Category Archives: Open Source

  1. Experiments in GitHub Based Procurement

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    March 27, 2013 by mheadd

    The City of Philadelphia is experimenting with some new ideas that we hope will change the way that city departments …
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    Category: gov20, Open Source, startups

  2. Shutting Down a Civic Project

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    March 18, 2013 by mheadd

    It’s never easy to shut down a civic project or app, but sometimes its the right thing to do. And …
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    Category: Cities, civic hacking, Open Source, Tropo

  3. Urban Storytelling with Open Data

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    December 20, 2012 by mheadd

    One of the most important qualities of open data is that it can provide unparalleled insight into how a city …
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    Category: code samples, Open Source, opendata, Tutorials

  4. Mid-Atlantic Osmosis

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    August 28, 2012 by mheadd

    I had the pleasure of attending the UnWIREd conference in Baltimore this past weekend, and got a chance to watch …
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    Category: Cities, civic hacking, Open Government, Open Source, opendata | Tags: , , ,

  5. Creating the Commons

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    August 28, 2012 by mheadd

    “Building a culture of collaboration and participation is a key ingredient to making innovative programs work in cities.” Listen to …
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    Category: gov20, Open Government, Open Source, Standards

  6. From “Zero to Civic” in 5 Minutes

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    July 9, 2012 by mheadd

    One of the most powerful things about open government data is all of the options it enables. Open data is …
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    Category: code samples, Open Source, opendata, Tutorials

  7. Speech Recognition for Open311

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    August 9, 2011 by mheadd

    Really excited about a new project I started recently to enable phone-based speech recognition for 311 service requests. Here is …
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    Category: CouchDB, Open Government, Open Source

  8. Building an Open311 Application with Node.js and CouchDB

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    March 3, 2011 by mheadd

    Lots of work is being done to finalize the next version of the Open311 API spec (officially referred to as …
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    Category: CouchDB, Open Government, Open Source, Standards

  9. Experiments in Open Data: Baltimore Edition

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    January 21, 2011 by mheadd

    A lot of my open gov energy of late has been focused on replicating a technique pioneered by Max Ogden …
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    Category: CouchDB, Development Tools, Open Government, Open Source, Twitter

  10. Echoes of Manor.GovFresh

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    January 4, 2011 by mheadd

    A new year means retrospection and resolutions. For me, looking back on 2010, one of the most memorable events I …
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    Category: Open Government, Open Source

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