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Introducing Octokit.net
Octokit is a family of client libraries for the GitHub API. Back in May, we released Octokit libraries for Ruby and Objective-C. Today we’re releasing the third member of the…October 30, 2013
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Disabling old IP addresses
We’ve made some significant upgrades to the network infrastructure powering GitHub, and it’s time to turn off some of the old gear. We’ve updated DNS records to point at our…October 30, 2013
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Shanghai Drinkup
Hello Shanghai! Join @bhuga and @PeterBell for a drinkup to kick off QCon Shanghai this Thursday! You don’t need to attend the conference to join us, and you don’t need…October 29, 2013
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Stay in sync with GitHub for Windows
Today we released an update to GitHub for Windows allowing you to quickly see when a branch is no longer in sync with its remote. Right next to the sync…October 24, 2013
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Passion Projects with Jen Myers
Join us on Tuesday, October 29th, for the next event in our Passion Projects talk series with designer Jen Myers. Jen is a web designer and developer and part of…October 22, 2013
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2013 Dodgeball Tournament
Last year, 20 teams faced off on the dodgeball court, (in the name of charity, of course). It was a ton of fun, and we were able to raise over…October 22, 2013
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Nairobi Drinkup
I’m in Nairobi for DEMO Africa this week. But before I check out all the inspiring tech projects in East Africa I thought it would be cool to get some…October 21, 2013
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Beijing Drinkup
I’ll be in Beijing with @dannygreg for RubyConf China next week, so join us next Friday for some drinks and fun at CheKu Cafe! You don’t need to attend the…October 18, 2013
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Modeling your App’s User Session
If you’ve been keeping an eye on your cookies, you may have noticed some recent changes GitHub has made to how we track your session. You shouldn’t notice any difference…October 18, 2013
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Dar es Salaam Drinkup
Join us for the first ever drinkup in Tanzania! In conjunction with AfricaHackTrip, we are putting on our second drinkup in East Africa this week to support and celebrate all…October 17, 2013
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Zagreb, Croatia Drinkup
@jdennes and I are in town for the WebCamp Zagreb conference 🚀, and we’ll be hosting our first ever drinkup in Croatia. Come on by The Movie Pub on Saturday,…October 17, 2013
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Introducing government.github.com
Governments at all levels have been using GitHub for some time now to build better, more accessible websites, publish laws and data, and even collaborate on policies themselves. Today we’re…October 15, 2013
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View Active Browser Sessions
To follow up with our recent two-factor authentication security feature, we are giving users more insight into their active browser sessions. Under Account settings > Security History you will see…October 14, 2013
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A lighter, brighter GitHub for Windows
Today we’re happy to share some shiny visual updates to GitHub for Windows. You’ll notice some big layout changes, as well as many small improvements throughout. The result is a…October 11, 2013
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Kigali Drinkup
We’re sponsoring the awesome AfricaHackTrip – which aims to open up continuous exchange with developer communities across Africa, with a series of hackathons, barcamps and some good old fashioned geeking…October 7, 2013
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