RIP, Edgar Mitchell – Moonwalker #6 and change agent
RIP, Edgar Mitchell, 6th person to walk on the moon, and change agent. On the perspective granted by outer space: “You develop an instant global…
Ideas
#CivicTech Primer: Uncharted territory
In my last post, I shared some thoughts about “civic tech,” a new(ish) sector focused expressly on the public good. This definition opens countless roads…
#CivicTech Primer: What is civic tech?
Here in the Second Great Internet Bubble, we’ve come to accept Marc Andreessen’s maxim that “software is eating the world.” The evidence is outstanding for…
Bruce Sterling's SXSW Interactive 2015 Closing Remarks
I didn’t make it to SXSW this year, but I would never miss Bruce Sterling’s time-honored closing remarks from the Interactive festival because Bruce Sterling…
CivicMakers.org – Thoughts On A Successful CityCampSF
CivicMakers hosted a very successful CityCampSF recently. Here’s an excerpt from the event recap post over on CivicMakers.org. On Saturday, January 10th, more than 200…
Building Community for Better Cities at CityCampSF
(Cross posted from the CivicMakers blog.) What happens when you gather local officials, city staff, entrepreneurs, designers, developers, journalists and citizens in a room for…
Govtech.com Blog: CivicMakers Movement Spreading from Coast to Coast
This post originally appeared October, 16 2014 as an Industry Perspective post on Govtech.com. What’s your latest gripe about government? Maybe you can’t figure out…
A new, civic chapter
Last Friday marked my third anniversary at Change.org. In that time, Change.org has grown from 6 million users to well over 75 million, and I’ve held on…
Kayaking Baja Sur
A few weeks back, as an early 40th birthday present of sorts, my good friend Spence and I took a 7 day kayaking trip from…
RIP, Aaron Swartz
It’s Sunday, and I’m still thinking of the incredible burst of talent and passion and purpose that was the life of Aaron Swartz. On Friday…