisco to take part in the Nonprofit Summit at BADCamp that I’d co-coordinated, where I got to hear from the Bay Area folks about Drupal and nonprofits in their neck of the woods. drupal Drupal Day Open Source thinkshout Web Sites IT Staff'

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2009 NTC Preview: Laura Quinn on Open Source Content Management

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I spoke with her about her session at the 2009 NTC , " Comparing Open Source CMSs: Joomla, Drupal, and Plone ", and why CMS seems to be the area where open source has really taken off in the sector: . Here's a secret: Laura doesn't have warm fuzzy feelings about San Francisco.

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Find an Awesome Nonprofit Tech Training Near You

Tech Soup

San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Kitchener, Ontario: Promoting Open Source. San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. San Francisco, California: Hack Your Desk: DIY Workplace Wellness.