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New University Collaboration Aims to Support Civic-Minded Tech

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The 21-member-strong Public Interest Technology University Network, backed by a trio of large nonprofits and a number of major schools, aims to bring together the worlds of public policy and tech. The time to harness technologies’ potential to do good is now.

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Out of Bloom: Lessons from a Nonprofit’s Demise

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Part of the problem may be that the technology was ready before the public was. ” Building first is a bad idea: In his statement on the demise of inBloom , the company’s CEO, Iwan Streichenberger, noted that the database technology was in place before it had public support. What happened?

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111 Intriguing Chats for 2011

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ahier - Brian Ahier; The Dalles, Oregon; Passionate about healthcare, technology and government 2.0. Dig design, innovation, technology. andreamiller20 - Andrea Miller; Atlanta; Elementary Instructional Technology Specialist. dcoriale - David Coriale; President, DelCor Technology Solutions, Inc. Fun w/ wine. Army Veteran.