Over the weekend, the New York Times came out with a high-flying profile of Michael Flowers, New York City’s director of analytics. It’s an accessible piece that highlights the strides NYC is taking with data and open government. The article also make an anecdotal highlight of Mike’s work mining data to unclog Manhattan pipes filledRead… Read more »
Code for America recently lured me back into the traditional work environment after more than ten years working for myself as a consultant for numerous national and local non-profits (and producing documentaries on the side—insert shameless plug here for Corner Store which now available on Hulu). Why leave the flexibility and relative freedom of freelanceRead… Read more »
The weekend of Feb. 22-24, 2013 Code for America celebrated our second annual Code Across America in municipalities from coast to coast. Though we’ve shared some anecdotes and stories from the weekend, we’ve been busy collecting and compiling debriefs from participating municipalities to see what worked, what didn’t, and how we can improve for eventsRead… Read more »
March marks and exciting month for Code for America for two reasons. First, it marks the return of our 2013 Fellows – they have just returned to San Francisco from their month-long residency in their respective cities and counties. Secondly, at the end of the month, our application process for 2014 Fellowship cities/counties will close.Read… Read more »
March 8 was International Women’s Day. I am embarrassed to say I found this out through social media on March 8 itself, having had my head in the sand in the previous weeks. I was honored to be included in a few lists of women doing interesting things in the world, but by far mostRead… Read more »
Today, from the stage of SXSW, Jennifer Pahlka (CfA’s fearless leader) announced that the organization is now accepting applications for its 2013 Accelerator and its 2014 Fellowship. (If you missed Jen’s SXSWi keynote last year, you can listen to it here.) As you probably know, the Code for America Fellowship pairs developers and designers whoRead… Read more »
Today, as many of you know, is International Women’s Day. Here at Code for America there are many impressive women to behold. And I have the privilege of working with them everyday. So on this day, I want to take a minute and celebrate these six female founders. Alex, Alicia, Caitria, Jen, Michelle, Serena: ThanksRead… Read more »
This blog was cross-posted with Huffington Post as a collaboration as part of their JobRaising initiative. An incredible opportunity exists for local, state, and federal government to tap into the energy of technology startups to work more collaboratively and effectively, and you can get involved! At Code for America, we’ve been supporting startups focusing onRead… Read more »
Recently I reported on the things that worked in Brigade’s first year. I wanted to follow up with this report on what didn’t work and lessons learned over our past year of civic hacking. Next month, in the final installment of this series, I’ll comment on how these lessons are informing our direction and takingRead… Read more »
Last weekend America’s Finest City gathered its finest civic tech folks for the second annual Code Across America event at Co-Merge in downtown San Diego. We were also celebrating International Open Data Day. It was not at all what I had planned or expected… but better in many ways. We wanted to use Code SprintRead… Read more »