Posted on October 21, 2011 by John Mertens in CfA Labs, Philadelphia
Moments after giving a talk on open data and code reuse at the Code for America Summit, Ben Berkowitz (SeeClickFix) and Aaron Ogle (CfA) grabbed me and said, “can we make a simple map mashup of all the murals verses …
Posted on October 18, 2011 by Dan Melton in CfA Labs
Last night, Github held a thank you party to celebrate a huge milestone, 1 million users. To put that in perspective, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the US employs around 1.3 million software developers. Even factoring in international and …
Posted on September 27, 2011 by John Mertens in Boston, CfA Labs
Last time I wrote about how to build a US-wide farmers’ market API in under an hour. Today, I want to walk through a larger challenge to highlight some of the tools & techniques we are using at Code for …
Posted on September 8, 2011 by Justin Stoller in 2011 Interns, CfA Labs
When the summer started off, we broke into teams of two or three and worked on to build out developer tools for our chosen datasets, though soon enough we were constantly conferring and getting advice from each other. (We literally …
Posted on August 26, 2011 by Ronaldo Barbachano in 2011 Interns, CfA Labs
As one of the first interns at CfA, I am pleased with my experience with both CFA and Google Summer of Code. This summer I was assigned to develop PHP libraries on existing government related projects. Much of my work …
Posted on August 24, 2011 by Dan Melton in CfA Labs, News
Last fall, Luigi Montanez and I were sitting in the auditorium at the International Open Data Conference brainstorming about ways to get developers more interested in civic coding. He had just completed a whirlwind tour of ruby meetups, conferences and …
Posted on August 19, 2011 by Erik Michaels-Ober in CfA Labs
What is Whyday? It’s a day dedicated to Why the Lucky Stiff, a programming hero of mine. He created Why’s Poignant Guide to Ruby, which served as my introduction to the Ruby programming language. He’s also authored a massive collection of …
Posted on August 19, 2011 by Michelle Koeth in CfA Labs
Being a fellow at Code for America has allowed me to discover all of the amazing “new school” ways that people are getting involved in their local governments. However, as powerful as web 2.0 technology is for building communities, sometimes, …
Posted on August 17, 2011 by Dan Melton in CfA Labs, Commentary
This week, we select finalists for 2012. Over 550 applications came in for just 26 spots in next year’s class. For me, the response is such a mix of excitement, humility, hopefulness, a little bit of daunting and frankly, a …
Posted on August 8, 2011 by John Mertens in CfA Labs
I love getting my fruit and veggies from my local Farmer’ Market. Unfortunately, as a recent SF transplant I wasn’t sure how to find my local Farmers’ Market. A quick search led me to a USDA website which seemed to contain most …
GitHub Hits 1 Million – Thanks for Hosting Our Movement
National Night Out… Oakland Style
