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Civic participation, digital infrastructure, and why the US is behind

February 28, 2018February 28, 2018 by femmetech

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TheÂ one simple thing that US digital infrastructure canâ€™t do to encourage civic participation: Share UIDs Those who know me appreciate that I like to get to the bottom of things if I think it'll help solve a problem. There's a reason - logical or otherwise - why things are the…

Using Open Data to Understand Needs: PBNYC Case Study

February 2, 2018 by femmetech

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If you've never worked with data, you might think that finding an open data set available through a trusted city provider would be the end of your journey. And then, you'd open the data set, try to use it in your favorite visualization tool, and realize you had a long…

A data stewardship approach to security audits

January 14, 2018February 4, 2018 by femmetech

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While the concept of a security "audit" can turn off some folks, I like to bring in data stewardship as a care practice to ground us in why digital security matters -- and how audits can become a normal and non-creepy part of your technology practices. Data stewardship is a…

SXSW 2018: From Publishing City Data to Solving Problems

November 9, 2017April 18, 2019 by admin

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I was on a panel March 2018 at SXSW, talking about my work with open data, sharing this stage with the smart: ADRIENNE SCHMOEKER, New York City Mayorâ€™s Office of Data and Analytics MARY TOBIN, Brownsville Partnership ZACK BRISSON, Reboot Sharing stories from the front lines of data impact, we…

Tech and Revolution meeting in NYC, Nov 13

November 9, 2017November 9, 2017 by admin

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Please join myself, Radical Action Design,Â Progressive Technology Project,Â May First / People LinkÂ and other progressive and social justice movement technologists for a specialÂ Technology and RevolutionÂ mini-convergence, the 20th convergence of this kind this year,Â at ThoughtWorks -Â Monday, November 13 from 6- 9 pmÂ in NYC. Tools have an important role in our movement -…

Creating an open data set of participatory budgeting

August 3, 2017January 3, 2018 by femmetech

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Part of my work in early 2017 was to methodically go through the digital assets of the Participatory Budgeting Project and decide which to prioritize to update. Given that theÂ Case Studies web page is consistently in the top five visited pages on the site, and that the demand for a…

PBP’s work in the NYC Open Data report

August 3, 2017January 3, 2018 by femmetech

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I'm excited to share that my work with Participatory Budgeting, leveraging open data to help both elected officials and residents make data-informed choices made it into the 2017 MODA Open Data Report. Read the report here.Â

Smart Cities NYC 2017: Open Minds, Open Data panel

April 9, 2017January 3, 2018 by admin

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It was an honor to share the panel stage with Dr. Amen Ra Mashariki, Beth Noveck, and Lourdes German at the Smart Cities NYC conference. The core questions I asked were: What tools or frameworks do we use to generate broad civic engagement with our metrics and data sets? How…

The ethics of algorithms: nonprofits, open data, and feedback loops

December 13, 2016January 3, 2018 by femmetech

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I recently gave a talk at Thoughtworks' Ethics of Algorithms series, which was a great opportunity to examine how structuredÂ logic appears in my work with decidedly unstructured-leaning organizations. A few key takeaways: Feel free to grab the slides if they're of interest:Â Ethics of Algorithms_Dec16

Digital Information Security: Explaining the Two Main Issues & How To Deal With Them

December 6, 2016November 9, 2017 by femmetech

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[download this resource as a PDF:infosec_resources_femmetechdec2016-1] While the current political climate in the US is spawning mass interest in digital security, the situation as it stands has been created over the last 20 years or so, with concern and activism around the issue rising with the tide of technologies that…

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