Austin Time Exchange 1st Anniversary Celebration Please come celebrate with us!!! You are invited to attend an event marking the 1st anniversary of the Austin Time Exchange. On Sunday, June 3rd from 6pm-9pm, we will be hosting a gathering at Monkey Wrench Books. We will be enjoying beer and light refreshments from 6pm-8pm and will … Continue reading
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Gift Economy of a mystic
A recent article about Paulo Coelho (a Brazilian writer whose works are filled with mysticism) describes how his bookshelves collapsed one day and he realized he was hoarding things he didn’t need. So, now his shelves are empty and he regularly leaves his books on park benches and other places when he is done. In … Continue reading
Software and patents
A lot of people who understand and enjoy Open Source Software don’t necessarily realize one of the main problems with the way the Software industry entrenches itself in a way to remove the ability to innovate form the general public and society as whole.. Software is a mutant in the sense that it can be … Continue reading
Economia Solidária
Economia Solidária I have trouble blogging frequently because I use to write fully researched articles and was called a journalist before bloggers came along. Instead of infrequency, I think I’ll settle for short bursts like others do. This time, I’ll point out the remembrance that I understand Spanish and Portuguese. I often enjoy story that … Continue reading
Upcoming Time Exchange Orientations
Austin Time Exchangehttp://www.austintimeexchange.orgThese are the dates for upcoming Time Exchange orientations. Orientation Dates Tuesday, May 8th at 7:00pm — Ventana del Soul Cultural Center, 1834 E. Oltorf Saturday, May. 12th at 11:30am — Terrazas Branch Library, 1105 E. Cesar Chavez St. Monday, June 4th at 7:00pm — Terrazas Branch Library, 1105 E. Cesar Chavez St. … Continue reading
Codeathon Participants Earn Time Exchange For Their Volunteer Time
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
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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