Joshua Gay

Photograph of my dog Baxter and me on Wingaersheek Beach in Gloucester, MA; Memorial Day, 2009.

I am a programmer, activist, and community organizer. My interests revolve around technology, government, education, and user-freedom. Here are some projects I work with in one capacity or another:

CK-12 Foundation, technical content manager (2008–Present)
CK-12 Foundation is a non-profit organization with a mission to reduce the cost of textbook materials for the K-12 market both in the U.S. and worldwide. Using an open-content, web-based collaborative model termed the "FlexBook," CK-12 intends to pioneer the generation and distribution of high quality educational content that will serve both as core text as well as provide an adaptive environment for learning.
Textbook Revolution, administrator (2007–Present)
Textbook Revolution is a volunteer-run site dedicated to increasing the use of free and gratis educational materials by teachers and professors. We want to get these materials into classrooms. Our approach is to bring all of the free and gratis textbooks we can find together in one place, review them, and let the best rise to the top and find their way into the hands of students in classrooms around the world.
The League of Technical Voters, director (2008–Present)
The League of Technical Voters is a nonprofit 501(c)3, nonpartisan organization dedicated to motivating and assisting technical experts to improve lawmaking and governmental process.
Free Software Foundation, volunteer (2001–Present), campaigns manager (2007–2008)
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a 501(c)3 donor supported charity founded in 1985 and based in Boston, MA, USA. The FSF has a worldwide mission to promote computer user freedom and to defend the rights of all free software users.
  • Free Software, Free Society: selected essays of Richard M. Stallman, Joshua Gay, ed., intro by Lawrence Lessig; GNU Press, 2002. (Download or buy)
One Laptop per Child, volunteer (2007–Present)
Mission Statement: To create educational opportunities for the world's poorest children by providing each child with a rugged, low-cost, low-power, connected laptop with content and software designed for collaborative, joyful, self-empowered learning. When children have access to this type of tool they get engaged in their own education. They learn, share, create, and collaborate. They become connected to each other, to the world and to a brighter future.

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