Jim Craner2012 Fellow

Before CfA, I served as a web developer and online strategist for a variety of nonprofit organizations, libraries, and open source software communities. I'm helping the City of Santa Cruz, CA -- and other nearby cities -- implement a small business portal to encourage entrepreneurs and provide services for small business owners.

Posts by Jim

Moving Cities From “Build or Buy?” to “Rent, Borrow, and Build!”

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Jim Craner

As a technology consultant in the nonprofit sector for 10 years, I’ve helped a lot of organizations select and adopt technology platforms and software titles — everything from simple desktop widgets up to full-blown operational database implementations. When I was …

Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Open Data

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Jim Craner

As organizations like Code for America encourage government transparency and the concept of Open Data at multiple levels of government in the US, I think it’s useful for us to take a look at how Open Data is handled in …

Learning About A Community: Data Analysis vs. Listening to People

Posted on March 20, 2012 by Jim Craner

As one of three Code for America Fellows working with the City of Santa Cruz, I was fortunate to spend five weeks in this beautiful city learning about the people, businesses, organizations, and institutions that make it such a great …