Author: Devin
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Buildings Apps “With Not For” presented at School of Data event in New York City on March 7th, 2020
A presention of a method for building information rich apps using spreadsheets and DIY database tools like Airtable.
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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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5 Solutions the Public Advocate Should Deliver for New York City
This article was originally published on Gotham Gazette on May 8, 2019 The New York City Public Advocate is a poorly defined position that, over its 30 years of existence, has often been used to advance the political interests and status of career politicians. I’m running for Public Advocate because I want to do something very different…
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SimCity Showed Us Brilliant Civic Tech Interfaces 30 Years Ago. We Should Build Them for Real Now
This article was originally published on Gotham Gazette on May 8, 2019 I was eight years old when I first encountered a computer game called SimCity. The general premise of the game was that you were the mayor of a virtual city, and you would use game money to create a place for communities of “Sims” to live.…