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ATX Hack for Change 2014
(Event website here: http://atxhackforchange.org/) St. Edward’s University, Open Austin and SXSW Interactive Present 2nd Annual ATX Hack for Change AUSTIN, Texas – St. Edward’s University, with...
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New Resource: How to Use the City Data Portal
You may know that the City of Austin runs an open data portal, with more than 200 unique open government datasets. The data portal, however, is much more than a mere file repository. It offers features...
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Cute Pets Austin: It’s Live … and Adorable
Our latest deployment is a Twitterbot called Cute Pets Austin. Every fews hours, it locates a pet that’s a recent Austin Animal Center intake, and posts a tweet with information on that animal. Our...
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Code Across Austin V: Civic Hack Summit / Sat, Feb 28
Date: Sat, Feb 28, 2015 Registration: 9:30 – 10:00 am Time: 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Location: The Iron Yard, 3601 South Congress Ave, Bldg C, Austin, TX 78704 (map) The event is free, but seating is...
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PetAlerts lost pets app released for public testing
When a pet goes missing, it is one of the most distressing experiences a person can have, and there are more questions than answers – where do I look, what should I do, who should I call, and what’s...
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Code Across Austin V: Civic Hack Summit Recap
Code Across Austin V / Civic Hack Summit was held on Feb 28, 2015. This event was part of national Code Across activity. sponsored by Code for America. For this year’s Code Across Austin event, we...
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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...
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Press Release: Local volunteers launch free “Pet Alerts” lost pets...
“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...
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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...
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Ship It Weekend 2015 Event Summary
The goal for our first ever Ship It Weekend was to create a comfortable space for teams and new civic hackers to push forward on existing projects. Our sponsors graciously provided fast wifi, good...
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