Code for America (Changelog Interviews #65)

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

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