Chacha Sikes: Why I’m Coding for America
I found Code for America while searching for projects that combine software development with public service. Personally, I am interested in how we create workshops for citizens to participate in...
View ArticleDataCamps in Seattle, Boston, DC, and Philadelphia!
City governments have a lot of information which is useful to all of us. This ranges from maps of local parks to building footprints to real-time 911 calls. We all have an interest in our budget...
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Government! Sparkleforce!
We’re pleased to offer you some Government Sparkle for your desktop. (Just wait for the laptop stickers!) This happened at day two of the Seattle Datacamp at the Jigsaw Renaissance hacker space with...
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Hackathon at Stanford: Opening up Government Data
Yesterday, a big group from CfA headed down to the South Bay for a Hackathon at Stanford. Organized by Sam King and some other passionate coders on campus, the event was focused on getting college...
View ArticleCode for America Fellows at OpenGovWest
Four Code for America fellows are excited to be attending OpenGovWest ’11, North America’s West Coast Open Government conference. Jeremy Canfield, Max Ogden, Alan Palazzolo and Chach Sikes will be...
View ArticleRandom Hacks of Kindness
Went up to my Code for America city (Seattle) this weekend to participate in Random Hacks of Kindness, or #RHOK3. Random Hacks of Kindness is a movement of software developers, hackers, and...
View ArticleIconathons Everywhere!
The Iconathon events are catching on. Since we launched the Iconathon project two weeks ago, we have had overwhelming support from the design & UX communities and many amazing people in cities...
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Food & Nutrition Iconathon in Los Angeles
We had another great Iconathon in Los Angeles on Saturday August 13, 2011. (Jump to Photos) In Iconathons, designers, public policy people, coders and other interested citizens get together to develop...
View ArticleHelp Launch CityGroups in Boston
On September 6 at MIT we are organizing an Open “Hack Day” to launch a Code for America project, CityGroups, for the city of Boston. CityGroups is a public directory of community groups. CityGroups...
View ArticleWhat about all those other Icons?
In case you are wondering, there are still people working on symbol sketches – this is just the beginning of the volunteer effort, and we will continue to update the symbol gallery with all of the...
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