For a couple weeks in November, I was away in and around Pretoria, South Africa attending the International Conference on Appropriate Technology. Appropriate technology is technology that is designed with special consideration to the environmental, ethical, cultural, social and economic aspects of the community it is intended for. During the conference, I helped to organize and facilitate Read more…
Last week, we shared a “field scan” of civic tech for low-income people. It captures themes we heard over past few months, during a series of interviews with people thinking about cities, low-income people, and technology. We put together the scan with support from Living Cities. On Monday 12/17 at 1pm ET, join us for Read more…
Frank Hebbert will make a presentation to Ohio State University's “TechniCity”. The course is available to take online via coursera. We are part of the 'TechniCity'. The increasing availability of networks, sensors and mobile technologies allows for new approaches to address the challenges that our cities face. The way we understand cities is undergoing sweeping Read more…