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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Nov 15th, 2010 | Topic: Culture | Region: | Cities: Chicago, Washington, D.C. |
Online tools hold enormous potential to help citizens get involved in their communities. Yet without an informed citizenry and a strong culture of civic engagement, its likely that even the most sophisticated uses of online technology won’t succeed in increasing public participation. (
keep reading…)
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Sep 8th, 2010 | Topic: | Region: | Cities: Washington, D.C. |
When cities develop technology solutions independently, the result is huge redundancies and millions wasted. A newly launched initiative, Civic Commons, will help coordinate these efforts. (
keep reading…)
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Aug 26th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: | Cities: |
Dispelling the Magic Bullet Myth: New media tools are often billed as a way to get more people involved in civic issues. While technology can make increasing public participation easier, without a policy-making process that encourages citizen input, online engagement initiatives likely won’t succeed. (
keep reading…)
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Aug 24th, 2010 | Topic: Governance, Culture | Region: | Cities: New York, Washington, D.C. |
While most technology and new media initiatives are launched with great hopes, they often don’t work out as envisioned. Fortunately, sharing these failures in an old-fashioned ‘offline’ meeting can provide valuable lessons for creating new online initiatives. (
keep reading…)
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Jun 24th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure, Culture | Region: | Cities: Boston |
A growing number of Americans are using the Internet and new media to learn and discuss about community issues. By designing online tools to help replicate the opportunities for neighbor interaction in the real world, the Internet has the potential to get more people engaged in their neighborhood. (
keep reading…)
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Jun 16th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance | Region: | Cities: New York, Washington, D.C. |
It’s only natural that so much of focus on efforts towards more open data, civic apps, and online civic engagement has been in the realm of improving urban mobility. A recent discussion in Washington D.C. served to highlight efforts in the nation’s capital and beyond. (
keep reading…)
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Jun 3rd, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance | Region: | Cities: Washington, D.C. |
Can government be transformed from a top-down bureaucracy into a platform for citizen participation and collaboration? At a recent gathering of tech-savvy public-servants and entrepreneurs, ideas about just how to rethink government around Web 2.0 technologies took center stage. (
keep reading…)
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | May 6th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance | Region: | Cities: New York |
Under new leadership, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has stared to embrace open data in a big way. It’s new attitude was on display at a recent developer outreach event, where the agency announced its plans to more closely collaborate with developers who want to create web and mobile applications using transit data. (
keep reading…)
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Apr 28th, 2010 | Topic: Governance | Region: | Cities: |
The recent global travel disruption caused by the Icelandic volcano demonstrated one good thing—people can use technology rather effectively to replace in person meetings. With video conferencing and virtual meeting technologies more robust than ever, it might be time to give the traditional public meeting an extreme online makeover. (
keep reading…)
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Open Cities | Christian Madera | Apr 15th, 2010 | Topic: Infrastructure, Governance | Region: | Cities: |
Custom web applications designed to link citizens with government data and officials are great. But by taking advantage of many of the existing (and free) Web 2.0 tools, cities can easily facilitate increased interaction and collaboration with residents without investing a lot of time or money. (
keep reading…)
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Online tools hold enormous potential to help citizens get involved in their communities. Yet without an informed citizenry and a strong culture of civic engagement, its likely that even the most sophisticated uses of online technology won’t succeed in increasing public participation. (keep reading…)
When cities develop technology solutions independently, the result is huge redundancies and millions wasted. A newly launched initiative, Civic Commons, will help coordinate these efforts. (keep reading…)
Dispelling the Magic Bullet Myth: New media tools are often billed as a way to get more people involved in civic issues. While technology can make increasing public participation easier, without a policy-making process that encourages citizen input, online engagement initiatives likely won’t succeed. (keep reading…)
While most technology and new media initiatives are launched with great hopes, they often don’t work out as envisioned. Fortunately, sharing these failures in an old-fashioned ‘offline’ meeting can provide valuable lessons for creating new online initiatives. (keep reading…)
A growing number of Americans are using the Internet and new media to learn and discuss about community issues. By designing online tools to help replicate the opportunities for neighbor interaction in the real world, the Internet has the potential to get more people engaged in their neighborhood. (keep reading…)
It’s only natural that so much of focus on efforts towards more open data, civic apps, and online civic engagement has been in the realm of improving urban mobility. A recent discussion in Washington D.C. served to highlight efforts in the nation’s capital and beyond. (keep reading…)
Can government be transformed from a top-down bureaucracy into a platform for citizen participation and collaboration? At a recent gathering of tech-savvy public-servants and entrepreneurs, ideas about just how to rethink government around Web 2.0 technologies took center stage. (keep reading…)
Under new leadership, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority has stared to embrace open data in a big way. It’s new attitude was on display at a recent developer outreach event, where the agency announced its plans to more closely collaborate with developers who want to create web and mobile applications using transit data. (keep reading…)
The recent global travel disruption caused by the Icelandic volcano demonstrated one good thing—people can use technology rather effectively to replace in person meetings. With video conferencing and virtual meeting technologies more robust than ever, it might be time to give the traditional public meeting an extreme online makeover. (keep reading…)
Custom web applications designed to link citizens with government data and officials are great. But by taking advantage of many of the existing (and free) Web 2.0 tools, cities can easily facilitate increased interaction and collaboration with residents without investing a lot of time or money. (keep reading…)
