Hack Democracy San Francisco meetup #1 - intro

San FranciscoJanuary 24, 2010

Special thanks

• @dkords, @sferik

• @jeremylv (logo)

• @Today’s presenters

• @you

What’s a hacker?

“A community of enthusiast computer programmers and systems designers, ...”

(wikipedia)

Hackers do great things

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho8KVOe_y08

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho8KVOe_y08

fun

but does it really make the

world move forward?

Meet Democracy...

http://mps-expenses.guardian.co.uk/

http://www.wired.com/magazine/2010/11/ff_311_new_york/all/1 via @eschnou

... and change the world

A community

PEOPLE in public institutions

and Hackers

defining together

the future of our

Democracies

We celebrate innovations for more democracy

Today’s presentations

1. @CodeForAmerica (by @pahlkadot)

2. @CircleVoting: Building a Social Ballot, by @oliverjesse

3. ScraperWiki: (by @maxogden)Scrapping public data in browser or how to turn government websites into public APIs

4. VoteReports.org: Open system of politician report cards

5. ShortStack: (by @danmelton)CrunchBase for open sources projects used by govs

Format

5mnpresentation

5mnQ & A

+

Today’s presentations

1. @CodeForAmerica (by @sferik)

2. @CircleVoting: Building a Social Ballot, by @oliverjesse

3. ScraperWiki: (by @maxogden)Scrapping public data in browser or how to turn government websites into public APIs

4. VoteReports.org: Open system of politician report cards

5. ShortStack: (by @danmelton)CrunchBase for open sources projects used by govs

• Next meetup: next month

• Looking for presenters

• Opening new chapters

‣ Brussels (@HackDemocracyEU)

‣ San Francisco (@HackDemocracySF)

‣ Washington DC (@HackDemocracyDC)

‣ ...

What’s next?

• Follow us on twitter:http://twitter.com/HackDemocracySF

• Join the meetup group:http://meetup.com/HackDemocracySF

• Contact me: @xdamman

Keep in touch