-
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…
-
Innovating Gotham: Lara Torvi & Modernizing Government Technology
Innovating Gotham: Lara Torvi & Modernizing Government Technology Q: Why do you work in government? A: I’m fascinated by the intersection of technology and public service. There are so many ways government can harness technology and I love seeing the direct impact of that work. I’m also driven by the challenges of an organization as…
-
FOILing NYC’s Taxi Trip Data – with Torrents
FOILing NYC’s Taxi Trip Data – with Torrents Are you looking for NYC’s TLC Taxi data? You are not alone. A few months ago, Chris Whong FOIL’ed NYC’s TLC 2013 Trip and Fare data. Check out his blog for a great recap and links to a few torrents to download this data.
-
For New York City’s Tech Industry, Is There Life After Bloomberg? | Fast Company
For New York City’s Tech Industry, Is There Life After Bloomberg? | Fast Company
-
CitiBike NYC Trip History Data
CitiBike NYC Trip History Data We are very proud to support the opening of @CitiBikeNYC trip history data.
-
Almost a fifth of NYC’s officially published collision data is ambiguous or wrong
Almost a fifth of NYC’s officially published collision data is ambiguous or wrong “The success rate was much less than the combined ArcGIS/Google approach: almost 18% of the intersections could not be associated with lon/lats. However, the Geoclient’s error messages are great. Instead of pulling the wrong lon/lat or nothing at all, it identifies exactly…
-
#Reinvent311 Mobile Content Challenge
#Reinvent311 Mobile Content Challenge nycopendata: In a City where 70% of 311 calls are resolved simply by providing information, the #Reinvent311 challenge asked civic technologists to develop mobile tools to provide 311 information more quickly and effectively. On January 15, #Reinvent311 finalists from across the city came together to share…
-
Happy Four Freedoms Day
Happy Four Freedoms Day Today in 1941, FDR articulated four fundamental freedoms that everyone in the world should enjoy: Freedom of speech Freedom of worship Freedom from want Freedom from fear
-
Running an Inclusive Hackathon — Hackers and Hacking — Medium
Running an Inclusive Hackathon — Hackers and Hacking — Medium Here are some ideas on making hackathons appeal to everyone.
-
Cuomo Hires New York City’s Chief Digital Officer – NYTimes.com
Cuomo Hires New York City’s Chief Digital Officer – NYTimes.com A great day for #NYCtech!
-
Reinvent 311: Mobile Content Challenge
Reinvent 311: Mobile Content Challenge Join us in supporting @NYC311’s #Reinvent311 challenge. On Wed, 4 Dec we’re hosting a hacknight dedicated to 311. nycdigital: Did you know that 311 gets 65,000 inquiries a day? Hosted by The City of New York, Code for America and Stack Exchange, we are inviting urban technologists, content creators, media…
