Someone needs to give @corbett3000 a big ol’ kiss on the cheek. @corbett3000, Peter Corbett, IRL, and the man behind istrategylabs.com is bringing style, function and some serious vibe to social media and the DC scene. Sponsoring Apps for Democracy is his latest project, and I was down in DC this evening for the awards party.
For anyone in municipal work, checking out the apps on his site and thinking about customizing these applications for hyper-local use is bound to be informative. Some of these apps were built in less than a week, too. So no more excuses that we can’t start making hyper-local resources. The technological capacity is increasing. The intelligence and people are here and in the region. And the value of doing so is high, and growing.
Check it out. http://www.appsfordemocracy.org/application-directory/