Charlie

Last month Free I.T. staff members “test drove” new hours on Saturday mornings. I’m happy to report that it was a success! Not only did people come out to shop, get tech support, and donate, but volunteers started showing up too. So we decided to put the new hours permanently on the schedule: Free I.T. […]

At Free I.T. Athens we’re dedicated to bridging the digital divide. The costs involved with reliable broadband Internet means there are people out there with no access to the important modern services the web enables. To do our part in building a more tech-accessible environment, we have recently decided to open Free I.T. Athens’ Wi-Fi

This week one of our behind-the-scenes-projects is tidying up the Free I.T. Athens YouTube page so volunteers can more effectively provide information to the community. While we’re working on new videos and tutorials, I thought I’d give you a digital tour of what you can find there already. Free Software Tutorials Well, one tutorial anyway.

For the month of February, Free I.T. Athens will be open from 9a-1p on Saturday. For a long time, Free I.T. Athens has only been open 10 hours a week. This month the FRITA volunteers are experimenting with bumping that number up to 14 hours! The goal of this experiment is to gauge community interest.

There is so much going on over at Free I.T. Athens that I don’t know where to begin. Here’s a bunch of events and tidbits I thought might catch your interest. :) Saturday Morning Hours Saturday, February 4 from 9a – 1p store/donations/tech support The FRITA crew has been working hard to recruit enough staff

The Free I.T. Athens crew is pumped to be a part of the 2017 Green Life Expo. The Athens Clarke-County Recycling Division and the Athens-Clarke County Library have teamed up to educate our community on how to shrink our carbon footprints while saving natural resources. There’s going to be all sorts of family friendly activities: