MIKE MATHIEU FRONT SEAT 3/11/09 Save the Programmer. Save the Planet.
ETech: Mike Mathieu on Civic Software
Jun 30, 2015
Mike Mathieu's "Save the Programmer. Save the Planet" session on civic software and the work of Front Seat at O'Reilly's ETech 2009 in San Jose.
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MIKE MATHIEUFRONT SEAT
3/11 /09
Save the Programmer. Save the Planet.
About Me
About Me
About Me
About Me
Civic Software
Software
EmpoweringCreative DestructionChange
Crisis
Tech Layoffs
Hope
Economics
1 Variable Costs
2 Fixed Costs
Cheap Software
1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2008 20100
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Hours to Build a Useful Web App
Cheap Software Opportunity
Data becoming more important than code Google, Amazon, Craigslist, Twitter
Civic Data is plentiful and largely untapped2 people in a room can do something useful
Demos
FixMyStreet.com (MySociety)CountMore.orgWalk ScoreTransit Time
Google Transit on iPhone
Visualization
Usability
Civic Intelligence
Transparency
Hope
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