Tide riders learn about the perils of fare evasion
Customers on The Tide, Hampton Roads Transit’s (VA) new light-rail service, are learning an expensive lesson. Pay the $1.50 fare or face a $150 fine. Original post
The 2011 CfA Annual Report
The Code for America fellows accomplished a lot this year — not just in terms of code or apps for the CfA cities, but also learnings for the program — and we couldn’t be more proud of them. We’re pleased today to present a snapshot of the year: the 2011 CfA Annual Report (embedded below):Read… Read more »
CfA Codes for More of America in 2012: What’s Ahead
Today, we’re pleased to announce that with the support of Google, Code for America will be growing quite a bit in 2012. The charitable giving team at Google is granting Code for America $1.5M to help us do more with the fellowship, and pilot two new programs designed to help government work better with theRead… Read more »
Oh the app Summly? The creator is just 16, with more up his sleeves.
Created by a 16 year old, Summly is pretty amazing. Check out this blog post over on GIGAOM (here). The topic, Nick D’Aloisio, has created Summly, an iPhone app, which does this; “Summari[z]es content into a digestible format that can be easily consumed to allow for a relevant and productive web browsing experience.” Unlike GoogleRead… Read more »
Is it too easy to be negative on Twitter?
Http://LeonardSipes.Com I start getting concerned when I watch national news and the reporter cites Twitter messages as evidence of public sentiment. It’s equally interesting when professional friends express dismay when Twitter starts slamming their agencies. The report below from the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism analyses social media coverage of the 2011Read… Read more »
“Gig City” On a Geek Hunt
What sets Chattanooga, Tenn. apart from the rest of the nation? One gigabit-per-second. With the fastest Internet speeds available, our city has now launched a no-nonsense “geek hunt.” We’re offering up to $300,000 in cash and seed capital to students and entrepreneurs who are willing to participate in the Gig Tank. The Gig Tank isRead… Read more »
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Five Public Sector Consumer Apps
Joel Reyes (Charlotte, NC) — As I do every month, I present five of my favorite apps. This month, I’ve curated apps which are meant for your average consumer or citizen, but better connect them to information of a public / civic sector nature. We start with information about the entire world, and end withRead… Read more »
Ask What Technology You Can Buy For Your Country
Kim Nelson (Chevy Chase, MD) — It’s the holiday season, and as usual there is a media frenzy over consumers, what they are buying, and more importantly, what it may or may not mean. In the issue of Time that I received on Cyber Monday an article by Stephen Gandel titled “The Shopping Bag Indicator”Read… Read more »
Why We Need More Lobbyists
How many times have you clicked a box to add your name to one of those “Make the world a better place. Sign our petition now” email links? Congratulations. You are a lobbyist. Have you ever accepted one whose purpose was to eliminate lobbyists? Congratulations. You are confused. It’s become fashionable to gripe about lobbyingRead… Read more »