http://bradspangler.com/blog/archives/462 the bottom of the rabbit hole Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:09:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 http://bradspangler.com/blog/archives/462/comment-page-1#comment-11186 Social Memory Complex » Activism on Rails Sat, 02 Sep 2006 23:11:48 +0000 http://www.bradspangler.com/blog/archives/462#comment-11186 [...] Via the impeccably relevant Brad Spangler, I’ve learned that there is a Rails project to build a web application for social organizing and direct democracy called Crabgrass.  If you’re a Rails developer who wants to see the web become a more productive venue for political activism, I strongly urge you to volunteer.  And if you’re experienced in web development but haven’t given Rails a try yet, here’s your chance (this video should pique your interest). Social movements have grown more adept at using the web to communicate publicly. However, we could still use a lot of help in communicating amongst ourselves. In particular, we need the ability to communicate securely; the ability to make decisions between groups and networks that are geographically disbursed; and the ability to have a decision process that is easy to understand, transparent, and directly democratic. [...] [...] Via the impeccably relevant Brad Spangler, I’ve learned that there is a Rails project to build a web application for social organizing and direct democracy called Crabgrass.  If you’re a Rails developer who wants to see the web become a more productive venue for political activism, I strongly urge you to volunteer.  And if you’re experienced in web development but haven’t given Rails a try yet, here’s your chance (this video should pique your interest). Social movements have grown more adept at using the web to communicate publicly. However, we could still use a lot of help in communicating amongst ourselves. In particular, we need the ability to communicate securely; the ability to make decisions between groups and networks that are geographically disbursed; and the ability to have a decision process that is easy to understand, transparent, and directly democratic. [...]

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