First POST: Urgency
BY Micah L. Sifry | Monday, January 19 2015
How Republicans are starting to embrace net neutrality; more predictions of the blockchain's impact on society; new "innovative communities" legislation in Massachusetts seeks to boost civic tech there; and much, much more. Read More
Civic Hall Beta Member: Simone Rothman, FutureAir
BY Jessica McKenzie | Monday, January 19 2015
This month Civic Hall, the new home for civic tech in New York City, opened its doors to beta members like Simone Rothman, the founder and CEO of FutureAir. Beta members are people working in the civic tech space who have been invited to try out Civic Hall for the month of January: to work in the space and see what it is like, and in turn provide feedback to the Civic Hall team. We caught up with Rothman to ask about her work and find out what she hopes to see and do here at Civic Hall. Read More
First POST: Inners
BY Micah L. Sifry | Friday, January 16 2015
Dissident Saudi blogger Raif Badawi; the limits of social media-powered protest movements; why California is lagging in opening up government data; and much, much more. Read More
Civic Hall Beta Member: Jeanne Brooks, Hacks/Hackers
BY Jessica McKenzie | Friday, January 16 2015
This month Civic Hall, the new home for civic tech in New York City, opened its doors to beta members like Jeanne Brooks, executive director of Hacks/Hackers. Beta members are people working in the civic tech space who have been invited to try out Civic Hall for the month of January: to work in the space and see what it is like, and in turn provide feedback to the Civic Hall team. We caught up with Brooks to ask about her work and find out what she hopes to see and do here at Civic Hall. Read More
First POST: Competition
BY Micah L. Sifry | Thursday, January 15 2015
Obama plugs community broadband and gets the GOP's ire up; the VAN gets an upgrade; CityMart launches in the US; and much, much more. Read More
Civic Tech and Engagement: How Front Porch Forum Makes Stronger Communities
BY Allison Fine and Sam Roudman | Thursday, January 15 2015
Front Porch Forum creates online communities for real-life neighborhoods. We have an excerpt about FPF from Allison Fine's new book, Matterness, and an interview with the founder, Michael Wood-Lewis. Read More
Civic Hall Beta Member: Erin Vilardi, VoteRunLead
BY Jessica McKenzie | Thursday, January 15 2015
This month Civic Hall, the new home for civic tech in New York City, opened its doors to beta members like Erin Vilardi, the founder of VoteRunLead. Beta members are people working in the civic tech space who have been invited to try out Civic Hall for the month of January: to work in the space and see what it is like, and in turn provide feedback to the Civic Hall team. We caught up with Vilardi to ask about her work and find out what she hopes to see and do here at Civic Hall. Read More
First POST: Command Lines
BY Micah L. Sifry | Wednesday, January 14 2015
The White House embraces community broadband; how facial recognition software is getting used to predict voting behavior; understanding how blockchain technology could change the world; and much, much more. Read More
Civic Hall Beta Member: Tim Karr, Free Press
BY Jessica McKenzie | Wednesday, January 14 2015
This month Civic Hall, the new home for civic tech in New York City, opened its doors to beta members like Tim Karr, of Free Press. Beta members are people working in the civic tech space who have been invited to try out Civic Hall for the month of January: to work in the space and see what it is like, and in turn provide feedback to the Civic Hall team. We caught up with Karr to ask him about his work and find out what he hopes to see and do here at Civic Hall. Read More
Announcing Personal Democracy Forum 2015 Early Bird Tickets! And Speakers!
BY Micah L. Sifry | Tuesday, January 13 2015
Believe it or not, it isn't too soon to start planning to attend Personal Democracy Forum 2015, taking place June 4-5 at New York University's Skirball and Kimmel Halls. This is our twelfth annual conference and we've got a terrific group of speakers already confirmed--it's time to take advantage of our early-bird rates, and tickets are limited. Read More