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I missed the New York Tech Meetup on Tuesday and didn’t get to hear a presentation from the New York State Senate’s information officers. Perhaps not a tragic loss. But still this blog has a soft spot for that state’s … Continue reading →

I admit to being more than a little envious of those hackers who made creative use of New York City’s publicly available databases for the BigApps 2.0 competition. Is there a way that non-programmers can share vicariously in the fun … Continue reading →

The Google Public Data Explorer is a visualization app that brings life to public policy data (or really any statistics you have) through animation. Google picked up the software when it purchased Trendalyzer in 2007. You may a remember a … Continue reading →

I have completed a .1 release of my first Android app, hammered together with Google’s App Inventor toolkit. It’s a simple but trailblazing RSS displayer that pulls in bill status from the New York State Senate’s own open government platform, … Continue reading →

I first learned of Google App Inventor’s existence through David Pogue’s New York Times column. Over the summer, Pogue reported on his experiences using an early beta version of this then invite-only software. As a former user of visually-oriented rapid … Continue reading →

I couldn’t make last night’s New York Tech Meetup in person, so I grabbed my laptop, settled into my sofa chair (after removing the cat), and watched the Livestream broadcast.  Besides liking introspectr (more on them in a later post), … Continue reading →

Another weekend, another hackathon.  But the one that was just held in Seatle concerned itself with Gov 2.0 projects. And Technoverse favorite Tropo was there, along with open data service provider Socrata. The winners were …  ChatterCast, which monitors 911 … Continue reading →

A few sites to get this Gov 2.0  list started: Data.gov – Raw data from the  US government.  Start digging and mining! GovFresh – Founded by Luke Fretwell. A good resource with postings from informed Gov 2.0 advocates. SunLight Foundation … Continue reading →

The O’Reilly Radar blog will be summarizing Gov 2.0 news in a week-in-review style post. And don’t forget O’Reilly’s Gov 2.0 Expo,  May 25 – 27, Washington,DC. And yes, I will try to put a together a more complete list … Continue reading →

Earlier this month, I glued together two neat apps using parts supplied by two different VoiceXML unified communications companies. The first lets me call in to a VoXMLPHP script hosted by Tropo, which then interprets my voice commands and reads … Continue reading →