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