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Oslo Drinkup #3

@tlberglund and @matthewmccullough are in Oslo, Norway, fresh from another year of JavaZone. And as we know, Tim and Matthew in Oslo means a drinkup! What The drinkup will return…

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Memphis Drinkup

GitHub is proudly sponsoring HACKMemphis this weekend, and I will be down visiting and would like to buy you a 🍻 or 🍸 and talk tech! Let’s meet up at…

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Chicago Drinkup

Chicago! We have to talk. Specifically, we should talk this Wednesday (tomorrow!) at 8pm at the Elephant & Castle on 111 West Adams Street. GitHub will be footin’ the bill…

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Barcelona Drinkup

This week there is not one, but 9 GitHubbers in Barcelona, and one of them even speaks Catalan: @lstoll, @calavera, @rubiojr, @vmg, @benburkert, @skalnik, @kyros, @raganwald and @brntbeer are in…

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Washington DC Drinkup

Hey Washingtonians, put down your paperwork and join @balevine, @benbalter, @bleything, @imbriaco, @jssjr, @lynnwallenstein, and @sroberts as we raise a 🍺 to toast surviving yet another summer of sweltering D.C.…

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Two-factor Authentication

Today we’re adding two-factor authentication to GitHub. When you enable this feature, it adds an additional layer of security to your account. When logging in to GitHub, after providing your…

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Dundee Drinkup

It’s been a week since GitHub has visited Scotland socially, so to break the drought we’re throwing a drinkup in Dundee. We’ll buy the 🍻 and you bring your best…

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IP Address Changes

As we continue to expand the infrastructure that powers GitHub, we want to make everyone aware of some changes to the IP addresses that we use. Most customers won’t have…

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See your CSVs

Following on the tails of 3D models and geographic data, GitHub.com now also supports rendering tabular data in the form of .csv (comma-separated) and .tsv (tab-separated) files. When viewed, any…

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OctoTales • Balanced

Today we’re excited to share a new episode of OctoTales – our video series about incredible companies using GitHub to work better together. This episode features Balanced. Since 2011, Balanced…

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Identicons!

GitHub is about to get a lot more colorful. Starting today, we are generating Identicons for anyone without a Gravatar: Our Identicons are simple 5×5 “pixel” sprites that are generated…

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Albuquerque, NM Drinkup

Not content with hosting just one drinkup in the 505, we decided to host another. This time, in the Duke City at the Downtown Distillery. Please join @aspires, @VxJasonxV, me,…

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