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Mar 22 / 11:44am

Wonderful life lessons from a developer turning 40.

Matt will cover a bunch of lessons he’s learned in the past decade of life as he embarks on turning 40. They eschew much of the Techcrunch/ReadWriteWeb/Mashable world by focusing on taking a longer term view of your work and focusing on life/work balance and having a happy life as well as a fulfilling career.

Filed under  //  inspiring   programming   video  
Mar 8 / 2:31pm

Code for America's Jennifer Pahlka at TED.

It’s easy to get lost in particulars of CfA’s work: the apps, the code, etc. But at TED last month, our founder Jennifer Pahlka reminds us that it’s about much more than that, it’s about citizenship and how the internet is fundamentally reshaping the way government can work. As promised, here’s the video:

Filed under  //  CfA   Gov 2.0 / Transparency / Civic Stack   conferences   hacktivism   video  
Jan 14 / 7:08am

Go Bernie! Petition for constitutional ammendment that corporations NEQ people.

  

Sen. Bernie Sanders has proposed a constitutional amendment that would overturn the Supreme Court decision in a case called Citizens United vs. FEC.  

The Saving American Democracy Amendment states that:

  • Corporations are not persons with constitutional rights equal to real people.
  • Corporations are subject to regulation by the people.
  • Corporations may not make campaign contributions or any election expenditures.
  • Congress and states have the power to regulate campaign finances.

Filed under  //  Corporations   action   government/politics   video