Note: During Chicago School of Data Days, Smart Chicago hired a corps of documenters to take notes, write, photograph, and record our conference sessions. We want to feature some of our documenter’s writing in a series of blog posts. Our first…
Smart Chicago conducted our eleventh Civic User Testing Group (CUTGroup) test as part of our current work around this grant from the Knight Foundation given to Chris Rudd and Mikva Challenge to “update Expunge.io with new design and new features that will make…
For our tenth Civic User Testing Group session, we tested the Build It! Bronzeville app, which is a mobile game app that uses GIS technology to help residents guide development in their neighborhood as they complete quests (i.e. enhance safety, visual appeal,…
Over the summer, Smart Chicago has been hosting two young people as part of the Youth Service Project’s IgniTech Summer Youth Employment Program. The goal of this program is “is to provide youth with meaningful experiences in the Technology work sector, both…
We conducted our ninth Civic User Testing Group as a part of a grant from the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation to build communication strategies to engage with targeted communities through Foodborne Chicago, an app that searches Twitter for…
The Code for America Chattanooga team recently expressed interest in learning more about the operations of CUTGroup to begin their own civic user testing group. Smart Chicago is dedicated to openly documenting our work for everyone to use. The Chattanooga…
