Participants earn time to receive services for their work building open source software to benefit the nonprofit community. (Austin, TX) The Austin Time Exchange Network (ATEN) helps people trade an hour of work for another hour of work within a community. Instead of bartering between just two people and placing different values on the service, … Continue reading
Monthly Archives: April 2007
Consensus and the Commons
In the Future of Ideas and Money and Lessig and Lietaer posts, a community currency is compared to the Internet. Both of them form an innovation commons. Associated with community currency design is protocol. Contrast this with national money where laws generally regulate use. Protocols on the Internet are generally established by the IETF. Jeanette … Continue reading
austin / nonprofit / nptech / open source / penguin day
Austin Penguin Day, April 28th
We are looking for nonprofits to attend, but also for technology professionals willing to present or just participate in sessions to add to the information presented. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++Penguin Day Comes To Austinwww.austinpenguinday.org Popular One Day Conference Showcasing Open Source Technology Use For Nonprofits And Communities Makes Austin Debut Austin, a city well known for its technology-centric … Continue reading
Codeathon 2.0
CODEATHON 2.0 PRESENTED BY KNOWBILITY AND LEAGUE OF TECHNICAL VOTERS Create open source software to benefit nonprofits. Two events! Two chances to participate! Free food, prizes, unique entertainment. All types and skill levels of designers needed. Collaborate on issues of usability and accessibility, graphical interface and high-level software architecture. More info and to sign up:http://codeathon.pbwiki.com/ … Continue reading
Tangled Up in the Future – Lessig and Lietaer
This is a followup to The Future of Ideas and Money. Bernard Lietaer reveals the difference between money and currency. What a central authority requires in payment of taxes, thereby imposing it as legal tender, is money. Taxes lock us into money. Money is the Yang. It promotes competition and scarcity created through hierarchy. Currency … Continue reading
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