david-lippert.bsky.social
@david-lippert.bsky.social
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I am happy to announce this book that i wrote a chapter in. My chapter looks at the ethics of #accessibility #sustainability and #OpenSource so touches on many threads. It is amazing to have contributed a small part of this first work of accessibility ethics. www.routledge.com/Digital-Acce...
Digital Accessibility Ethics: Disability Inclusion in All Things Tech
Digital Accessibility Ethics is a practical guide with an urgent goal: to help end tech exclusion of 1.3 billion people across the world with disabilities. The book introduces the first Digital Access...
www.routledge.com
November 13, 2025 at 9:28 PM
So impressed with the GW students who participated in the UN tech over hackathon and edit-a-thon at the UN building in New York City last month. Read more here: ospo.gwu.edu/un-tech-over...
UN Tech Over Hackathon: “Ahead of the Storm” | The GW Open Source Program Office | The George Washington University
GW student Shruthiveena Krishnamurthy recounts her experience attending the UN Hackathon during Open Source Week in New York City.
ospo.gwu.edu
July 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
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10 quick tips for making your software outlive your job!

The preprint for our paper is now up at arXiv: arxiv.org/abs/2505.06484

Hopefully it'll help people who are forced to leave. Still good advice for researchers, in general.

Share widely?

#academia #research #stopthecuts
10 quick tips for making your software outlive your job
Loss of key personnel has always been a risk for research software projects. Key members of the team may have to step away due to illness or burnout, to care for a family member, from a loss of financ...
arxiv.org
May 13, 2025 at 4:36 AM
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Starting now! So excited for our inaugural #GWOSCON
Dean Geneva Henry welcoming everyone with optimism about the role of #OpenSource in our university. Inspiring!
🍀 Best of luck to #CURIOSS member, @david-lippert.bsky.social, and all involved in the inaugural #GWOSCON next week!

🏆 What a great tagline from @labarba.bsky.social :

"Free to attend, free t-shirt, free lunch, free coffee ☕️ And of course, free and open source software 🚀"

ℹ️ bit.ly/4imRlDZ
March 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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There's still time to book your free ticket for GW OSCON from March 24-25 next week.

Register: go.gwu.edu/oscon

#opensource #academicOSS #openscience #openresearch
March 18, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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18F was doing exactly the type of work that DOGE claims to want – yet we were eliminated shortly after midnight. Read our letter to the American people:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
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March 1, 2025 at 11:38 PM
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Yes
March 1, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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I'm finally getting around to editing videos from online teaching during pandemic times (to remove dead times and student names and likeness), and uploading them to YouTube.
This is for my "Engineering Computations" undergraduate course: #Python functions
#EngineersCode #Jupyter
February 17, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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#GeorgeWashingtonUniversity #OSPO are hosting their inaugural #opensource conference, GW OSCON from March 24-25 and it promises to be fantastic!

There's still time to apply to speak.

ℹ️https://ospo.gwu.edu/open-source-conference-gw-oscon

#academicOSS, #openscience, #openresearch
January 29, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Check out my results!! metrorewind.com
Metro Rewind
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January 16, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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When things spiral out of control and you see the "we regret that decision, and we now realize it was a mistake" statements sometime from now, don't forget they chose to do this. Demand resignations. Sue them for damages.
NEW: Meta has quietly dismantled the system that prevented misinformation from spreading in the United States. Machine-learning classifiers that once identified viral hoaxes and limited their reach have now been switched off, Platformer has learned www.platformer.news/meta-ends-mi...
January 15, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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The ORCA Catalytic Awards Program is LIVE! Supported by @chanzuckerberg.bsky.social, grants of up to $15,000 to foster open science & scholarship at non-R1 & under-resourced US institutions. More details & application: www.orcaopen.org/work/cap

#OpenResearch #OpenScience #OpenData #OpenScholarship
Open Scholarship Catalytic Awards Program — Open Research Community Accelerator
The Open Research Community Accelerator (ORCA), with generous support from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, is pleased to launch the Open Scholarship Catalytic Awards Program.  The program aims to...
www.orcaopen.org
January 15, 2025 at 3:59 PM