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National Day of Civic Hacking -- NOT IN DC

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So I have been biting/holding my tongue about the upcoming National Day of Civic Hacking (Hack for Change.org) which is this Saturday May 31th - Sunday June 1st. and really can't for the good of good hackathons.  Namely because of articles I'm reading on NPR that are incorrectly stating that a hackathon is happening in DC. Since clearly nothing is happening -just click on the image above and see for yourself.      "Washington, D.C. is doing a transparency camp where hundreds of people will gather to share knowledge about how to use new technologies and policies to make the government work more effectively for the people."  Some might be asking why I'm so beefed up about all of this and I believe I have a good answer. For the second year in a row, the hackathon that started many of these RHoKDC is not happening-- last years was canceled and this year I was asked not to do one by the organizers of this event.    The cr...

Tweeting about a poem for Maya Angelou

Here's a poem I just wrote - 'Maya Angelou' by Nelson Jacobsen: http://t.co/QWznqeCPKb — Nelson Jacobsen (@sonofnels) May 28, 2014 RIP Maya Angelou