Civic hacking (Changelog Interviews #13)

Adam and Wynn caught up with Luigi Montanez and Jeremy Carbaugh from Sunlight Labs and discussed their Python and Ruby projects, government transparency, and civic hacking - open source contributions as activism.

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Featuring:

• Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
• Wynn Netherland – GitHub, X

Show Notes:

• Real Time Congress - iPhone app for keeping tabs on Congress, built with Appcelerator Titanium
• Anthill - Django-powered community website project that runs SunlightLabs.com
• MediaSync - Django Toolkit to simplify the static media development and deployment.
• Sunlight Labs API - Congressional data served up for your next mashup.
• Underscore.js - The tie for jQuery’s tux
• Open Government Initiative - Every .gov web site now has to outline their transparency efforts
• Apps for America - Build a mashup, win some $$$
• Great American Hackathon - Meetup and hack to improve your government
• Open Government book from OReilly - Collaboration, Transparency, and Participation in Practice
• Tweet Congress - SXSW Web Award-winning congressional Twitter directory built on Sunlight Labs API
• Capitol Words - Amazing site and API analysis of what’s said on the floor of Congress
• Open Congress - Browse, read, discuss, and vote on legislation before Congress.
• Code for America - Connecting city governments and Web 2.0 talent.
• Some new gadget from Apple
• Chromium OS - Google’s new OS discussed on Episode 0.0.4
• SauceBrush - an attempt to build a python ETL library that doesn’t suck
• Homebrew - Package management for Mac as discussed on Episode 0.1.2
• Transparency Camp - THE unconference for government representatives, technologists, journalists, developers, NGOs, wonks and activists
• Los Angeles Ruby Conf - See Luigi and others speak Ruby in beautiful downtown Burbank

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