Michael Downey  

@downey

Director of Community, Center at . steering committee & advisory board. Formerly OpenMRS. He/him.

Portland, OR
Joined October 2007

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    17 Jun 2014

    "I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened by the old ones." - John Cage via

  2. 2 hours ago

    "If your project isn’t comprised of people who are nice to each other, it’s not going to be very sustainable." -

  3. FACT: The US already has a thorough refugee resettlement vetting process. How it works:

  4. 2 hours ago

    "Surveillance is the business model of the Internet." -

  5. 11 hours ago

    Science is powerful - and it’s most powerful when we join together! Learn more about 🔬

    #TogetherScienceCan
  6. Sep 22

    I used to wonder how FOSS repos ended up with 10s or 100s of open PRs.... Now I know.

  7. Sep 26

    Call for an end of use of nuclear weapons in war - Tuesday is Int'l Day for Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons

  8. Sep 24

    My grandpa is a 97 year-old WWII vet & Missouri farmer who wanted to join w/ those who : "those kids have every right to protest."

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  9. Sep 22

    "Compassion is a verb." - Thich Nhat Hanh

  10. Sep 21

    "Peace is not a gift. Peace is something we must all work for, every day, in every country." - Ban Ki-moon

  11. Sep 20

    With the captured by the copyright industry, who will step up to lead web development next?

  12. Sep 20

    Excited to announce new partners for Practicing the : & ! Learn more+get involved:

  13. Sep 19

    UN Foundation Pres & CEO introduces housed data alliances at the Foundation: , , .

  14. Sep 19

    "Solutions are staring us in the face. Leadership needs to catch up." - highlights at

  15. Sep 19

    Destruction, even of our "enemies", will never lead to enduring peace.

  16. Sep 19

    Neither peace nor development can take place without human rights. - Miroslav Lajčák

  17. Sep 18
  18. Sep 18

    "Let’s not turn our backs on the world" -- Why Ted Turner gave $1 Billion to support the :

  19. Sep 18

    ODK Collect v1.10 is out! We've added better barcode scanning, searching/sorting of form lists, and so much more.

  20. Sep 18

    DIAL board member spoke at the Summit about the African tech revolution & the importance of women in tech.

  21. Sep 17

    Happening now! DIAL board member Juliana Rotich is speaking at the Summit. ________ Watch live:

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