Tag: civic tech
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Community WiFi is Already Here, Now It’s Time to Expand It
This article was originally published on Gotham Gazette on September 13, 2019 While politicians and industry focus on 5G wireless, the democratization of more common wireless technology has quietly made community-run wifi networks faster, better and cheaper than cable. Look for wifi anywhere in New York City and you’ll likely find dozens of locked networks, each of…
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Madrid Demonstrates Successful Civic Engagement. Let’s Pay Attention as We Launch New York City Commission
This article was originally published on Gotham Gazette on March 24, 2019 Madrid turns its residents’ collective passions and intelligence into tangible improvements to city life. New York should do the same. New Yorkers had until February 22 to apply to join the Civic Engagement Commission (CEC), a new entity that city voters approved last election to manage civic…
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Expanding Consul presented at MediaLab Prado, Madrid, Spain on November 15th, 2018
COLLECTIVE INTELLIGENCE FOR DEMOCRACY 2018 was a program of the MediaLab Prado in Madrid, Spain, funded by the Madrid City Government. I was lucky enough to be invited to participate in the two week program where I worked with a team to improve the Consul Participatory Democracy software platform. It was an extremely significant experience…
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Mixing Tool Sets from Madrid and Taiwan to Improve Participatory Budgeting in New York presented at the g0v Summit 2018 in Taipei, Taiwan
“Mixing Tool Sets from Madrid and Taiwan to Improve Participatory Budgeting in New York: Leveraging Participatory Budgeting to Create a More Open and Participatory Government” was presented at the g0v (pronounced “gov zero”) Summit 2018 on October 6th, 2018 in Taipei, Taiwan. It was an ambitious presentation attempting to align the participatory democracy movements in…