Code for America (Changelog Interviews #65)

Adam and Wynn caught up with Erik and Max, Fellows at Code for America to talk about civic-focused development and open source.

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Featuring:

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

Show Notes:

• Apply now to be a 2012 Code for America Fellow - Deadline is July 31
• LSRC V is just around the corner
• Follow @TheSassWay for your Sass news
• Code for America enlists the talent of the web industry into public service to use their skills to solve core problems facing our communities.
• Erik Michaels-Ober is a Rubyist and Fellow at Code for America
• Max Ogden is also a Rubyist and Fellow at Code for America
• Erik is using (and improving) the LinkedIn Ruby gem
• Max loves Underscore.js from Jeremy Ashkenas
• Max’s GitHub page tells recruiters to get lost.
• Carl Malamud of Public.Resource.Org aims to make government information more accessible.
• The Sunlight Foundation, featured on Episode 0.1.3
• Code For America’s GitHub page features 120 projects.
• Rails Admin is Erik’s Rails 3 engine that provides an easy-to-use interface for managing your data
• Erik and Wynn met through John Nunemaker’s Twitter Gem
• Faraday is Rick Olson’s slick Rack-like HTTP client library.
• Mislav Marohni? helps maintain Faraday
• Want to create your own programming language like Jeremy Ashekenas? Read this book!
• Max is a fan of Request from Mikeal Rogers
• Erik is a fan of Sam Stephenson, featured in Episode 0.6.4
• Brian Ford, Evan Phoenix, make Rubinius rock.
• Steve Richert aka @LaserLemon helps out with the Twitter gem. Best username evar.
• TextMate users: be nice to your Vim friends.
• The opportunity for Civic Startups
• Fight for the User
• Literary Machines is a thirty year old book from Ted Nelson.
• Open211.org - The Redirectory Project is a free and open directory of social services and resources that anyone can contribute to.
• Test your Ruby projects against multiple Rubies with Travis
• Gemcutter powers RubyGems.org
• Substance.io is an HTML5-based document editor from Michael Aufreiter
• Be sure and follow Substack on GitHub.
• Apply now to be a 2012 Code for America Fellow - Deadline is July 31

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