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Mike Mathieu, Founder and Chairman of Front Seat, a civic software company in Seattle describes the emerging civic software movement where tech-savvy heroes leverage rapid development and improving web infrastructure to build projects and services focused on social impact. You'll come away with a new understanding of some key players in the space, as well as some specific ideas for actions you might take with your professional skills. If you're looking for some brights spots amidst the economic storm clouds, this talk is for you.

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MIKE MATHIEUFRONT SEAT

2/24/09

Civic Software

About Me

About Me

About Me

About Me

Civic Software

Software

EmpoweringCreative DestructionChange

Crisis

Seattle

Hope

Economics

1 Variable Costs

2 Fixed Costs

Cheap Software

Cheap Software Opportunity

Data becoming more important than code Google, Amazon, Craigslist, Twitter

Civic Data is plentiful and largely untapped2 people in a room can do something useful

Demos

FixMyStreet.com (MySociety)CountMore.orgPredatory Lending AssociationWalk Score

Google Transit on iPhone

Civic Intelligence

Transparency

Hope

Cheap software + government data + community

Pick your issueDon’t put a good crisis to waste

mike@frontseat.org

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