December 2011
9 posts
“Build beautiful interactive maps on your Drupal website, and tell engaging...”
– Mapping with Drupal - O’Reilly Media
Congrats to 2011 CfA Fellow Alan Palazzolo for his new book, Mapping with Drupal!
“Everyday, platforms are reducing the amount of time developers have to focus on...”
– The Case For Developer Platforms | TechCrunch
Couldn’t be more important for #gov20. These platforms, such as Open311, are the infrastructure for tech public service — the digital equivalent of bricks and mortar.
"Circle less, live more": SFpark Open Sourced →
kfogel:
As announced on the OpenGeo blog and at SFpark.org, all the components of San Francisco’s innovative parking space management system are now open source — and they’ve gone out of their way to make it re-useable by other cities.
Here’s what SFpark does in a nutshell: it ties together …
Season's Greetings from CfA: December Update →
In one way or the other — from giving your year as a fellow or city partner to spreading the word through your networks — you have helped turn CfA from an idea into a reality this year. Please consider this update, along with some ASCII snowflakes (above), as a small token of our appreciation.
Wanna Buy a City Hall? A Library? City puts assets... →
CitySourced Raises Series A Financing |... →
CitySourced, a location based mobile reporting platform and the leader in mobile civic engagement, announced today that it has closed $1.33 million in a Series A round of financing. The capital will be used to continue product development as well as accelerate sales and marketing efforts.
Code for America: An elegant solution for... →
Code for America is the technology world’s equivalent of the Peace Corps or Teach for America. The premise is simple and elegant. America’s cities need technology help. State, federal and local governments spend hundreds of billions of dollars each year on IT systems and solutions. But a significant percentage of this money is wasted fighting red tape, jumping through bureaucratic hoops or...
Foreclosed homes turned into city parks →
This is what can happen when city departments start to talk to one another. Housing department has foreclosed homes and parks department looking for parcels for community parks = foreclosed homes turned into city parks.
Opening Up Local Data with Prize-Inspired Apps →
