Posted on May 21, 2013 by Kevin Curry
I’ve been thinking a bit too much lately about GitHub and Drupal.org. More broadly, I’ve had my mind on open source + community. Sometimes this is called social coding. Social coding can take on a variety of shapes and sizes …
Posted on April 24, 2013 by Kevin Curry
April is National Volunteer Month and right now it’s National Volunteer Week. The point of “National…Month/Week/Day” recognitions like this is, well, recognition. Volunteers give their time every day. It’s now time to say, Thank You. And, we best honor our volunteers …
Posted on March 27, 2013 by Kevin Curry
What is it? By now readers of this blog have likely heard of National Day of Civic Hacking, a.k.a., Hack for Change (hackforchange.org). The announcement from The White House received a boost of attention in online media. If you missed …
Posted on February 27, 2013 by Kevin Curry
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 …
Posted on January 23, 2013 by Kevin Curry
“If we’re not documenting these experiences and sharing them, then how do we justify all these resources?” ~ Steven Clift (@democracy) speaking with fellows about the need to share learning In November, I wrote to the 2012 Fellows during their …
Posted on November 7, 2012 by Kevin Curry
We like campaigns at Code for America. Campaigns provide us motivation, inspiration, and support for reaching shared objectives and goals. Each of our Brigade campaigns is designed to direct energy in support one of our five activities. Each of those …
Posted on October 26, 2012 by Kevin Curry
We thought you’d be interested to know a little about the submissions we’re receiving for the Race for Reuse campaign. Apps that are submitted to us by November 6 (Election Day) will be featured in national and local campaigns for …
Posted on October 3, 2012 by Kevin Curry
Have you ever seen a civic app and thought to yourself, “I want that app in my city!” I have. Snow covering fire hydrants isn’t an issue in Norfolk, Va. but storm water drains get clogged all the time and …
Posted on September 20, 2012 by Kevin Curry
Our weekly report on what civic hackers and open gov advocates are doing, saying, and sharing: 1. Child Care Options in Case of a Strike (Chicago) Chicago Brigade member and Open Gov Hack Night regular Josh Kalov saw that a teachers’ …
Posted on September 10, 2012 by Kevin Curry
Earlier this year we partnered with the Blue Ridge Foundation of New York to bring the “Code for America effect” to America’s most populous city. I have to admit, it was a tall challenge for us. The City of New …
