Help SPARKcon Meet Their Crowdfunding Goal

Jul 11, 2014 | Arts, Entertainment, Events

By Jason Hibbets SPARKcon is an open source, for-the-people by-the-people festival. During a four day span each September, SPARKcon activates the creative momentum of the NC Triangle in Downtown Raleigh. But the time is now to help donate and show your early support...

SPARKcon Launches Crowdfunding Campaign

Jul 21, 2013 | Arts, Events

A festival curated by the community, SPARKcon is organized chaos resulting in bursts of innovation and creativity. Call it an open source festival in an open source city. The sparks—those wranglers of ideas and talented folks centering around various types of creative...

Getting Ready for BarCampRDU 2013

May 14, 2013 | Events, Technology

Over 150 open source and technology enthusiasts are planning to attend BarCampRDU this weekend on NC State’s Centennial Campus. Participants are polishing up creative talks, presentations, sessions ideas, hardware demonstrations, and much more. I even saw a...

Save Our State at CityCamp NC

May 7, 2013 | Events

There are a lot of interesting things happening at the North Carolina Legislature this year. And while some of the politics may turn you off, there is a way that you can make change happen in NC—and it doesn’t involve lobbying your representatives. You can join...

Learn about open source at the FOSS Fair

Feb 5, 2013 | Events, Technology

Join over 100 open source enthusiast on Saturday, February 9 in Engineering Building 2 (EB2) on NCSU’s Centennial Campus for the 2013 FOSS Fair. The Free and open source software (FOSS) day is an unconference style event similar to BarCamp. An unconference is a...