How to be a poor man’s hacker

@abhinemaniStrategy Director, Code for America

@codeforamerica codeforamerica.org

Showing “What’s Possible”

THE FELLOWSHIP

The CfA Fellowship Process

January Institute: Training

February: City

Residency

March:Inception

April Onwards: Sprinting

What’s Next?

Year One

Year One Outcomes

• 21 Applications Built• 72 Data Sets Opened Up• 81 Civic Hackathon Events• 134 GitHub Projects• 530 Local Contacts• 12828 Code Commits

Year Two

The Problem: Getting on the Innovation Curve

In an ideal world…

5 Tips for You.

• Stay Up-to-Date.• Collaborate better.• Look good.• Hack an “app”.• Know what’s out there.

Stay Up-to-Date.

google.com/alerts

Stay Up-to-Date.

reederapp.com

Stay Up-to-Date.

ifttt.com

Collaborate better.

Collaborate better.

Collaborate better.

Look good.

Look good.

Screenflow

Hack an “app”.

Know what’s out there.

Know what’s out there.

Know what’s out there.

@codeforamerica codeforamerica.org

WHAT ELSE?Ideas, questions, comments?@abhinemani