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Civic Tech Design 101 for the Next Generation of Tech Talent Code for San Francisco is a community space where volunteers network, experiment, explore new skills, job-seek and build projects to serve community needs. The Dev/Mission Fellowship began as a pilot program in 2018 to see if the C4SF volunteer […]

I am part of a San Francisco Brigade team that has been partnering with SFHIP for almost a year now on a data visualization project that looks at alcohol licenses in San Francisco, specifically those establishments that sell alcohol to be sold off premise. Before any mapping or visualization could […]

It took a little longer than I expected, but Video Droid, my local video store that closed last year, was finally replaced with a gym. The epic Tower Records in my old neighborhood in NYC’s Village was replaced with some kind of gym. Ditto, the Barnes & Noble a few […]

An interesting convergence was on view at the 2010 Bay Area Maker Faire. One of this year’s major corporate sponsors was the Ford Motor Company. Your first reaction may be that the DIY festival has sold its soul for corporate sponsorship gold. In fact, what was on display this year […]

It’s not like I didn’t see it coming. It still hurts though. Our local video store is closing.

There is a crisis brewing that we can no longer afford to ignore. It seems that a day doesn’t go by with some Photoshop hatchet job causing a stir. Perhaps the most infamous is the image Ralph Lauren concocted. If you haven’t seen it, just Google, “Ralph Lauren Photoshop”. It’s […]