Tag Archives: community

From Collaborative Coding to Wedding Invitations: GitHub Is Going Mainstream | Wired.com

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“The open, collaborative workflow we have created for software development is so appealing that it’s gaining traction for non-software projects that require significant collaboration,” says GitHub cofounder and CEO Tom Preston-Werner.

With 3.4 million users, the five-year-old site is a runaway hit in the hacker community, the go-to place for coders to show off pet projects and crowdsource any improvements. But the company has grander ambitions: It wants to change the way people work. It’s starting with software developers for sure, but maybe one day anyone who edits text in one form or another — lawyers, writers, and civil servants — will do it the GitHub way.

See the full story: From Collaborative Coding to Wedding Invitations: GitHub Is Going Mainstream | Wired Enterprise | Wired.com.

Libraries Meeting Community Needs: Offering Tools, Fishing Rods, Telescopes for Patrons to Borrow

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A library card may get you more than you think
The library has evolved and checks out more than just books. Patrons also may borrow things like clippers and fishing rods. NBC’s John Yang reports. 

See the news video clip here from NBC News.

‘Teachers on Pinterest’ Offers Education-Based Inspiration | PCMag.com

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[T]his week announced a new effortto support “a community of creative, inspiring and hard-working people who make a difference to millions of kids everyday” — teachers.

A number of elementary school educators have already joined the fray, partnering on the launch of Teachers on Pinterest, where teachers can find everything from lesson plans for different grades to classroom decorating ideas.

Pinterest is also working with the online educators’ resource Edutopia to continue building the website’s education-focused community.

See the full story: ‘Teachers on Pinterest’ Offers Education-Based Inspiration | News & Opinion | PCMag.com.

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Mapping Creative Spaces Around The World | Co.Exist

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If you’re looking for a creative space–a place to work that truly fosters collaboration, a place to learn new skills, a community of like-minded artists and entrepreneurs–you probably look on Yelp or do a Google search. That won’t yield much. These spaces are scattered across Yelp categories, and a Google search for “creative spaces” shows just a smattering of local spots. That’s what Berlin-based consulting studio ignore gravity discovered while researching creative spaces around the world.

So the studio pulled together data on hundreds of creative spaces and presented them in the Creative Space Explorer, a tool that lets users pinpoint creative spaces on a global map–and add their own. ” We define ‘creative space’ as an enviro that consciously is set up to trigger collaboration in a creative way,'” explains Max Krüger, one of the creators of Creative Space Explorer.

See the full article: Mapping Creative Spaces Around The World | Co.Exist | ideas + impact.

Mapping Creative Spaces Around The World | Co.Exist | ideas + impact

Declaration for the Right to Libraries | American Libraries Magazine

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On July 30, ALA President Barbara Stripling unveiled the “Declaration for the Right to Libraries” during a signing ceremony at Nashville (Tenn.) Public Library. The Declaration is the cornerstone document of Stripling’s presidential initiative, “Libraries Change Lives,” which is designed to build the public will and sustain support for America’s right to libraries of all types—academic, special, school, and public. Stripling’s initiative will focus on transformative library practices in literacy, innovation, and community engagement.

via Declaration for the Right to Libraries | American Libraries Magazine.

Declaration for the Right to Libraries

LiveJournal Still Rules in Russia | Mashable

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Quotable: “Without a better option that combines simple blogging with a strong community feel, it’s likely that LiveJournal will remain Russia’s primary blogging platform — unless, of course, another young idealist builds a brave new platform with free speech, not profit, in mind.”

via LiveJournal Still Rules in Russia | Mashable.

Some comments about censorship in Russia that may be of interest in the article.

The Rise Of The Niche Social Network ⚙ Co.Labs

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Far from being a marketer’s worst nightmare, smaller, more focused networks are becoming places where people actually listen.

via The Rise Of The Niche Social Network ⚙ Co.Labs ⚙ code + community.

Taking Embedded Librarianship To the Next Level | ALA TechSource

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Taking Embedded Librarianship To the Next Level | ALA TechSource

Pew: 6 Percent of American Adults Use Reddit | News & Opinion | PCMag.com

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Reddit, the self-proclaimed “front page of the Internet,” has finally earned a place at the social network table.

The online community, which allows people to submit content and vote it up or down based on interest, is used by 6 percent of U.S. Internet users, according to the Pew Research Center.

via Pew: 6 Percent of American Adults Use Reddit | News & Opinion | PCMag.com.

For full discussion and charts see: 6% of Online Adults are reddit Users | Pew Internet

Ms. Pac Man at the Chattanooga Public Library « Tame The Web

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Another great idea to bring community members to the library!

Ms. Pac Man at the Chattanooga Public Library

Video gaming in libraries isn’t a new thing.  It seems to have picked up steam in the last decade and is now something that most libraries will offer to their communities.  This is a good thing: video games can be fun, rewarding, help those playing them understand stories/character/plot, and so much more.

Public libraries are places where people come together and experience something.  Why not have a bit of that something be an arcade machine?

via Ms. Pac Man at the Chattanooga Public Library « Tame The Web.