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title: About
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Devcember is about giving.
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During the month of December, [celebrants](/celebrants) do the following:

 - **develop**: code, content, community, art
 - **give it away**: creative commons, open source, etc.

Report on your progress throughout the month so others can follow along:
 - Blog about it.
 - Create a repo.
 - Use #devcember on social media.

Our goal is to chronicle the giving greatness we'll do together in these
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layout: page
title: About
---

<p class="message">
Devcember is about giving.
</p>

During the month of December, [Celebrants](/celebrants) do the following:

 - **develop**: code, content, community, art
 - **give it away**: creative commons, open source, etc.

Report on your progress throughout the month so others can follow along:
 - Blog about it.
 - Create a repo.
 - Use `#devcember` on social media.

Our goal is to chronicle the giving greatness we'll do together in these
31 short days.

Join other Celebrants in the [#devcember](http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=%23devcember&uio=MT1mYWxzZSYxNj10cnVlJjI9dHJ1ZSY0PXRydWUmOT10cnVlJjExPTExMw8d) IRC channel hosted by [Freenode.net](http://freenode.net/).

**Pro Tip:** you can sign-up for [IRC Cloud](http://irccloud.com/) for extra awesome.
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