RethinkingRegulation: May 11th
Join us on May 11th for “idea-thon” to explore how technology and unconventional approaches can help deal with safety and quality of life issues.
Tag Archives: civic works
Tools for Community Planning, Part 2: Our Toolbox
This summer, we hit the streets to learn more about the on- and off-line tools used in community planning. As people who spend our days building software, it’s essential that we take time to find out what problems community organizers are facing. Along the way, we’re sharing this process with you: the stories, our research Read more…
Tools for Community Planning, Part 1: Three Stories
At OpenPlans, we want to see more citizen-led neighborhood planning. We believe that online tools can help people connect, gather data and organize for positive local change. We’re always on the lookout for opportunities to build new tools for community planning. When we identify a problem and a tool that can help fix it, we build Read more…
Beyond Beta Open House: What you missed….
We had a splendid little open house here as part of Beyond Beta. OpenPlans team members Aaron Sutula, Andy Cochran, and Eva Shon presented their work, including the development of our upcoming iPhone app, Shareabouts and MTA Bus Time. Stop by for another open house as past of Walkabouts on 10/18, rsvp here. Here’s some Read more…
b-roll: Naama and Eva think about community planning tools for local change
New York City provides exciting, yet sometimes complicated opportunities for people who want to create local change. On the one hand, this is a city with a proven ability to reinvent itself over and over again, packed with innovative and creative people. On the other hand, in a city of more than 8 million people, Read more…
Hacks for Democracy
The aim of the The Hacks for Democracy hackathon was build tools to increase the numbers of citizens participating in democracy by making registering to vote, finding polling place and actually voting easier and more convenient. Our own Aaron and Mjmube, working on seperate teams, developed VoterID.me and Electory.org. Democracy is not inevitable or a given; it must be Read more…
b-roll: Aaron introduces us to Argo, an easy way to make maps
We make many kinds maps here at OpenPlans. Some maps, like the animated bike share visualization and OTP Analyst, are very complex. Others like the Jackson Heights data maps are more straightforward. It is these straightforward data maps that present a great opportunity for us to give more control to our users. Enter Argo. Argo is Read more…