Code for America (Interview)
The Changelog: Software Development, Open Source
Adam and Wynn caught up with Erik and Max, Fellows at Code for America to talk about civic-focused development and open source.
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Show Notes:
- Apply now to be a 2012 Code for America Fellow - Deadline is July 31
- LSRC V is just around the corner
- Follow @TheSassWay for your Sass news
- Code for America enlists the talent of the web industry into public service to use their skills to solve core problems facing our communities.
- Erik Michaels-Ober is a Rubyist and Fellow at Code for America
- Max Ogden is also a Rubyist and Fellow at Code for America
- Erik is using (and improving) the LinkedIn Ruby gem
- Max loves Underscore.js from Jeremy Ashkenas
- Max’s GitHub page tells recruiters to get lost.
- Carl Malamud of Public.Resource.Org aims to make government information more accessible.
- The Sunlight Foundation, featured on Episode 0.1.3
- Code For America’s GitHub page features 120 projects.
- Rails Admin is Erik’s Rails 3 engine that provides an easy-to-use interface for managing your data
- Erik and Wynn met through John Nunemaker’s Twitter Gem
- Faraday is Rick Olson’s slick Rack-like HTTP client library.
- Mislav Marohni? helps maintain Faraday
- Want to create your own programming language like Jeremy Ashekenas? Read this book!
- Max is a fan of Request from Mikeal Rogers
- Erik is a fan of Sam Stephenson, featured in Episode 0.6.4
- Brian Ford, Evan Phoenix, make Rubinius rock.
- Steve Richert aka @LaserLemon helps out with the Twitter gem. Best username evar.
- TextMate users: be nice to your Vim friends.
- The opportunity for Civic Startups
- Fight for the User
- Literary Machines is a thirty year old book from Ted Nelson.
- Open211.org - The Redirectory Project is a free and open directory of social services and resources that anyone can contribute to.
- Test your Ruby projects against multiple Rubies with Travis
- Gemcutter powers RubyGems.org
- Substance.io is an HTML5-based document editor from Michael Aufreiter
- Be sure and follow Substack on GitHub.
- Apply now to be a 2012 Code for America Fellow - Deadline is July 31
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