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News Release: Bike Buddy Website Launched as a May Bike Month Initiative
(Download formatted media advisory in PDF here.) May 3, 2013 For immediate release Bike Buddy Website Launched as a May Bike Month Initiative Austin, TX – As the 2013 Bike Month gets underway, a new website will connect anyone interested in bikin...
Continue Reading...Presentation to City Council Emerging Tech
This week, we were invited to give a presentation to the Austin City Council Emerging Technology and Telecommunications Committee. Open Austin members Chip Rosenthal and Herb Watkins presented. Herb reported on our success in initiating regular Op...
Continue Reading...Gov Tech: Wired and Weird
"Government Technology" just published an article about advances in civic technology in Austin. They cite Open Austin as one of the forces that's propelling the city to provide more civic data and apps. “For us, having that community involvement a...
Continue Reading...Google Fiber comes to Austin, Texas
Today Google Fiber announced that Austin would be the second region to receive its gigabit Internet service. With speeds up to 100 times faster than the average home connection, Google Fiber is big news for our city. Open Austin Steering Committee...
Continue Reading...Local Civic Apps Submitted for Challenge Grants
Last week, two locally-supported civic applications were submitted to the Knight News Challenge. The Knight News Challenge accelerates media innovation by funding breakthrough ideas in news and information. The challenge topic is, "How might we im...
Continue Reading...Report from the Civic Hacking Meetup
Yesterday, Open Austin hosted a Civic Hacking Meetup at SXSW Create, a free "maker" event associated with SXSW. The event, in the outdoors Create pavilion was a little touch and go due to the weather (pro tip: I tell the out of towners we like th...
Continue Reading...Civic Hacking Meetup at SXSW Create, Fri, Mar 8
Date: Fri, 8 Mar 2013 Time: 5:00 - 6:00 PM (link) Location: SXSW Create Meet Up Tent, 101 Red River St, Austin, TX (link) We will be hosting a Civic Hacking Meetup at SXSW Create. You do not need an SXSW badge to attend this meetup -- or any of th...
Continue Reading...ATX OpenGov Hack Night, Mon, Mar 4
Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2013 Time: 6:45 - 9:00 PM (link) Location: HubAustin Coworking, 706B W Ben White Blvd, Suite 200, Austin, TX 78704 (link) On Monday evening, March 4, Open Austin will be conducting another ATX OpenGov Hack Night. OpenGov Hack Nigh...
Continue Reading...Hacking ensued: Report from the ATX Civic Hackathon III
The ATX Civic Hackathon III, held yesterday, was a great success. The opening session began at 10am, and hackers worked all day, with final presentations at 6pm. Over 36 hackers participated. Many more people dropped in during the day, to check on...
Continue Reading...Media advisory: ATX Civic Hackathon III to build civic applications for the betterment of the public
(Download formatted media advisory in PDF here.) Feb. 20, 2013 For immediate release ATX Civic Hackathon III to build civic applications for the betterment of the public Local tech developers, designers, data experts and hackers will come togethe...
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