Catherine Bracy: Why good hackers make good citizens
Catherine Bracy: Per què els bons pirates són bons ciutadans
Catherine Bracy is the director of community organizing at Code for America. Full bio
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trying to steal your identity,
tractant de robar-vos la identitat,
loved ones after a disaster
de fer les coses.
problem, you work to fix it,
treballis per a arreglar-ho,
piratejar és el que ha construït Amèrica.
un acte brillant de pirateria
un dels puntals de la fundació
to leave you here with today,
think about who a hacker is,
que penseu en un pirata informàtic,
the problem of government.
cap el problema del govern.
how much nontechnical work
de pirateria cívica.
que re-construïssin el lloc web de la ciutat.
tens of thousands of pages
en desenes de milers de pàgines
del lloc web de la ciutat.
them are actually from Honolulu.
que redactessin el contingut.
de les trobades de pirates
being a nuisance?") (Laughter) —
(Rialles)
in Honolulu, apparently.
to participate in their government.
participessin al seu govern.
de Honolulu Answers
small acts of participation
cada dia es demana a les ciutats
una manera de participar
a software development firm
una empresa de desenvolupament de programari
que sabien que 9,3 milions de dòlars
a la tenda d'aplicacions.
a Ciutat de Mèxic,
at the core of civic hacking.
de la pirateria cívica.
that could be working better
que podrien estar funcionant millor
company in Philadelphia,
a Code for America
brigade to international cities
where you live, we will help you.
network of civic hackers
de pirates cívics
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Catherine Bracy - Hacker, community managerCatherine Bracy is the director of community organizing at Code for America.
Why you should listen
At Code for America, Catherine Bracy oversees the nonprofit's community network-building initiatives, including its volunteer program and international partnership program. A resident of Oakland, California, herself, she is preoccupied with bringing together local governments and technologists in a concerted effort to make better cities for everyone.
Until the end of 2012, she ran the Obama campaign's technology office in San Francisco. She also worked on outreach for Tech4Obama, the campaign's technology affinity group. Previously, she worked at the Knight Foundation where she managed the 2011 News Challenge to fund digital innovation in journalism.
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