- 1. Learn about Oakland's City Government View and Discuss Whether you're a city government employee, an open oakland member, or new to both, this task will help you orient your understanding of the city.
- 2. Open Government 101 View and Discuss Learn the basics of open government and improve the lesson for others!
- 3. Oakland City Budget 101 View and Discuss Intro to City-level budgeting and Oakland's City Budget in particular
- 4. Civic Hacking 101 View and Discuss Explore examples that contextualize hacking (being creative) and inspire you to seek elegant solutions to tackle civic problems.
- 5. Add content to OaklandWiki.org View and Discuss This task includes gaining basic competency in using the LocalWiki software employed for OaklandWiki.org
- 6. Add data to data.OpenOakland.org View and Discuss Give data.openoakland a whirl, engage just a bit (a few minutes), slightly more than that (30 minutes), or a whole lot (a few hours, or ongoing)
- 7. Sign up for Github View and Discuss Sign up for Github, a company that provides online repository hosting for content managed with the version control system "git"
- 8. Dabble in Programming (play with Python!) View and Discuss Spend some time on this task if you're new to programming entirely, unfamiliar with python, or even an experienced python user.
posted message: Extra credit -- Build a computer :)
Building a Modern Computer from First Principles
http://www.nand2tetris.org/
Shimon Schocken: The self-organizing computer course
http://www.ted.com/talks/shimon_schocken_the_self_organizing_computer_course.html
05 Nov 2012
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posted message: doneski, this is an awesome tool, great idea mr senate!
31 Oct 2012
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