The Story of VoteReport: Andrew Turner - @ajturner

Start with an idea...

...find some engineers...

...use available software... http://blog.twittervotereport.com

...build what’s missing... http://github.com/davetroy/
votereport

...cultivate a community...

...consider the users... http://npr.org/votereport

..design appropriate interfaces...

...launch the platform... http://twittervotereport.com

...provide feeds and apis... http://highearthorbit.com

...to share your data... http://tvr.openideals.net
http://plodt.com/votereport

...prepare to scale...

...give feedback... http://votereport.us/reports/stats

http://votereport.us/?q=good http://votereport.us/?q=bad
...watch Democracy work.

Continue to analyze... http://blog.fortiusone.com/2008/11/06/post-
election-analysis-and-data/

...and iterate.

Create a participatory
democracy.

Consider other uses... http://ushahidi.com

...and continue to build
communities.

Thank you to the community.
Andrew Turner
t: @ajturner
e: andrew@highearthorbit.com
s: http://highearthorbit.com/presentations
c: http://github.com/ajturner/inaugreport