Aaron H. Swartz (November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013) was an American computer programmer, writer, archivist, political organizer, and Internet activist. Swartz co-authored the "RSS 1.0" specification of RSS, and built the Web site framework web.py and the architecture for the Open Library.
Swartz also focused on sociology, civic awareness and activism. In 2010 he was a member of the Harvard University Center for Ethics. He cofounded the online group Demand Progress (which recently voiced its support for Richard O'Dwyer) and later worked with US and international activist groups Rootstrikers and Avaaz.
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Jeanne Claire van Ryzin, arts writer “The Strange Undoing of Prudencia Hart,” Jan. 16-19 For the third season, UT’s Texas Performing Arts brings the stellar National Theatre of Scotland to Austin for another one of its inventive productions.
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