by Jason Harper | Dec 3, 2015 | Government Innovation
In the past year, the Code for KC Brigade has grown by leaps and bounds. It started in late 2013 as a couple of lonely civic-minded coders meeting on Monday nights to gaze deep into the Git in search of ways to help their city through technology. Now on any given hack...
by Jason Harper | Nov 23, 2015 | Marketing the Region, Global Roundtables, Government Innovation
There were tons of great moments at KC Digital Drive’s inaugural Gigabit City Summit, held January 13-15, 2015, in Kansas City. The kickoff speeches by Kansas City mayors Sly James (KCMO) and Mark Holland (KCK) were superb. Blair Levin’s opening...
by Jason Harper | Nov 20, 2015 | Marketing the Region, Global Roundtables, Government Innovation
Drum roll, please… KC Digital Drive is proud to announce that the 2016 Gigabit City Summit will return May 16-18 in Kansas City! With 50 communities and nearly 250 delegates in attendance, our first Summit was an unqualified success! And the overwhelming...
by Jason Harper | Nov 2, 2015 | Government Innovation
The CityAge conference on the “New American City” wound down its Kansas City gathering Friday morning. Throughout the two-day summit, one message in particular became increasingly clear, and it’s one that happens to form the basis of our Digital Playbook: a...
by Aaron Deacon | Oct 30, 2015 | Government Innovation
As I ducked out of a Compute Midwest session on reverse engineering the human neocortex early last Friday, I explained to founder Mike Gelphman that I had to go give a talk to the Mid-American Association of Law Librarians (MAALL). He gave me a quizzical look and...
by Jason Harper | Aug 28, 2015 | Government Innovation
KC’s Code for America Brigade Presents Apps in the Works, Monday, August 31, at Sprint Accelerator For those not familiar with KC’s Code for America Brigade, which is hosted and organized by KC Digital Drive, it’s a passionate and proudly ragtag...
