Lightning (5 minute) talk I gave at geekretreat, outlining some of the best civic hacking projects I've been involved in in the UK.

1. Theft-based civic hacking: a
review
Stefan Magdalinski
Saturday 16th January 2010
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2. Civic Hacking:
Fixing democracy by using
democracy’s own existing,
broken, rules.
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3. 1998: UpMyStreet.com
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4. Tribute!
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5. 2000: FaxYourMP.com
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6. 2005: WriteToThem.com
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7. 2005: WriteToThem.com League Tables
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8. 2004: TheyWorkForYou.com
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9. 2004: The Official Hansard
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10. A debate, done properly
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11. Slice and Dice and All Things Nice
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12. 2008 WhatDoTheyKnow.com – FOIA Filer & Archiver
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13. 2005 FarmSubsidy.org
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14. Farmsubsidy.org Results
By 2010 full transparency on all
end recipients of EU farm, fisheries
& infrastructure subsidies
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15. Farmsubsidy.org Results
By 2010 full transparency on all
end recipients of EU farm, fisheries
& infrastructure subsidies
~ $100 billion/year
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16. Recipe for Theft-Based Activism:
1. Identify broken civic institution
2. Liberate data from said institution
3. Build civic tools that are too useful to turn off
4. Leave with citizens for x years
5. Watch said institution reform
6. Doesn't necessarily need lots of users/money
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17. Results
Licensing:
Ask forgiveness, not permission?
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18. Results
Licensing:
Ask forgiveness, not permission?
No! the correct response is
‘Go F**k Yourself!’
- this data is our right.
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19. Question:
What online democratic tools are there
in RSA, and what do you need?
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20. Thank You
stefan@whitelabel.org
http://www.twitter.com/smagdali
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