A Women 2.0 City Meetup organizer, who’s been feeling the impacts of gentrification, recaps former event speakers who are making social changes through technology. By Marisol MacGregor (Product Strategy Consultant) As a renter in San Francisco who was recently...
Itching to fix problems and create efficiencies? Civic hacking – we can do it! By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) Help solve big problems with new technology and drive big changes in the city you live in, maybe even the government! Here...
What’s your favorite Internet April Fool’s joke this year? By Angie Chang (Co-Founder & Editor-in-Chief, Women 2.0) From a handful of Easter Eggs hidden in Google today, to Twitter’s nixing of vowels, today is a day of Internet jokery. Food...
I am struck by how new and potentially game-changing data visualization is for public servants. By Renee DiResta (Associate, O’Reilly AlphaTech Ventures) The future of government is one of increased transparency and collaborative problem-solving. What gets us...
Between my current full-time government position, volunteer work, and trying to live life, I decided to learn how to code. By Nabihah Azim (Intake Specialist, City of Oakland Department of Housing and Community Development) Government girl goes geek.. well kind of....