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NewsCloud Seeking Seattle-Based Contractors

reifman — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:48:28 -0500

NewsCloud is seeking applicants for the following contract positions. There are four contract slots at this time:

1) Multidisciplinary Software Project and Partnership/Outreach/Marketing Manager

2) PHP/Facebook Developer I

3) PHP/Facebook Developer II

4) Web Community Moderator, Customer Support and Fulfillment

Full listings are available here...
http://www.newscloud.com/jobs

Social Media Toolkit Updated: RSS, Twitter, SiteMaps, SimplePie et al.

reifman — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 04:48:18 -0500

I've updated the Social Media Toolkit to v0.11 with a number of features taken from the NewsCloud platform:

Announcing the Alpha Release of Social Media Toolkit

reifman — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:59:44 -0400

I am happy to share an early testing release of the NewsCloud Social Media Toolkit with you.

Open Translation Tool: Aspiration's paper for translating open content

amysampleward — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 09:53:55 -0400

Aspiration, a nonprofit focused on connecting nonprofit organizations with the best software available, just released Open Translation Tools: Disruptive Potential to Broaden Access to Knowledge—a paper documenting learnings and outcomes from the first-ever Open Translation Tools Convergence.

You can learn more and download the paper from Aspiration's website here.

Building a Ubiquitous Social Network - Interview With Chris Messina

jedsundwall — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 01:14:22 -0400

Chris Messina, champion of the open Internet, talks to us about how he's trying to make online social networks "like air," and how that'll open opportunities for organizations and individuals working for social benefit.

Fighting Taxation Without Information: Interview with Eric Odom

jedsundwall — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 22:47:45 -0400

Eric Odom talks to us about how the Sam Adams Alliance is using open source software to bring transparency to the corners of American democracy that often go overlooked.

Jed Sundwall: What is the stated mission of the Sam Adams Alliance?

Eric Odom: The Sam Adams Alliance has existed for a year and a half. It's a 501(c)3 that focuses and education and information and it also has 501(c)4 because of our work across the country with activists and leadership training.

Open Philanthropy - Interview with Mark Surman from the Shuttleworth Foundation

jedsundwall — Thu, 12 Jun 2008 17:00:49 -0400

Mark Surman, expert on collaboration, community building and social technology talks to us about how the Shuttleworth Foundation is kick starting South Africa's knowledge economy by using the principles that have made open source so successful.

Open source, open standards, open data

jimcraner — Fri, 23 May 2008 20:37:53 -0400

Hi everyone - I'm Jim Craner; I'm the managing partner of a nonprofit-focused web development group, the Chicago Technology Cooperative, and I'm really looking forward to meeting everyone at N2Y3! I'm an Advocate and one of the volunteer developers for the Movesmart.org project (N2Y3 profile) - a mashup providing housing-seekers with information on neighborhood amenities, quality of life indicators, affordable housing opportunities, and the services and programs of community based organizations.

Open Source Facebook Application Meetup

reifman — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:27:50 -0400

We're having our first code meetup in Seattle. This is the first in what will hopefully be a monthly series on open source code development and the NewsCloud platform.

At the first session, we'll be talking about LAMP-based open source development tools and the open source Facebook Application Newsroom framework. If you're interested in learning more about Facebook application development, this will be a great introductory session.

I recommend that you have basic PHP/MySQL skills to get the most from this session.

Please RSVP so we can keep a headcount of how many people to expect.

WHEN: Tuesday, April 22, 6:30 - 8:30 PM
WHERE: Uptown Espresso meeting room in Belltown (corner of 4th and Wall)

LEARN MORE:
http://blog.newscloud.com/2008/04/reminder-open-s.html

Open Source Geeks Come Together for Drupal Camp Vancouver - May 9-10

DaveO — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 19:09:23 -0400

{Cross posted in various forms at Vancouver Drupal Camp Group, Urban Vancouver and Now Public - please spread the word}

First there was an idea, then we chose a date (May 9-10), set up a relevant Drupal Group, now there is a location (SFU Wosk Centre and Workspace) and finally a Drupal Camp Vancouver website.

Indeed, the rag-tag band of volunteers is steadily working to wrangle Drupal Camp Vancouver into a knowledge-sharing fest of unparalleled fun and untold benefits.

Consider this notice that DrupalCampVancouver.org is alive and slowly percolating up with the relevant details and useful information including Sponsor info (and checklist), Volunteer info (and organizer props), and the important Call for Speakers.

Registration will open this week so keep your eyes open for details to be among the chosen.

For those who don't know, Drupal is an open source Content Management System which powers many of your other favorite community driven sites like Now Public, Net Squared and Urban Vancouver plus activist minded projects like desmogblog, happyfrog.ca and many many more.

How can you help?

Great question! 'Tis a busy time for all (including many involved with Open Web this week) so volunteers are important to spread the work around. Big thanks to those who've signed on so far. Have a bit of time? Then consider signing up by Contacting the organizers to help out (no big deal eh) and see ya at DrupalCampVancouver.org.