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Ship It Weekend Nov 21st-22nd
The Ship It Weekend is our final major event of the year! All skill levels are welcomed as we focus on existing projects that need that last little push.
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Code for America Summit Recap
This month, 52 brigades and over 110 brigade captains and core team members from all across the world got together in Oakland, California for the 2015 Code for America Summit. Open Austin was represented by Brigade Captain, Mateo Clarke, and Delivery Lead, Luqmaan Dawoodjee.
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SXSW Session Proposals of Interest
In 2012, Code for America founder Jen Pahlka was invited to to SXSW Interactive give a keynote address. Every year since, SXSW has presented many sessions of interest to the civic technology community.
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Smart Cities Meetup by CityUp, Aug 25
Are you interested in meeting people who want to improve transportation, safety, health, education, economic opportunity, sustainability, environmental quality, and more by using technology, data, and analytics?
Continue Reading...Open Gov & Civic Tech Meetup, Aug 17
Open Austin hosts a monthly meet-up, to discuss local open government and civic technology issues. Our meet-ups are free and open to the public.
Continue Reading...Open Gov & Civic Tech Meetup, Jul 20
Open Austin hosts a monthly meet-up, to discuss local open government and civic technology issues. Our meet-ups are free and open to the public.
Continue Reading...Press Release: Local volunteers launch free "Pet Alerts" lost pets notification app in time for July 4 weekend
“Pet Alerts” Lost Pet Notification App Launched by Local Civic Technologists Austin, TX (July 1, 2015) – Local volunteers have released a free application that helps Austin area residents recover their lost pets in time for the July 4 weekend, whe...
Continue Reading...Open Gov & Civic Tech Meetup, Jun 15
Date: Mon, Jun 15, 2015 Time: 6:45 – 8:45 pm Location: Terrazas Branch Library, 1105 E. Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX, 78702 (map) Calendar: link Invited Guest: Miles Hutson Topic: Developing a Crime API Miles Hutson wanted to do analysis of crime i...
Continue Reading...ATX Hack for Change 2015, Jun 5-7
Date: Fri, Jun 5 - Sun, Jun 7 Location: St. Edward's University, Austin, TX Event site: http://atxhackforchange.org/ Join a multitude of other hackers, visionaries and civic-minded individuals at Austin's third annual ATX Hack for Change. This is ...
Continue Reading...Open Gov & Civic Tech Meetup, May 18
Date: Mon, May 18, 2015 Time: 6:45 – 8:45 pm Location: Terrazas Branch Library, 1105 E. Cesar Chavez St, Austin, TX, 78702 (map) Calendar: link Invited Guest: Andy Wilson Topic: OpenStreetMap! May 20 update: Slides from Chip Rosenthal are here. Sl...
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