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Charles Nutter (right) speaks with Drew Colthorp at SoftwareGR

Charles Nutter (right) speaks with Drew Colthorp at SoftwareGR

Ruby language developer speaks at SoftwareGR

by SoftwareGR (SoftwareGR) on Monday Mar 29th, 2010 in NON-PROFIT

by Matthew Fletcher
 

Charles Nutter visited Grand Rapids last week to speak at the March SoftwareGR event. Charles is one of the core developers of the JRuby programming technology. JRuby is an alternative implementation of the popular Ruby programming language; its advantage over the standard Ruby implementation is that it runs on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM). 

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GR GiveCamp volunteers camp out at the YMCA.

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GR GiveCamp volunteers camp out at the YMCA.

GR GiveCamp enlists over 100 tech volunteers to help 23 nonprofits

dennetmint by Denise Cheng (dennetmint) on Saturday Nov 14th, 2009 in NEWS
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Tech volunteers and nonprofit representatives go over project steps.


Nonprofits are notoriously low on funds, but in the Web 2.0 age, a strong, online presence is crucial for nonprofits to connect with their donors, volunteers and community.

Two years ago, developers in Dallas, TX with a penchant for social good put together their own remedy: GiveCamp. This weekend-long, volunteer-run event addresses nonprofit tech needs by pairing nonprofits with volunteer Web developers, programmers and designers. The concept spread and since then, there has been over ten cities involved and three GiveCamps in Michigan.

About: Denise Cheng (dennetmint)

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Citizen journalism coordinator for The Rapidian. Bicycle commuter, experimental cook, aspiring athlete, infrequent pianist and tea junkie. A proud Midtownie, but a West Coast girl at heart.

Reports on: Tech, Midtown neighborhood, anything that catches my fancy, &c.


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