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Voter Activation Network builds the most powerful organizing tools available and is the leading provider of campaign technology services to Democratic political campaigns and progressive operations. We build and service the statewide voter file and canvassing technology in all 50 states; our systems are used by Democrats and their allies throughout the country. We also provide voter contact software for key Democratic allies such as labor unions, environmental groups, pro-choice organizations, civil rights groups, and so on.

A client wanted to send over some confidential information and was wondering how to password-protect a zip file. Incredibly, I couldn't find any graphical zip archive utilities for OS X that encrypt files, work in Snow Leopard and are free. 7zX claims to do this but it has some scary user-submitted reviews. Zippist looks promising but it doesn't seem to work in Snow Leopard. I actually use Path Finder or the command line for this, but it's unreasonable to ask most clients to do the same.

Is anyone interested in attending the Build Guild in Salem tomorrow night?

The Build Guild is a monthly event where folks in the web industry (designers, coders, project managers, hobbyists, etc.) can get together to talk web, debate industry topics, share ideas, make professional connections, land gigs, and discuss the real reasons why mustaches need to make a comeback.

Looks like fun!

Hello everyone,

Thanks for the great feedback at the last Boston meetup!

If you are interested in the Drupal-telephone (VoIP) integration, please let me know. I'm currently putting together a team to upgrade, release and extend my existing VoIP modules.

The current implementation is compatible with Drupal 4.7 and offers the following functionality: voicemail, voicemail groups, phone-based announcements and phone-based events.

Hiring full-time Drupal developer for a funded consumer web startup in the home energy management space. We are seed funded and well-connected to both local startup and energy communities. This is an immediate, full-time opportunity to join a fast-growing company and have a deep impact on our product strategy and the future of home energy conservation.

In addition to a portfolio of previously built sites, candidates should possess:

-3+ years of Drupal experience
-exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal
-demonstrated leadership and initiative

Easy Street Interactive is busting at the seams! We are looking for a New England-based (preferably in NH) freelancer/sub-contractor to help us out with work when we are too swamped to handle projects in house. It will be sub-contract work on a job-by-job basis. We will require a wholesale quote on each potential project. We work with Drupal, Wordpress as a CMS, Joomla and occasionally XHTML/CSS sites. Please state whether you personally do graphic design as well as development or just one or the other.

Howdy mates, I think this is what they call a shot across the bows:

"Why running the White House Web site on Drupal is a political disaster waiting to happen"
By Chris Wilson
Posted Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2009, at 3:21 PM ET

Drupal 7 API is now slushed and frozen. Now is the time for Contrib modules to start upgrading to Drupal 7. The #D7CX movement wants to see as many contributed modules as possible be ready by the time Drupal 7.0 is released. Lets get our Boston maintained modules upgraded!. Even if you don't do module development, you an be helpful here by reviewing module issue queues, QA testing, and documentation writing. There is a job for everyone.

I'm a media studies grad student at MIT working at the Center for Future Civic Media (in conjunction with the Media Lab) on a project to connect teenagers in different countries as "digital penpals." We're working to develop a website that will be a forum for students to share multimedia projects and interact; the pilot groups include Burmese refugee youth in Asia and Indiana, as well as kids in Liverpool and Brooklyn. The project is led by a group in NYC called Digital Democracy, with collaboration from the arts organization Eyebeam.