On January 2, the mapping platform Mapzen announced that they were shutting down. CEO Randy Meech has declined to explain why, but we reached out to former Mapzen senior software engineer Dan Phiffer to reflect on his time with the organization in the following exit interview. In case anyone is...
The Sacramento City Council and Mayor Kevin Johnson will invest millions to grow the local tech ecosystem and support entrepreneurs.
Maybe you signed the petition, but now "Molly at Uber" won't stop robocalling.
Whichever sector of civic tech you're taking on, be it transportation, elections, payments, or procurement, chances are the people who have been doing that work for decades are already convening annually somewhere. That somewhere might not be in San Francisco.