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  • Techno-optimists in one room: a recap of the BetaNYC Civic Tech Summer Showcase

    Techno-optimists in one room: a recap of the BetaNYC Civic Tech Summer Showcase

    Duncan Ballantine

    70 New Yorkers gathered on a stormy evening for five lightning talks from the BetaNYC civic tech community.

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  • Decades in the making: New York City launches its PIT Crew!

    Decades in the making: New York City launches its PIT Crew!

    Noel Hidalgo

    New York City has launched the Public Interest Technology (PIT) Crew: five in-house teams of product managers, designers, engineers, user researchers, and data experts building digital solutions to public problems. The more than $5 million initiative includes one crew supported by The Rockefeller Foundation through the Mayor’s Fund to Advance New York City. BetaNYC has…

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  • Noel Hidalgo

    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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  • Upcoming Hackathon: 3 Day Startup Bronx

    Noel Hidalgo

    Upcoming Hackathon: 3 Day Startup Bronx From our friends at the Concourse Fund: Join 3 Day Startup in the Bronx as an entrepreneur with a new idea, a team member, or a mentor! April 11-13th at Sunshine Bronx.

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  • betaNYC May 2013 Newsletter

    Noel Hidalgo

    It’s been quite the month! Here’s a brief update… Video from “Meet Code For America” meetup at OpenPlans.  Thanks Joly and NYC’s Internet Society for taping the night. Last week, we had DoITT’s Andrew Nicklin and eight of his colleagues debut NYC.gov’s developer portal. It is currently in beta and be explored at < nyc.gov/developers >. Also, Volkan and Curtis took…

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