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February 2013 Edition |
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February 22-24, 2013 marked the second annual Code Across America.
22 municipalities across the country participated hosting hackathons, write-a-thons, unconferences, open data activities, and meetups. The community generated an impressive number of Github repos, beta apps, liberated datasets, media, and other achievements. We're still compiling all the resulting projects, so stay tuned to see the full collection, but for now here is a sampling of what happened over the weekend.
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I'M CODING FOR AMERICA BECAUSE...
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Watch the video: http://vimeo.com/60114574
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CIVIC HACKER NEWS
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Brigade Spotlight: Lessons Learned from Brigade, Year One: Don’t Do This!
In part two of a series evaluating the first year of the Brigade program, Director Kevin Curry discusses what did NOT work.
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CIVIC HACKER HEROICS: |
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San Diego Brigade captain Jeffrey Johnson earned the civic hacking title this month for his compelling words in front of the Infrastructure Committee of the San Diego City Council. Speaking on the issue of participatory budgeting, Jeff eloquently summed up why we all do, what we do:
“I’m here today to make myself and our organization available as a resource for this committee to turn to for help with this project. My goal is to help you feel empowered to reach out to the local tech community and startups...and to help citizens feel empowered to participate in meaningful structured ways.”
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And before anyone asks #CodeAcross - You don't actually need to know code to be a civic hacker. #opensecret.
< @CivicWhitaker > |
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Code for Philadelphia
Code for Philly offers a place for city government and the community to come together, learn from each other, pitch simple projects to work on, break into teams, and accomplish awesome stuff. Dozens check in at codeforphilly.org and Philly's Chief Data Officer Mark Headd often attends the weekly meetups.
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Code for NoVA
Code for Arlington & Alexandria (NoVA) is a weekly hack night at South Arlington Hacker Space, led by 2011 fellow Michelle Koeth, an examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. A key focus for the brigade is working on the Alexandria Community Indicators Database.
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Code for HRVA
Code for Virginia Beach & Norfolk (HRVA) is a weekly hack night alternating cities. The co-captains are the city’s first civic tech volunteers participating in discovery and strategy for web, mobile, and enterprise. Key projects include HRT Buses, CBF-Clean, and Average Daily Traffic Heat Maps.
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