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The city is offering a variety of resources and support to help promote this year’s Digital Inclusion Week, which runs Oct. 2-7 and has “Building Connected Communities” as its theme. So far, 15 events are scheduled throughout the week, kicking off with the Digital Inclusion Stakeholder Summit at 8 a.m. Oct. 2 at the Moody Center. Additional activities planned include an Austin Film Society movie screening of “You’re On! 50 Years of Public Access TV,” and a Connect to Tech workshop at Goodwill Central Texas Community Center. The week wraps up with a Tech for All Fest! celebration at Eastside Early College High School. Full schedules and more are available online.

Chad Swiatecki is a 20-year journalist who relocated to Austin from his home state of Michigan in 2008. He most enjoys covering the intersection of arts, business and local/state politics. He has written...