Civic Commons: NAGW 2011 Lightning Round

This session will focus on sharing information about applications available and soon to be available through the Civic Commons. We'll take a quick look at a number of the applications, what they do and take questions on them. We'll also invite participants to share information about the apps they know about.

Apps Lightning Round

Jeremy Canfield & Michelle Koeth 

what this session is about, really.

who are these punks, anyway?

what is the Civic Commons? 

   what is the Civic Commons Marketplace? 

applications, applications, applications.

what this session is about, really.

who are these punks, anyway?

what is the Civic Commons? 

   what is the Civic Commons Marketplace? 

applications, applications, applications.

GRAPHIC: OPENPLANS

the enormous opportunity

GRAPHIC: OPENPLANS

the enormous opportunity

GRAPHIC: OPENPLANS

the enormous opportunity

GRAPHIC: JESSICA HAGY/INDEXED

what Civic Commons does

Find opportunities for collaboration Match needs and tools

Research & communicatebest practices

Apply the extra effortto spark & sustain

collaboration

Build the legal and policy frameworkto institutionalize collaboration

what this session is about, really.

who are these punks, anyway?

what is the Civic Commons? 

   what is the Civic Commons Marketplace? 

applications, applications, applications.

towards an open marketplace

Needs

Tools Support

the Civic Commons Marketplace

the Civic Commons Marketplace

what this Session is about, really.

who are these punks, anyway?

what is the Civic Commons? 

   what is the Civic Commons Marketplace? 

applications, applications, applications.

IT Dashboard

IT Dashboard

Vivek Kundra, CIO of the U.S. (former)

"led to over $3 billion in cost reductions." 

where's my school bus

where's my school bus

"Blizzard got traffic moving at a crawl? Use your smartphone or computer to instantly check the bus location."    

Where's My School Bus website

enterprise addressing system

enterprise addressing system

"helps the city reduce duplicate data maintenance work, improves the accuracy, consistency, and quality of the data – and should lower the cost of delivering services to citizens." 

Paul McCulloughCity & County of San Francisco

adopt a hydrant

adopt a hydrant

"Boston’s team was focusing on education… and then the 2011 blizzards hit"   

 Community Matters Blog

federal register

federal register 

"Federal Register 2.0 is collaborative government at its best." 

      Beth Noveck White House Deputy CTO(Former)

public art finder

public art finder

"explore a city's art when you're most likely to care about it -- while you're walking down the street, wondering "who did that? or what is that about?"

Anna Bloom Fellow,Code for America 

smartPDF

smartPDF

"With SmartPDF, constituents and back office workers can improve their productivity and efficiency."

Jay Nath Director of Innovation City & County of San Francisco

joget workflow 

joget workflow 

"JOGET = simple workflow application builder.  Process driven web apps without writing code." 

       John IosubSr. Systems AnalystCleveland Clinic

lunch roulette

lunch roulette

"OMG I was looking for something like this! Our company is growing way too fast..."

    Jessica Meher Hubspot

Your Turn.

What apps do you know about?

IT Dashboard civiccommons.org/2011/05/it-dashboard-six-weeks-in/

Where’s my School Bus schoolbus.heroku.com/welcome

Enterprise Address System civiccommons.org/2011/01/sf-eas-open-sourced/

Adopt a Hydrant codeforamerica.org/?cfa_project=adopt-a-hydrant

Federal Register civiccommons.org/2010/10/govt-publication-two-approaches/

Public Art Finder codeforamerica.org/2011/04/29/meet-muralapp/

SmartPDF www.youtube.com/watch?v=OBsdTSpAyWg

Joget www.joget.org/

Lunch Roulette codeforamerica.org/2011/06/20/lunch-roulette/

resources:

tell us: what's in your civic stack? c4a.me/civcoms-app

sign up for early access to the marketplacec4a.me/civcoms-access

civiccommons.com                 twitter: @civcoms

 discuss@civiccommons.com

thanks.

what this Session is about, really.

who are these punks, anyway?

what is the Civic Commons? What does it mean to me? 

   what is the Civic Commons Marketplace? 

applications, applications, applications.

BONUS: Let's Deploy Lunch Roulette!

let's deploy lunch roullete!

Because: why not?

1. verify it meets your needs

What does it do?

Can I get help from a vendor?

Is it under active development?

Is there a community around it?

2. find the app's code

(This will get easier very soon)

github.com/codeforamerica/lunch_roulette

3. get dependencies

we'll need:

    github    ruby 1.9.2    rails     linkedIn API key    amazon AWS account    heroku account

4. stand up a test instance

To the Terminal!

    #set up on local machine    git clone git@github.com:codeforamerica/lunch_roulette.git

    cd lunch_roulette    rvm use 1.9.2 

    # optional    bundle install 

    bundle exec rake db:setup 

    rails s

5. kick the tires

    Play with it. 

                            Bend it. 

                                                    Break it.

6. push to production

6. enjoy!

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