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Code for America (Changelog Interviews #65)

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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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Featuring:

  • Adam Stacoviak – Website, GitHub, LinkedIn, Mastodon, X
  • Wynn Netherland – GitHub, X

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

    • Something missing or broken? PRs welcome!

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