Posted on April 9, 2012 by Sheba Najmi in 2012 fellows, Honolulu, News
This Thursday, April 12, Honolulu is trying something it’s never done before: experimenting with a real world social media marketing campaign by reaching out to local geeks, social media influencers, students, and pretty much anyone with a smart phone. With …
Posted on April 3, 2012 by Bob Sofman in News
Central to Code For America’s mission are the great and collaborative relationships we establish with innovative cities throughout the country. It’s through these relationships that positive change happens – engaging the community to help in the work of government, leveraging …
Posted on March 27, 2012 by Ryan Resella in News
Interested in civic data and doing something meaningful with your summer? It’s that time again for Google Summer of Code! Code for America is honored to be selected as a Google Summer of Code Mentoring Organization for a second year in …
Posted on March 20, 2012 by Jim Craner in 2012 fellows, News, Santa Cruz
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 …
Posted on March 20, 2012 by Abhi Nemani in News
Join us next weekend for a first-of-its kind Startup Veterans Hackathon, hosted by TechCentralSF. The TechCentralSF Startup Veteran weekend is a two-day business and app development competition. The event’s goal is to invite returning veterans to be part of a …
Posted on March 19, 2012 by Alissa Black in News
My departure from Code for America is bittersweet. I’ve decided join the New America Foundation and lead a California focused project that will be launching soon. The past year and a half at Code for America has been a tremendous …
Posted on March 15, 2012 by Ben Sheldon in 2012 fellows, News
Chicago parents have a new tool for understanding the public school selection process: Chicago Public School Tiers, an app launched last week by Open City. The application is a perfect example of how independent civic developers can use open data …
Posted on March 12, 2012 by Joe Merante in 2012 fellows, Commentary, News
For many of us, examples are necessary to bring theory to life. The level of interest in our work in Austin is beyond encouraging and we’d like to share a few examples of how the community is leading the way. …
Posted on March 12, 2012 by Alex Pandel in 2012 fellows, News
A. Smashing. Success. Those are the three words I’d use to describe Code: NOLA, the Code Across America event hosted by Team NOLA our last weekend in New Orleans. Ok, ok, so I am biased. But let’s look at the …
Posted on March 9, 2012 by Jennifer Pahlka in News
I’m doing a keynote on Tuesday at South by Southwest. To be honest, I haven’t finished writing the talk yet. Yes, I know it’s only a few days away and thousands of people are going to see it. I’m a …
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SF Startup Veterans Hackathon, This Weekend
Educating Chicago
