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  Ushahidi: Crowdsourcing Crisis Info

  Every once in a while I find out that a project I’ve been following is actually open source and hosted on GitHub. Just recently I found out that a great…December 8, 2009

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  GitHub Rebase #31

  Once again it’s Rebase time. Let’s do this. (Want in for next time?) Featured Project mongo is a document-oriented database that’s bridging the gap between new NoSQL tools and your…December 7, 2009

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  Merge Commits are Back (and Better than Ever)

  After a long hiatus, we’re linking to merge commits again. We truncated merge commits months ago, because they didn’t provide any information beyond the shas of the parents, but now…December 3, 2009

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  GitHub Meetup SF #11

  Dont worry fellow San Franciscans! There’s still a drinkup slated for the home front. We’ll be in SOMA at John Colins this Thursday December 3rd at 8:00pm. That’s right, three…December 2, 2009

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  GitHub Meetup Philadelphia

  I’ll be in Philadelphia this week and my pal @trotter and I will be orchestrating a GitHub Drinkup on Thursday, December 3rd at 8:30pm at National Mechanics (map). If you’re…December 1, 2009

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  GitHub Meetup NYC

  I’ll be in NYC this week speaking about GitHub (RSVP if you haven’t already) and hosting a GitHub Meetup. The meetup will be Thursday, December 3rd at 8:30pm at Temple…November 30, 2009

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  The Changelog

  The Changelog is a new blog and podcast which keeps you up to date on open source happenings. img http://img.skitch.com/20091130-tikw7yti51ee6u2c9hsdnb1bkx.png http://thechangelog.com While it seems to be mostly Ruby-centric, it also…November 30, 2009

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  Erlang/OTP now on GitHub

  img http://erlang.org/images/erlang-logo.png I’m pleased to announce that GitHub now hosts an official Git version of Erlang/OTP. The core Erlang team states: Beginning with this release [R13B03] we will maintain (and…November 25, 2009

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  Looking for a Job? Let GitHub Help

  Update: We’ve launched GitHub Jobs, go check it out! Today we’re rolling out Phase 1 to our GitHub Jobs search engine. Under your Account Settings page, there’s a new tab…November 24, 2009

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  GitHub Talk in NYC

  Do you want to learn about OEmbed? OAuth? Are you dying to hear more about Resque? Is comet still just a buzzword to you? Are the mysteries of BERT-RPC keeping…November 24, 2009

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  Optimizing asset bundling and serving with Rails

  We spend a lot of time optimizing the front end experience at GitHub. With that said, our asset (css, javascript, images) packaging and serving has evolved to be the best…November 19, 2009

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  Multiple file gist improvements

  We’ve always had the ability to embed multiple file gists: Your browser does not support IFrames But today we added the ability to embed specific files in a multi-file gist!…November 19, 2009

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  GitHub Meetup SF: RubyConf Edition

  In SF for RubyConf? Join us this Thursday the 19th at Zeitgeist (map) starting at 9pm! Zeitgeist has pitchers and ample outside seating, so bring a jacket. Also: cash only.…November 16, 2009

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  GitHub Meetup London

  img http://theroyalgeorgewc2.co.uk/images/home5.jpg It’s the last stop on our Europe tour and we’re capping things off with an evening at the Royal George near Soho in London at 19:00 on Monday…November 16, 2009

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  GitHub Meetup Oslo, Norway

  img http://img.skitch.com/20091111-bir68bb7kn76kdpdtr1988m1yr.png Continuing our tour of Europe, PJ, and Scott, and I will be in Oslo on Friday the 13th and we’d like to invite you to join us at…November 11, 2009

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