We’re organizing a test of a web site that allows you to explore travel options to your Chicago Public School. If you meet the following requirements, you qualify to be in the test, receive a $20 VISA gift card + bus…
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Foodborne Chicago on WBEZ Chicago
Yesterday morning I talked with Tony Sarabia of the WBEZ Morning Shift about Foodborne Chicago. Here’s the sound. Listen all the way to the end for a pretty wacky bumper tune. Key points covered: This site is not about making…
The Chicago Police API, Safer Communities Hackathon, and Huge List of Chicago Crime Data Resources
On May 11th, the City of Chicago and Google will host a Safe Communities Hackathon at Google’s Chicago office. (You can register for the free event here.) The team at Chicago’s Department of Innovation and Technology has just launched a…
Road to Government 2.0: Projects and Publications Around Analytics & Technology
Last year I (along with Brett Goldstein, Chief Data Officer and Chief Information Officer for the City of Chicago) participated in the FOCAS 2012: Towards Open and Innovative Governance conference run by the Communications and Society Program run by the Aspen Institute. They recently…
An open source admin tool for fusion tables
Smart Chicago’s Connect Chicago campaign is part of the federal Broadband Technology Opportunities Program. Smart Chicago has helped administer millions of dollars of these funds in programs for its partner, the City of Chicago. The Connect Chicago location tool tool…
Two OpenStreetMap Events
One of the main objectives of Smart Chicago is to help build the infrastructure of civic innovation in Chicago. That’s why we publish so much open source code, host so many apps, and support so many events. Since so much…
