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There are a lot of interesting learning through the experience of trying to start a magazine. Question started from what is a magazine and what should be the scope? While there are benefit of making it periodic to ensure we keep making progress on collecting cases and its experience so
Why Most Community Technology Projects End Before They Should Every year, hundreds of community technology projects launch with enthusiasm and good intentions. Volunteers gather to build platforms that make government more transparent, help neighbors connect, or improve public services. Yet within three to five years, most of these projects shut
Case ID: CASE-LLE-2025-002 Executive Summary Civic Tech Toronto has run weekly hacknight events since 2015, making it the only civic tech organization in Canada to survive the pandemic period of 2020-2023. This case study traces their journey from conception to sustained operation, revealing how intentional design choices around scope, resilience,