San Francisco January 24, 2010
Jan 22, 2015
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