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Mike Mathieu, Founder and Chairman of Front Seat, a civic software company in Seattle describes the emerging civic software movement where tech-savvy heroes leverage rapid development and improving web infrastructure to build projects and services focused on social impact. You'll come away with a new understanding of some key players in the space, as well as some specific ideas for actions you might take with your professional skills. If you're looking for some brights spots amidst the economic storm clouds, this talk is for you.TRANSCRIPT
MIKE MATHIEUFRONT SEAT
2/24/09
Civic Software
About Me
About Me
About Me
About Me
Civic Software
Software
EmpoweringCreative DestructionChange
Crisis
Seattle
Hope
Economics
1 Variable Costs
2 Fixed Costs
Cheap Software
Cheap Software Opportunity
Data becoming more important than code Google, Amazon, Craigslist, Twitter
Civic Data is plentiful and largely untapped2 people in a room can do something useful
Demos
FixMyStreet.com (MySociety)CountMore.orgPredatory Lending AssociationWalk Score
Google Transit on iPhone
Civic Intelligence
Transparency
Hope
Cheap software + government data + community
Pick your issueDon’t put a good crisis to waste