America's got Potholes
What do you do once you've built an iPhone app to report potholes? You release a feature that makes it as easy to vote to fix a pothole as it is to nominate Clay for American Idol.Sure texting isn't as sexy as an app and i

Smart City Radio SeeClickFix and Dayne Walling interview
Today on Smart City Radio: SeeClickFix. We hear the show will be broadcast on Chicago Public Radio as well as stations in LA, Miami and Spokane to name a few.Thanks to Carol Coletta for continuing to connect us to a diverse r

Events, Presentations and Radio Conversations in the coming months.
A bunch of really cool orgs and people have been kind enough to ask us to present or speak on the air with them in the coming weeks.Here's whats on the agenda:I'm on air with Carol Coletta on Smart City Radio. This was pre-recorded and I believe is now available to listen to: http://www.prx.org/pieces/42491-fixing-cities Carol asks the tough questions. Hopefully I did my part :-)I'm excited to hear the other part of the show with Flint Mayor Walling. While Flint is a City to watch. Mr Walling is definitely a young Mayor to watch. -----------------On Wednesday December 3

A reminder why we started SeeClickFix
(updated 12:56 11.25.09) Apparently there are still communication systems to fix in New Haven...(Quick background Info: Monterey Place is a public private partnership overseen by the Housing Authority of New Haven. Its a beautiful nei

4 Street Lights with one Click
Again I'm excited by an unexpected outcome from an unconventional use of SeeClickFix today.Two nights ago I reported a street light out on a bridge in New Haven with the SCF iPhone app.A neighbor then voted that they wanted the light fixed too. Next Sebouh, from the City's Engineering Department, commented that he would go out and check the light out.Then something we might otherwise discourage happened: someone else reported 3 more street lights out on a street nearby on my issue.I typically encourage that each issue be reported as a separate issue so they are easy to track, but in this case it made sense to ping Sebouh to make s