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National Day of Civic Hacking in Durham
More than 30 attendees came to the National Day of Civic Hacking event hosted by Code for Durham at Caktus, to collaborate on civic projects that focus on the needs of Durham re... Read more
August 31, 2018 -
Uniqueness is an Advantage
Back in March, the organizers from the Women in Tech summit asked if I’d like to collaborate on a panel on diversity in technology at their Philadelphia summit. Back in October,... Read more
May 17, 2017 -
Caktus at PyCaribbean
For the first time, Caktus will be gold sponsors at PyCaribbean February 18-19th in Bayamon, Puerto Rico. We’re pleased to announce two speakers from our team. Erin Mullaney, ... Read more
February 1, 2017
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RapidCon 2016: RapidPro Developer's Recap
Developer Erin Mullaney was just in Amsterdam for RapidCon, a UNICEF-hosted event for developers using RapidPro, an SMS tool built on Django. The teams that have worked on Rapid... Read more
November 16, 2016 -
Presidential debate questions influenced by open source platform
During the past two presidential debates, moderators from ABC and Fox asked candidates Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump voter-submitted questions from PresidentialOpenQuestions.... Read more
October 25, 2016 -
What We’re Clicking - September 2016 Link Roundup
Every 30 days, we look over the most popular and talked about links that we’ve either shared on social media or amongst ourselves. This month, a lot of the favorites were from o... Read more
September 21, 2016
Upcoming Events
Thursday
Sep 27, 2018 7:00 p.m.
TriPython Monthly Meeting
Caktus Group Tech Space | 108 Morris Street, Durham, NC 27701
Python users in the Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill) North Carolina region meet on the 4th Thursday of each month (except the Novermber and December special meetings on the 3rd Thursdays). We welcome you to join us. TriPython (formerly TriZPUG) has been meeting monthly since 2002 and is fun-loving band ... Learn more
Tuesday
Oct 2, 2018 5:30 p.m.
Code for Durham: Civic Hacking Session
Caktus Group Tech Space | 108 Morris St., Suite 1B, Durham, NC 27701
Have fun. Do good. Co-led by CTO Colin Copeland. This evening is like a study hall for ways to improve Durham. Join technologists, designers, developers, data scientists, map makers, and activists who are working on civic technology projects. This night is for those who want to: Work on existing civic ... Learn more