We're part of a national alliance of community organizers, developers, and designers that are putting technology to work in service of our local communities. We believe that government can work, for the people, by the people, in the digital age, if we all help.
Code for Philly is in good hands. Read more about the transition here.
Code for Philly, DataPhilly, R Ladies Philly, the Philly Data Jawn, Health Federation of Philadelphia, and Prevention Point are hosting a data science hackathon to answer pertinent questions around the Opioid Crisis in Philadelphia.
Learn more about why Code for Philly is in good hands as 2020 kicks off.
UliftU Website Redesign
Update #1
Interested? Join #uliftu in the Code for Philly Slack workspace!
Prevention Point Unified Reporting System
Update #1
We're so close to the MVP (replacing the check-in workflow) we can taste it!
Looking for talented React and Django developers willing to work on tying up our loose ends and getting a head start on the next component (building out admin functionality)! Find us in #preventionpoint!
Hello Code for Philly community! We are long overdue for a public update on the Code for Philly website. The PHLASK team has been diligently working since the end of the summer, and we now have a launch roadmap for 2020!
We’ve conceived of the project in two interconnected hemispheres: the PHLASK Tech and PHLASK Social Practice.
The following outline shows how the two hemispheres will be working towards an ultimate launch of the PHLASK App with the core objectives in each phase.
PHASE 1
PHLASK Tech
PHLASK Social Practice
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PHASE 2
PHLASK Tech
PHLASK Social Practice
Some project highlights from the past several months have included:
As always, we continue to welcome contributions and support from anyone interested in getting involved. If any of the work in our project Roadmap appeals to you, or if you have other ideas that could help us advance the project mission, please reach out to us on Code for Philly's Slack, channel #phlask
Thank you for PHLasking ^_^
We'll be spending all of 2020 identifying goals, reviewing problems and challenges in reaching those goals, and exploring existing resources in community sourcing solutions to be successful. You can register for the free Unconference series, Save The World Sundays, here:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/save-the-world-helpathon-registration-78924512341
Volunteers are also needed, and you can reach out to FacilitatingThriving@Tutanota.com to learn more about helping make the series a success.
Deleting the update messed up the link to this project so I am reposting this update:
In a quick survey I did in the Muscular Dystrophy community, over 70% of computer users use a mouse and on-screen keyboard, yet so much interaction is done through hover functionality and hotkeys. There are minimal tools and web accessibility practices out there to make computer usage fully accessible to mouse/touchpad/trackball users. These limitations become even more apparent with specialized software, such as CAD and video editing applications. Would anyone like to help me build something to accommodate this group, of which I am a part?
This app I'm trying to have built is a more advanced on-screen keyboard than the ones integrated into Windows and mobile operating systems. It would allow people who can't use physical keyboards [mouse, touchpad, or trackball only] to not feel limited by hotkeys and hover interactivity by making it possible to replicate these using only a pointing device.
If you would like to see my idea: Please check out the Explanation Animation I made [make sure it's 1080p if it looks too fuzzy]: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1A0O_Rowulg2BSoQ1cXGxVxMjgQGnfpOZ/view?usp=sharing
Fill out this survey on it: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdS8_3zE6QVZuZ0pHiK993bGSbHBUf1Y00EGQKNz4nde5JFgg/viewform?usp=pp_url
And look at my open-to-add-to list [that the disability community has been contributing to] of all the challenges people face when using a computer without a physical keyboard: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rVX1xPi7RPNpZCLByPbag69XflagvomfjovvlcQZe8A/edit?usp=sharing
Please share any thoughts, and join my slack project channel #quickclickkeyboard !
All the best!
UPDATE FROM OCT 22 MEETUP
THE TEAM AND WHAT WE NEED
We had great representation from people who can make it happen. We are in need of one or a few program manager / project manager / project lead type persons who love to keep things organized! Karla and Chris will be involved every step along the way but lack the bandwidth to do week by week, task by task planning and tracking. CAN YOU HELP HERE??? IF SO… PLEASE JOIN THE SLACK CHANNEL AND MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN!
WHAT WE DID
After the kickoff presentation and some Q&A, we broke into two groups. One group focused on ideating around data extraction and creation of the data lake. The other group looked ahead to data cleansing, matching, validating, and linking it back in to systems-of-record such as Salesforce. Key points from each discussion are below.
Data Lake - Identified our source systems, discussed extraction methods briefly, and considered data lake architecture and construction. Next steps are to dig into one or two data sources, figure out extraction methods (APIs are not widely available although .csv exports are), and inventory records, structure, and elements for movement into the data lake. Test out the process.
Cleansing/Matching etc - Discussed the options for matching data across sources and making sense of the data from multiple systems (eg estimating complexity of cleaning process required and potential data architecture challenges). Next steps are to 1) make a few data sources available (probably on the volunteers/donors integration stream) so the team can understand what variables exist and in what format, and 2) clarify data privacy issues for doing this work. Additionally, PAWS staff will assess whether there are additional data structures to be created (e.g. labels) as an alternative to the currently unstructured text notes.
NEXT MEETING
We will plan a meet for (we think) next week, Tuesday. Or it might be on November 5. Details on the next scheduled hack night are coming. We will communicate it through the Slack channel #paws_data_pipeline.
Some people requested remote connection, perhaps doing remote connections each week and then in-person every other week or once a month. This is still TBD. Thank you for the suggestions.
Stay tuned to the Slack channel for more!
AND… IF YOU ARE NOT INVOLVED YET AND WANT TO BE…. PLEASE JOIN UP!!!!
Chris & Karla
Snow-Capped
Update #2
Snow-Capped has it's first users, and as of last week they can login using Google. I figured Google does authentication and two-factor auth pretty well, so why reinvent the wheel? (Even if it's a pretty complicated wheel)
That A+ rating is just about impossible to maintain if your site uses any javascript.. so Snow-Capped is aiming for a B going forward, which is where Apple sets the bar, and is a better rating than Google, Microsoft, and even Vanguard.
I'm also happy to announce that I found a new partner in Kyle Rusak, who is a web dev expert.
Freeze your credit here: https://www.snow-capped.com/join/
This project is designed to help Philadelphia community members collectively quit capitalism and create cooperative ecosystems to live and thrive in with a model similar to startup incubators.
We are currently developing a platform of engagement (website, crowdfunding campaign, virtual and paper zines) to recruit contributors. Our developers site is available to anyone and you don't need any technical knowledge to contribute.
We will be updating the site in two weeks. We will be adding: 1. the ability for organizations to endorse politicians 2. The ability for voters to match to organizations 3. a lot of small fixes.
We have started making outreaches to other election based organizations to try to work together to help each other out.
