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Visualizing a Day in the Life of a New York City Cab
Visualizing a Day in the Life of a New York City Cab This week, Chris Whong, a self-professed “urbanist, mapmaker, data junkie” in Brooklyn, put out one of the more thrilling data projects we’ve seen recently. It was a visualization of the day in the life of a New York City taxi, and each time…
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Almost 20% of NYC BigApps 2014 projects were built by BetaNYC!
This is phenomenal! This year’s NYC BigApps 2014 has grown what we pioneered last year. Last year, we helped changed the focus of NYC BigApps from being a “startup” competition to a “civic challenge” competition. No longer is the challenge to build a company, but now it is to solve a civic problem. This year,…
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Our community written code of conduct and anti-harassment policy
The text of this document now lives at https://www.beta.nyc/code Equality and community equity are two core components of building a vibrant civic hacker / civic technology community. Last year, we worked with the Code for America Brigade program to popularize “safe spaces.” This year, as BetaNYC grows its membership platform, we wanted internal buy in…
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Time to vote for NYC BigApps & celebrate at the Block Party
This Saturday is BigApps’ BlockParty. If you can attend, lets celebrate this milestone in the Nation’s largest civic technology app challenge! FYI, Chris and I will be judges. Also, it is time to vote! “The 5 teams with the most votes will go head-to-head on the BigApps Battlefield at the Block Party! Each team will…
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[RFCI] Request for community input on proposed BetaNYC Code of Conduct & anti-harrasement policy
TL;DR – BetaNYC is proposing a Code of Conduct and Anti-Harassment policy. We want your input. Feel free to hop into this Google doc and use Google’s built in commenting, or give private feedback at < membership@betanyc.us >. -=- Since our founding, BetaNYC has adopted “safe and open” spaces to bring individuals together to work on issues related to government. We…
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The Municipal Art Society of New York has developed a new tool that shows where development could bring the most change across the city’s five boroughs. This resource is a continuation of the group’s “Accidental Skyline” initiative, an effort to curb the “as-of-right” development (which allows developers to bypass some regulatory hurdles) that has resulted…
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Mash Up Minneapolis and New York City Restaurant Inspection Data
Mash Up Minneapolis and New York City Restaurant Inspection Data Mash Up Minneapolis and New York City Restaurant Inspection DataOpen
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So here’s my plea for “building community” around civic tech, whether in the context of an event, a new project, or something else all together: Build with, not for. So You Think You Want to Run a Hackathon? Think Again. — Medium
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Scraping Day Care Data in the Naked City | Marc Shifflett
Scraping Day Care Data in the Naked City | Marc Shifflett This is a great recap of a community itch being scratched by Beta NYC. Thanks for the write up Marc Shifflett! “As it happened one day, Anita Schmid, a physicist turned data scientist and mother of a small child, motivated by the lack of useful and…
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Contemplating the Mosaic Effect of Free Taxi Information
Contemplating the Mosaic Effect of Free Taxi Information This is a good extension of the ongoing conversation around NYC Taxi data, data hashing, and what it might mean for future data release.
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BetaTalk: Meet Code for America’s fellowship team & former fellows
BetaTalk: Meet Code for America’s fellowship team & former fellows About the BetaTalk Since 2010, Code for America has been asking technologist and designers “what can you do for your neighbor?” For this BetaTalk, we will have Alexander Tran and former CfA fellows talk about the fellowship program and their experience. To learn more about…
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“To be honest with you, people have no clue what these [technology] bills are except about five members of the City Council so they need to hear from you that it makes sense,” said [Manhattan Borough President] Brewer, a former member of the City Council who initiated the council’s technology committee and chaired the operations…
