Jason Hibbets on open source cities - a podcast by OReilly Media

The O’Reilly Programming Podcast: Applying open source practices beyond software.

In this episode of theO’Reilly Programming Podcast, I talk withJason Hibbets, senior community evangelist in corporate marketing atRed Hat, where he is a community manager forOpensource.com. We discuss how the open source model can be applied to other disciplines beyond technology, especially in the area of open government.

Discussion points:

• Hibbets describes OpenSource.com as an open source storytelling platform and discusses some of the stories published there, including coverage of anopen high school in Utahandbrain cancer patients who advocate for the sharing of health data.
• His book,The Foundation for an Open Source City, covers the experience in Raleigh, North Carolina, where he has been active in numerous civic hacking projects.
• The characteristics of an open source city, according to Hibbets, include a culture of citizen participation, an effective open government policy, and an open data initiative.
• Hibbets cites as a successful example of civic hacking the"Adopt-a"programs("a bug tracking tool for city infrastructure"), which started in Boston and have since expanded to other cities.
• How programmers can get involved in civic hacking through theCode for America Brigade programand other means.

Other links:

• A video of the presentationHow Does Raleigh Use Open Source, by Jason Hibbets and Gail Roper, from the 2014 O’Reilly OSCON conference
• The bookCrowdocracy, by Alan Watkins and Iman Stratenus
• TheOpenStack Summit, held in Boston May 8-11

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