Maybe you’ve overheard some very tech-y terms floating around in conversations while grabbing your morning coffee at West Oak, or your happy hour beverage at Harvest House. Not surprising, as TechMill, a Denton-based non-profit, holds their weekly meetings at both of these popular watering holes. Additionally, they encourage all whom are present to join in on the conversation. One of the most popular topics in our tech community pertains to "open source data," or information that is freely accessible. Denton just so happens to already be an open source city, meaning that all of the data collected by the city is available to anyone, but you need to be willing to dig deep enough to find it, which is often an unintended barrier for citizens who don’t have a tech-savvy background. Read on to see what kind of data we're digging into as we near Open Data Day.
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The Bearded Monk opened up shop on McKinney St. in Denton last month and they've already made a pretty big mark on Denton. Aside from biking down Hickory St. in the coffin race, they've also been selling some awesome brews, creating some great mural art outside their building. We recently spoke with owner, Ben Esely about opening up a craft beer shop/growler stop in Denton, mural creation and more. Check out that info and some beautiful photographs in the post below!
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