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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 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). 

GR GiveCamp volunteers camp out at the YMCA.

Photo Credit: Eric Stoike

GR GiveCamp volunteers camp out at the YMCA.

GR GiveCamp enlists over 100 tech volunteers to help 23 nonprofits

Tech volunteers and nonprofit representatives go over project steps.<p></p><br />

Photo Credit: Eric Stoike

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.

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