This past weekend was the National Day of Civic Hacking. While for many of us, hacking brings up ominous images of security systems being overridden and important data being stolen, a hackathon is quite the opposite. During a hackathon, a number of techie people get together to solve problems. When you have engineers, programmers, user-interface…
Can a new rural rescue squad website promote public safety? How much more effective could a jobs bank be if the task of posting jobs were cut in half? How many additional people would a food shelf serve if they had a web presence? Thanks to the Vermont Digital Economy Project, Code for BTV, and…
Heidi M. Nikolaidis, of the Bethel Historical Society, received help from Rob Fish on the society’s Facebook Page. Here’s what she learned: A few weeks ago we first heard about the grant from the Vermont Digital Economy Project. We filled out the online survey for non-profits, on behalf of the Bethel Historical Society. Rob Fish…
