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The Launch of Chicago Health Atlas

Smart ChicagoJune 18, 2013

First official launch of Chicago Health Atlas. Includes details on project team contributions.…

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Chicago Health Atlas on the Github Blog

Smart ChicagoJune 13, 2013

Github announced a new feature today— the visualization of geographic data— and pointed to the geojson data we store for our Chicago Health Atlas product as an example. This post has led to 240 forks and counting.

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Migrahack Projects

Smart ChicagoJune 1, 2013

Chicago Migrahack  was held from May 31 – June 2, 2013 as a part of the National Day of Civic Hacking. I helped judge the hacktahon. Following is my take on the projects, including notes, screenshots, and images from the day.…

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Informal User Testing of the Early Childhood Portal

Smart ChicagoMay 28, 2013

Over the last few months I’ve presented the Early Childhood portal to community groups and parent groups focused on Early Childhood. It was always a great experience, and it has really informed how we run the CUTGroup. Tonight in Englewood…

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State of Illinois Eliminate the Digital Divide Grants

Smart ChicagoMay 26, 2013

Here is a handy spreadsheet of all Eliminate the Digital Divide grants going back to the inception of the program, showing all grants, grants by year (2007 – 2012), all Chicago grants, and all Chicago grants by year. All of this data is  pulled…

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Join us for the National Day of Civic Hacking in Chicago

Smart ChicagoMay 7, 2013

On May 31st – June 3rd, Chicago will have three separate events in coordination with the National Day of Civic Hacking. National Day of Civic Hacking is a nationwide effort being coordinated by Random Hacks of Kindness, Code for America…

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  • Documentation from the Array of Things Public Meeting at Association House of Chicago
  • Chicago Celebrates the Unveiling of the New Chicago Health Atlas
  • Community Call: NTEN’s Digital Inclusion Fellowship Q&A

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Current books by leading thinkers in civic tech.

Experimental Modes of Civic Engagement in Civic Tech: Answers the question, "what's the difference between sentiment and action?" in people-driven civic tech.

The @CivicWhitaker Anthology: Three years of organizing, writing, and documenting in Chicago civic tech at the Smart Chicago Collaborative.

The CUTGroup Book: Complete documentation of one of the most innovative methods of tech-focused civic engagement.

Youth-Led Tech Curriculum: 28 Days of step-by-step for tech training in the context of the needs & priorities of young people.

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