Friday, May 24th, 2013
from Joe’s team at CTCluster: Joe passed away on April 25, 2013. He died peacefully in his sleep a day after undergoing surgery to remove a tumor. He was 72 years old. Joe grew up outside Detroit, MI. He graduated from Howard University in Washington, D.C. with a BA. He was the son of Joseph
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013
A 21st Century alternative May Day event took place in Jack London Square, one not requiring a march to the barricades to participate. A different kind of revolution was proposed by Jennifer Pahlka, the founder of Code...
Wednesday, April 24th, 2013
On Monday, a group of Oakland’s civic hackers (the good guys) launched a powerful and simple new tool into the newly announced city budget debate. OpenBudgetOakland.org is an app that allows you to easily dive into different...
Monday, April 22nd, 2013
It’s not only the City of Oakland that’s reshaping its culture through civic hackathons and a focus on Open Data; the county of Alameda has jumped in in a big way as well. Inspired in part by...