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Software Freedom Day in Boston is a Wealth for the Commons: Saturday September 20 2008

11 September 2008 - 1:15pm | FreeDeb
by Deborah Nicholson (Advocate)

BOSTON - It's Saturday and a roomful of people are advising each other on modifying their mobile devices, optimizing their GNU/Linux systems and organizing for software freedom. But it's not a room full of experts - at least not mostly. Artists, activists, students and others want the freedom to do anything they want with their computers and they're here to learn new tricks and garner shortcuts from each other.

Connect Communicate Collaborate

16 May 2008 - 10:58am | Felicia
by Felicia M. Sullivan

If you belief that technology is an important tool the affect change, then the annual Grassroots Use of Technology Conference is the place for you. Join other like-minded folks on Saturday, June 28th (all day) in Lowell, MA to share ideas about how to more effectively use technology in your day-to-day fight for justice.

This year's theme is "Connect, Communicate, and Collaborate"; it focuses on the new technologies and organizing tools available for connecting organizers and their communities.

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