Cities that Work like the Web
Nick Grossman | @nickgrossman
Living Cities Strategic Forum on Technology and Civic ChangeJan 19, 2012
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The Web and Open Innovation
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The Architecture of the Web
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The Web has an “open architecture”and serves as a “platform” to build on
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USER INTERFACE
HARDWARE
← few apps
Data & APIs
OPENarchitecture
Modular,open source
Data & APIs
many →apps
Platform Thinking
Open InnovationOpen Innovation
“The idea behind open innovation is as simple as it
is powerful: the creators of new ideas don’t have to
be within your organization in order to be helpful.”
– John Palfrey, Harvard Law School
Open InnovationOpen Innovation
creating the potential for new things to happen
“The idea behind open innovation is as simple as it
is powerful: the creators of new ideas don’t have to
be within your organization in order to be helpful.”
– John Palfrey, Harvard Law School
Open InnovationOpen Innovation
“I no longer sit with pitted stomach wondering where is the bus.
It’s less stressful simply knowing it’s nine minutes away, or whatever the case”
Source: OneBusAway
44% of respondents reported beingmuch more satisfied
“While my work usage was pretty much on a fixed schedule,
OneBusAway has made impromptutrips much more convenient.”
Source: OneBusAway
Non-commuters reported thehighest increase in usage
“Having the ability to know when my bus will arrive helps me decide
whether or not to stay at a bus stop that I may feel a little sketchy about or move on to a
different one.
21% of respondentsreported feeling safer
Source: OneBusAway
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So...
Let’s move beyond more civic appsto making all apps more civic
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Let’s move beyond more civic appsto making all apps more civic
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Let’s move beyond more civic appsto making all apps more civic
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Let’s move beyond more civic appsto making all apps more civic
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EMERGING GROWTH
Open311 Transit??
What are the essential civic platforms?
Weather
MATURE
GPS
identifying emerging standards
success stories & lessons learned
where are there gaps?
sharing software
building practitionercommunity
outlining the core “civic stack”
Supporting Open Innovation in Cities