Category Archives: Political

10 Reasons Why City Governments Should Embrace Hackathons





Today is the last day to sign up for Reinvent NYC.GOV, the City’s first-ever hackathon. Civic-minded designers and developers who want to… Continue reading

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“The Last True Hacker” Now Selling Signed Books

The Free Software Foundation is has launched second editions of two landmark publications by Richard Stallman, a.k.a. rms, “the last true Continue reading

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Browser Plugin Blocks Chinese Sites To Protest Artist Ai Weiwei’s Detainment

FAT Lab member Greg Leuch’s browser plugins have been mainly whimsical (abolishing mentions of folks like Justin Bieber and Charlie Sheen)… Continue reading

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Tor Project Wins Award for Role in Middle East Revolutions

The Tor Project has been recognized by the Free Software Foundation for its role in the protests and revolutions around North Africa and the Mid… Continue reading

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U.S. Government Open-Sources IT Dashboard to Help Cut Tech Costs

The United States government has made its IT Dashboard, a cost-cutting tool for federal transparency, freely available for anyone, especially ot… Continue reading

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Dept. of State & 18 Other Governments Apply for Code for America

Code for America, the non-profit organization that creates government-changing apps for communities around the U.S., has received applications f… Continue reading

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The Twitterverse Responds to Protests in Egypt [STATS]

The 662 people I follow on Twitter have been talking about little else besides the protests in Cairo Friday, which continue to escalate in intensity and violence. They are not alone. According to data pulled from real-time analytics tool Trendrr, 245,000 tweets containing “Egypt” were sent between midnight and 1:30 p.m. today, January 28. Thirty […] Continue reading

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Where to Watch the State of the Union Online

The State of the Union will be streaming online in several locations; here’s a quick rundown of URLs to tune into to hear and see U.S. President Barack Obama‘s speech Tuesday. Here are some details you’ll need to know: The address will begin Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at 9 p.m. Eastern Time, 6 p.m. Pacific […] Continue reading

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