Hi, I'm Nick.
I love cities and the Internet.
I grew up in NYC and now live in Boston with my amazing wife and two great kids.
Currently, I'm a visiting scholar at the MIT Media Lab in the Center for Civic Media, and an advisor to Code for America.
I've spent the past several years with OpenPlans and Civic Commons, building open technologies for cities and advancing urban and technical policy issues.
Projects I've worked on include: Open311, MTA Bus Time, OpenBlock, OpenTripPlanner, TransportationCamp, Streetsblog, Streetfilms, GothamSchools, and of course the world-famous Phone Idol.
I'm more helpful than thoughtful, but working on it.
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Tweets
- Sweet new site by @openplans for NYC's #bikeshare program: http://t.co/HiSNwAFx #transpo #gov20 /cc @fkh @andycochran @kpw
- @jamesallworth yeah, great talking to you too. glad the site is back! @derekslater thanks for the intro!
- Had a nice convo w/ @jamesallworth abt using the net to disrupt money in politics. His new book w clay christensen: http://t.co/xzrd0m7FMay 18, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- Video: (via Don’t Push the Button! : This Kicks Ass) http://t.co/GjG9Dc43
- Video: On top of the World! (by Streetfilms) Fun short clip from back in the day when we were filming &... http://t.co/cBuSMgpH
- Awesome! RT @laurelatoreilly: The Food Network's 'Diners, Drive-ins & Dives' with Guy Fieri is filming at @cuttys in Brookline today
- @binarybits I really enjoyed your article on patents today. Thanks!May 14, 12 from web Reply, Retweet, Favorite
- "if Michel is worried about anti-patent agitation from the software industry will “wreck the system” for..." http://t.co/EZpSWBfs
- Like. This is my favorite thing abt the nyc subway. NYTimes: This Column Is Not Sponsored by Anyone http://t.co/igPMxGl2
- Well said: @cmblow NYTimes: Mean Boys http://t.co/3dghmEN4
- At @civicmit lunch, @fkh talking about engaging information for cities #civichacking #gov20 /cc @openplans http://t.co/684GbNZ7
- Video: drewvigal: http://t.co/vlakELqe http://t.co/GccVkIZ5
- "Regardless of how old you are, it’s the first time you have ever seen a president of the United States..." http://t.co/DgYu1aD6
- This is cool: NYTimes: An Effort to Bury a Throwaway Culture One Repair at a Time http://t.co/npNHIv3d
- Wow, the pebble project on @kickstarter is going to cross $10mm. Amazing. http://t.co/Lyo69cIX
- "Fifty years ago, consumers were allowed to hook up only Bell telephones to their Bell phone lines. But..." http://t.co/rpAUj1Mp
- Photo: This is what 6pm looks like :) http://t.co/toEQ5ctP
- @isura Very early stages (that may not even be the final name), but you can add your email at netizen.io for updates
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Posts
On top of the World! (by Streetfilms)
Fun short clip from back in the day when we were filming & studying pedestrian movements in times square from a rooftop vantage point.
if Michel is worried about anti-patent agitation from the software industry will “wreck the system” for other industries, that’s an argument in favor of creating a carve-out for the software industry. As long as software firms are vulnerable to patent trolling, they’ll be exerting pressure to weaken patent protections across the board. Freeing the software industry from the burdens of the patent system will make it easier to fine-tune the system for other industries where patent protection works better.
Excellent tag line | @Tumblr’s new Storyboard: tales from behind the dashboard (via: @hellofromcath) »
Regardless of how old you are, it’s the first time you have ever seen a president of the United States look into a camera and say that a gay person should be treated equally under the law. The message that that sends, to a young gay or transgendered person struggling to come out, is life changing.
Fifty years ago, consumers were allowed to hook up only Bell telephones to their Bell phone lines. But in the 1960s, the F.C.C. and the courts forced the Bells to accept any device that didn’t threaten the network. The decision unleashed a torrent of innovation — including the answering machine, the fax and the first device that allowed us to explore what would become the Internet: the modem. Innovation online requires an open playing field, too.
Net Neutrality and Economic Equality Are Intertwined - NYTimes.com /via john buttrickIt’s not often you get to be a fly on the wall for an IPO roadshow, let alone the most highly anticipated IPO of all time. Yet, here’s our chance.
So, pull up a seat and listen closely to how Mark, Chris, Sheryl and David tell their story and lay out the rationale for why investors should believe that Facebook is just getting started.
There aren’t many reveals in the video that haven’t been covered ad nauseum so no need to listen intently for surprises. Rather, watch for how the story of Facebook is told from the seed planted in Mark’s dorm room on a $70 a month server to the single most important piece of internet infrastructure upon which all future applications will be built.
Regardless of whether such a wild eyed vision leaves you reaching for your Schwab account or your barf bag, this is 30 min of internet history well worth a watch.
It’s not the weekend, so I can’t make it required viewing, but miss this master class in big picture pitching at your own peril.
“The lessons from Internet school are life lessons. If I can sum them up I would say they are: 1. The Internet and the emergence of networks have disrupted and will continue to disrupt structures that are hierarchical. 2. Learn technologies and use them to build. We are no longer designers or…
list of five specific uses (cybersecurity, cyber crime, protecting people from harm, protecting children from exploitation, and national security)
in other words
you a criminal without rights
we will be watching youI don’t want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don’t want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don’t want to do that
/via the beast
First soccer game. Sadly, I was away for work and am getting the digital experience just like everyone else :(
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Info
- SummaryTechnologist & entrepreneur focused on the intersection of the web and urban, social, and civic systems. Student of cities and the Internet.Experience
- Nov 2011 - PresentVisiting Scholar / MITAt the MIT Media Lab, in the Center for Civic Media.
- Jan 2010 - PresentAdvisor / Code for AmericaIt's like Teach for America for geeks.
- Jun 2010 - Feb 2012Co-founder, Managing Director / Civic CommonsSupporting civic innovation and building open technology platforms.
- Aug 2008 - Apr 2011Director of Civic Works / OpenPlansLaunched civic technology initiatives and enterprises around open data, open standards and open source software. Projects included open311.org, opentripplanner.org, nytransitdata.org, bustime.mta.info, transportation.openplans.org and civiccommons.org.
- Apr 2006 - Aug 2008Product Manager / OpenPlansProduced advocacy media focused on urban policy. Projects included streetsblog.org, streetfilms.org, gothamschools.org and uncivilservants.org.
- 2002 - 2008Independent Web Designer & Developer / wrkngBuilt websites and web applications with small businesses and startups.
- Oct 2002 - Apr 2006Project Manager / Project for Public SpacesConsulted with cities & towns on urban planning initiatives, leading research, outreach and engagement processes. Developed websites and web applications to support information exchange and network building.
Education-
1997 - 2001Stanford University
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