This is Technically Baltimore’s weekly One Big Idea. We’d like to use this space to allow technologists, community organizers, activists and other thought leaders in Baltimore city propose one idea for making this city a better place to live and work. You probably know Sharon Paley from her work with gb.tc, where she’s one-quarter of a [...]

Update 11/8/12 2:06 p.m.: While ”Believe Wireless Broadband is providing the wireless access points and Internet service to Lexington Market at no cost,” the company has “not discussed anything with the city about the other markets,” said Marian Huller, vice president of Believe, in an e-mail. “Our only contact has been with the gb.tc and Lexington [...]

This is the Startup Roundup. Every Wednesday morning, Technically Baltimore will put together the smaller pieces that make up our startup ecosystem. BarnRaiser, the crowdsourced community service web app that emerged as one of the 15 startups formed during Baltimore’s Startup Weekend in September, was one of the runners up chosen during DCWEEK‘s weekend hackathon. BarnRaiser co-founder [...]

Update 11/5/12 2:50 p.m.: Roughly 250,000 unique trips per day are taken using MTA buses in Baltimore city, says Terry Owens, chief public information officer for the MTA. We’ve corrected the figure below, which originally stated that 200,000 people ride MTA buses each day. Before last Thursday’s Tech Night, a group of around 30 tech [...]

The view from the Startup Arena in the second floor atrium of Lexington Market at Tech Night. Update 11/2/12 6:28 p.m.: Clarified information on Thursday’s attendance at Tech Night compared to previous years. More than 400 people from Baltimore’s tech community packed the atrium at Lexington Market for Thursday’s Tech Night, including Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake—the [...]

From left: gb.tc executive director Jason Hardebeck, gb.tc board chairman Jason Pappas and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake The Mayor’s Office of Information Technology, in partnership with gb.tc, will be sponsoring a civic apps contest with $10,000 in cash prizes up for grabs, announced Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake at Thursday’s Tech Night at Lexington Market. “We are challenging [...]

Before Tech Night kicks off at Lexington Market at 7 tonight, gb.tc will hold the first annual Tech Crawl to “see Baltimore tech in action,” writes Jason Hardebeck. Crawlers will make four stops at the: Bromo Seltzer Tower clockworks Baltimore Police’s CitiWatch control center Catholic Relief Services’ international crisis situation room MTA’s nerve center E-mail [...]

This is the Startup Roundup. Every Wednesday morning, Technically Baltimore will put together the smaller pieces that make up our startup ecosystem. Tickets to gb.tc‘s Tech Night are still available, where Baltimore-area startups will show off their companies at the Startup Arena. Purchase tickets for Tech Night here. (See all the local startups that will be [...]

Get inside an investor’s head [resultsjunkies]: “Instead of keeping these conversations behind closed doors, I’m going to give each of you full access by starting an ‘Ask the VC’ series here.” City endorses $100,000 in state funds for repairs of Station North’s Load of Fun building [Baltimore Brew]: “The $100,000 is to cover ‘the installation [...]