How that map you saw on FiveThirtyEight silences minorities, and other reasons to consider a cartogram.

Maps tell a story. And maps can also lie. Everyone already knows from The West Wing that with a poor choice of map projection — like on most maps —…

How To Build an App to Call/Write Congress

Americans have a tradition of communicating with their representatives in Congress to express their views and hold them accountable. Technologists have a tradition of building apps around this concept.

First let’s be real…

GovTrack now actually uses open government data

I’m not organizing Open Data Day DC this year — these three reasons won’t surprise you.

Civic technology can’t go on like it’s 1999.

Civic Tech’s Act III is beginning.

The lights are dimming. It’s time to return to our seats. The third act of civic technology is…

There’s a good chance owning Bitcoin will turn out to be ethically reprehensible.

I sold off my BTC…

Why we hack

I’ll be among the first to say that not everything is hearts and flags in the world of civic tech. A decade of inflated expectations has…