The document outlines the process and outcomes of the Code for America Fellowship program over two years. It provides tips for staying up-to-date on relevant topics through tools like Google Alerts, Reeder, and IFTTT. It also recommends collaborating effectively using screen sharing tools, creating simple apps to showcase skills, and being aware of existing civic technologies. The overall goal is to help people get on the innovation curve and make an impact.

2. How to be a poor man’s hacker
@abhinemani
Strategy Director, Code for America

3. Showing “What’s Possible”
THE FELLOWSHIP
@codeforamerica codeforamerica.org

6. The CfA Fellowship Process
January February: March: April
What’s
Institute: City Onwards:
Inception Next?
Training Residency Sprinting

7. Year One

8. Year One Outcomes
• 21 Applications Built
• 72 Data Sets Opened Up
• 81 Civic Hackathon Events
• 134 GitHub Projects
• 530 Local Contacts
• 12828 Code Commits

9. Year Two

10. The Problem:
Getting on the Innovation Curve

11. In an ideal world…

12. 5 Tips for You.
• Stay Up-to-Date.
• Collaborate better.
• Look good.
• Hack an “app”.
• Know what’s out there.

13. Stay Up-to-Date.
google.com/alerts

14. Stay Up-to-Date.
reederapp.com

15. Stay Up-to-Date.
ifttt.com

16. Collaborate better.

17. Collaborate better.

18. Collaborate better.

19. Look good.

20. Look good.
Screenflow

21. Hack an “app”.

26. Know what’s out there.

27. Know what’s out there.

28. Know what’s out there.

29. WHAT ELSE?
Ideas, questions, comments?
@abhinemani
@codeforamerica codeforamerica.org