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Hackers make commenting on city council agenda a breeze
Peter Beland//July 22, 2011//
What do open source software developers 聽have in common with property developers聽? A desire to know stuff and be a part in making that stuff 鈥� “stuff” in this case being what the city council is up to.
Both groups might be pleased to know that the city of Portland will show off its next Friday聽at the , an annual convention that celebrates and shows off all things open source.聽The app combines a weekly RSS feed of city council agendas and lets users to comment on agenda items. So, besides helping property developers stay abreast of meetings that may concern zoning issues and the like, those same citizens can comment on other important issues.
Friday at the conference is for geek and non-geek alike, but if you plan to stay for Saturday, prepare for obscure references and a babble of all fueled by聽round after round of ; it will be an all-day coding fest hosted at Portland tech start-up PHPFog鈥檚 downtown office.
Stay tuned for updates!
Photo by via Flickr
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