Strange Loop

Preconf: Software with a Mission

How can you use your technology toolset to help support the mission and values of worthy social causes, activist organizations, government institutions, and nonprofits? How can you live your values through your work? Come listen to speakers who are doing just that and hear how they make it happen. Initially inspired by Matt Mitchell's talk, To Serve the People: Public Interest Technologists at Strange Loop 2017, this half-day pre-conference event is for folks who want to use their software skills to do good. Come code the world you want to see.

• 11:00-11:15 am - Welcome
• 11:15-11:55 am - From Coder to Bureaucrat: How We Implemented the First Open Data Law - Becky Sweger and Kaitlin Devine
• 12:00-1:00 pm - Lunch (provided)
• 1:00-1:40 pm - Finding Happiness in Open Source - Sean Marcia
• 1:55-2:35 pm - The Future of Digital Voting Guides - Leon Smith
• 3:05-3:45 pm - Two Million to Five Million Readers and Beyond - Geoff Harcourt
• 4:00-4:40 pm - Quantified Decisions on a Changing Planet - Amadou Crookes

Software with a Mission