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Ignite Presentation
- 1. Hello! I’m Clay Johnson I Direct Sunlight Labs Tuesday, March 10, 2009
- 2. We Open By Using Tuesday, March 10, 2009
- 3. community of 351 (so far) Tuesday, March 10, 2009
- 4. (this is where you come in) Tuesday, March 10, 2009
- 5. 5 Things to change your country 5 Things to Change Your Country Tuesday, March 10, 2009
- 6. 1. Parse A State Tuesday, March 10, 2009
- 7. More Local = More Listening Tuesday, March 10, 2009
- 8. More Local = Less Technology Tuesday, March 10, 2009
- 9. 2. Redesign an Agency Tuesday, March 10, 2009
- 10. Tuesday, March 10, 2009
- 11. Tuesday, March 10, 2009
- 12. 3. Visualize Data Tuesday, March 10, 2009
- 13. Visualizations Tell Stories Tuesday, March 10, 2009
- 14. 4. +1 Our Community Tuesday, March 10, 2009
- 15. join sunlightlabs@googlegroups.com Tuesday, March 10, 2009
- 16. wiki wiki.sunlightlabs.com Tuesday, March 10, 2009
- 17. 5. Be an Organizer Tuesday, March 10, 2009
- 18. Convene a Hackathon in Your Area Tuesday, March 10, 2009
- 19. Steal This Presentation sunlightlabs.com/ignitepresentation Tuesday, March 10, 2009
- 20. twitter: cjoh Thank You! SunlightLabs.com/ignitepresentation Tuesday, March 10, 2009
Hinweis der Redaktion
- * Hi There! I’m Clay Johnson * I am the Director of Sunlight Labs for the Sunlight Foundation * We’re the technology group of a larger foundation that advocates for transparency in Government through the use of Technology.
- To build our tools we use Open Source technology Most of our stuff is written in Python, though we also build stuff in Ruby, PHP and we’re experimenting with big data processing using things like Hadoop. We’re largely a-political. We just want Government to be open and transparent. It is something that needs to happen for a healthy democracy.
- We’re not some non-profit tech team We’re a group of 351 developers, developing open source tools, designs and technologies to change our government And we have a unique opportunity in the next 18 months, with the majority and minority party both calling on Government to be more transparent to make change happen
- Sunlight Labs isn’t about “us” at the foundation. It is about you. Sunlight Labs is a way for Developers to make a contribution to society. Like Habitat for Humanity. But for Developers who Love Their Country.
- I want to give you 5 things you can do TODAY would be best. RIGHT NOW would be better To help us build a better country. We the web community have this opportunity, but it has to happen now and it has to happen fast.
- The first thing you can do is parse a state. Sunlight is doing a 50 state project We, as a community are writing parsers to get every bill, every legislator and every vote in every state house.
- Here’s why The more local you get, the more your reps listen to you. In other words, when 100 people call a senator, it doesn’t matter. They dismiss it. But when 100 people call a state rep, it sure does. They listen.
- But the data isn’t there. The more local you get, the less budget the government has to spend on technology. So we’re going to do it for them. We’ll liberate the data and allow 1000 flowers to bloom Just google “Sunlight 50 State Project” to get involved. And check out the state legislation page on our wiki. Claim a state and write the parser. We’ve got 8 so far.
- For the designers in the room: you can help too. Nothing helps the Government open its mind like a picture. And you’ve got the talent to do it. Pick an agency. Redesign the front page. Tell us why you did what you did. We’ll let you guest blog if it is good And make sure the agency sees it too.
- From our experience, these ignite fires inside the agencies. We did this one for the FEC and all the sudden the FEC was like “wow, this is amazing. Can you come in and talk with us?”
- Same thing with USA.gov We launched it, and heard immediately from the GSA Saying it launched hundred chain email debates about why the design was right or wrong That’s the point: It lights fires within the agency getting them to talk about what they should do. Designers: help us start a fire in every agency.
- Combining the two, you have data visualizations. Here’s a clock chart of the frequency of the word “transparency” in the new york times over time. Data visualizations tell a story to the public that sometimes words can’t say powerfully enough.
- This is a google motion chart of contributions from industries. The big red dot at the top represents the finance and banking industries The Y axis is “contributions to republicans” The X axis is “contributions to democrats” You can see between 2004 and 2006, the industry shifted and moved to the Democrats. Visualizations like this tell big stories.
- Join Sunlight Labs. We need you to be an active part of our community If you’re a developer, a designer, a writer, or just an all around good human being We would love your participation
- Most of our action goes on on the sunlight labs mailing list. We’re doing a contest right now called “Apps for America” 15,000 goes to the person who can make the best app using our API and the APIs of our partners. Ends on March 31 so there’s still time. The list is abuzz with new open source apps in this field.
- Our wiki is where we list our project ideas and things you can help out on. Our big problems like name standardization, data intake And projects like the 50 state project are all coordinated on our wiki
- Finally it is time for the web development community to stand up and organize Get people involved in their government again And start convening in the local space.
- Invite friends together, and champion an idea using our projects, data or API methods. Post to the list servs your on and try and get people connected You’ll build friendships and partnerships that last forever.
- And take this presentation Steal it Give it at an ignite event in your area Sunlight Labs is about all of us together Changing our country
- You guys have been great Follow me on Twitter Send me an email And again, you can see the slides and notes from the slides at sunlightlabs.com/ignitepresentation Thanks so much.