3. Tara 'miss rogue' hunt
superpowers include:
• empathic customer sensory
• human behavior precognition
• people refocus beams
• enhanced word of mouth
spreading
4. chris 'factoryjoe' messina
superpowers include:
• changing user interfaces in a
single bound
• super sonic geek whispering
• radical opening gamma rays
• code wrangling
13. the case of the horrific data citizens cal & chris save the day
14. I haven't the
You know, Chris,
foggiest. Let's So, they log onto the Caltrain site...
this is alot of
check the
fun, but i need to
schedule!
get going. do you
know when the
next Caltrain is?
GADZOOKS!
HOW DO THEY
EXPECT US TO
UNDERSTAND
THIS?
not long ago...
That will never
do...plotting a
scheme to
I must
improve that
help, too!
nasty interface...
And the two of them go off to redesign...
20. the TTC goes to camp citizen superheroes strike again!
21. ...it all starts with a discussion, mostly on blogs,
started by Robert Oullette, who says the TTC needs
a bit of citizen intervention quot;barcampquot; style...
25. Hi!! I'm Mark
Kuznicki and I'm
Passionate
about Civic
Engagement!
And there
was music...
So this guy and a
bunch of others put
this thing on...
Is that a
Maquette?!
Fun!
And Designs for the
new TTC website...
And Ideas for transit in
the future...
26. ...and all is well that ends well...
http://transitcamp.org/
28. san diego is burning the multi-citizen hero squad
29. As the fires raged around them, citizens with
cameras, phones, computers and other
technology recorded...
30. They reported on everything they could find
out so that others could find their loved
ones...
31. They made maps from data gathered from
various sources (mostly other citizens
recording openly online)...
32. They took over 10,000 photos, many of which
were used by news stations...
33. ...The traditional news outlets have done a fantastic
job of sensationalizing the already sensational...If
their goal was simply to make me anxious, then job
well done...
from: http://sitening.com/blog/2007/10/22/
san-diego-wildfire-updates-with-google-
maps/
34. Fortunately, we have the Internet, with its Web 2.0,
open API’s, and several clever people who have
been able to assemble some very useful
information. Here’s my favorite of the bunch. It’s a Google Map of
the San Diego area, with polygons and icons showing the perimeter of
the fire at various times throughout the past few days, along with
road closings, shelter locations, and other updates.
from: http://sitening.com/blog/2007/10/22/
san-diego-wildfire-updates-with-google-
maps/
48. how to encourage collaboration
1.be a platform (provide
APIs - make data
available)
49. “
A quot;platformquot; is a system that can be
programmed and therefore customized by
outside developers – users – and in that
way, adapted to countless needs and niches
that the platform's original developers could
”
not have possibly contemplated, much less
had time to accommodate.
–Marc Andreessen, http://blog.pmarca.com/2007/09/the-three-
kinds.html talk to us about
stuff like
Microformats,
APIs and
OpenID
afterwards!
50. how to encourage collaboration
1.be a platform (provide 6.show progress
APIs - make data
7. take simple, small steps
available)
8.reach out to people from
2.publish everything
different backgrounds
openly
and industries
3.be available
9.view the public as a
4.embrace the chaos partner, not a recipient
5.reward contributors 10.run real, open betas
60. About those rockin’ images
• Many of them are purchased from iStockPhoto.com
• Those borrowed from Flickr are:
• Cal Henderson: http://flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/108769433/
• California Fires: http://www.flickr.com/photos/slworking/1721837998/
• Caltrain: http://www.flickr.com/photos/roland/156255158
• Chris and Cal Yell: http://www.flickr.com/photos/stewart/84223661/
• Chris and Cal Laugh: http://www.flickr.com/photos/foolswisdom/86710196/
• TTC street shot: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tracer/117014378/
• Transit Waiting Area: http://www.flickr.com/photos/mag/374819180/
• Accordian Guy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/willpate/381425426/
• Design Slam TransitCamp: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brycej/380827536/
• Whiteboard TransitCamp: http://www.flickr.com/photos/rdi/379668453/
• The Grid TransitCamp: http://www.flickr.com/photos/brycej/380816409/