Every few months, we are lucky enough to invite young minds into our department for a period of innovation, creativity, and civic tech. And every few months, we are astounded by the hard work and dedication brought forward by our civic tech fellows.
From counting trees to working on an interactive map of the NYC civic tech scene, our Civic Tech Fellows are rock stars, and we couldn’t be more proud of them — so, of course, we have to show them off! Last week, we brought this semester’s fellows to Civic Hall for a Civic Demo, in which our fellows showcased their projects to the local civic tech community.
Here’s a quick recap of our Civic Demo, via Twitter:
Awaiting #civicdemo w/ @MicrosoftNY ft. @johnpaulfarmer @mstem @saronyitbarek + @ashleysoutherland at @CivicHall pic.twitter.com/Y8rsVDFRoQ
— Terence John Cortez (@theterencejohn) December 18, 2015
Love view @CivicHall #CivicDemo – bridge heading to Bklyn w/ Manhattan Borough Prez @GaleBrewerNYC in the house pic.twitter.com/KcBPpDBHrG
— Jonathan Askin (@jaskin) December 18, 2015
Congrats to @MicrosoftNY for their second #civicdemo at @CivicHall. So much NYC #civictech! pic.twitter.com/UTUtyCBaK2
— BetaNYC (@BetaNYC) December 18, 2015
.@MicrosoftNY #civicdemo (at @CivicHall in New York, NY) https://t.co/TCkCGWwaQs pic.twitter.com/bDoLk9w7B7
— Aidan Feldman (@aidanfeldman) December 18, 2015
. @johnpaulfarmer kicking off the first of the multiple demo nights here @CivicHall #civicdemo pic.twitter.com/le11jDHCUQ
— Marissa Mlotek (@mbmlotek) December 18, 2015
Cool stuff: @MicrosoftNY collecting real-time feedback on their #civicdemo night via Pulse! TGIF @CivicHall
— Blue Ridge Labs (@BlueRidgeLabs) December 18, 2015
Caught @johnpaulfarmer doing his best rockstar pose while talking about civic technology with #Microsoft #civicDemo pic.twitter.com/teWHOAqvzE
— Jessica Waite (@ImJessW) December 18, 2015
#civicdemo is fully poppington. @johnpaulfarmer, @davidlrnt, @buttsmeister, some weird dude, @saronyitbarek, and … pic.twitter.com/b6EkXn2xKi
— David Moore (@ppolitics) December 18, 2015
Spinnin' Woody Allen quotes, @johnpaulfarmer lays down @MicrosoftNY's genuine commitment to #civictech #civicdemo pic.twitter.com/LryXABCylO
— Erin Simpson (@esmpsn) December 18, 2015
The face @mstem makes when the "not his joke" fell flat. But then dropped real knowledge.#microsoft #civicdemo pic.twitter.com/GKA9lmKKfN
— Jessica Waite (@ImJessW) December 18, 2015
Oh @mstem: "@MicrosoftNY is proud to be in on the ground floor of @CivicHall, or in this case, the second floor" #civicdemo
— Erin Simpson (@esmpsn) December 18, 2015
Community-Civic Spaces for 21 Century #civicdemo @MicrosoftNY @johnpaulfarmer @mstem @SoronYitbarek pic.twitter.com/IqQPm8XWpz
— David Barish (@Telestratt) December 18, 2015
#civicdemo @mstem killing it 😉 pic.twitter.com/txwm3l8NVs
— Melanie Lavelle (@Mglavelle) December 18, 2015
Really incredible #civicdemo by @ashleysoutherland & @saronyitbarek of @MicrosoftNY on https://t.co/kP9g3Ytdis
#civicdemo @saronyitbarek @MicrosoftNY tech academy doing great things in ny pic.twitter.com/riSmwtPycp
— Melanie Lavelle (@Mglavelle) December 18, 2015
My fingertips are BURNING because civicgraph.io renders so fast on mobile. @MicrosoftNY #civicdemo
Data science and machine learning to save lives with #visionZero. Pretty cool stuff happening in #civicTech. #civicDemo
— Jessica Waite (@ImJessW) December 18, 2015
#civicdemo, @buttsmeister: traffic data from NYC only includes origin & dest., not routes – me: use @AskThemPPF to petition for enhancement.
— David Moore (@ppolitics) December 18, 2015
Looking to use #bigdata help #VisionZero, check out this image's URL!#civicdemo NYC #OpenData #visionzerodata pic.twitter.com/Jee2hfn0vC
— BetaNYC (@BetaNYC) December 18, 2015
My Friday night is being spent talking about open data in #civictech and I ain't even mad. #civicDemo
— Jessica Waite (@ImJessW) December 18, 2015
#civicdemo @davidlrnt @MicrosoftNY some mad skills here pic.twitter.com/PSOlXONqaG
— Melanie Lavelle (@Mglavelle) December 18, 2015
Talking about #blockChain for #socialGood! Love it! #civicDemo
— Jessica Waite (@ImJessW) December 18, 2015
impressive presidential election issue explorer: https://t.co/cdtMrDLvGM #civicdemo pic.twitter.com/XLpW4AE096
— Aidan Feldman (@aidanfeldman) December 18, 2015
.@johnpaulfarmer just dropped his best #steveJobs impression with ending with #OneMoreThing. #Microsoft #civicDemo pic.twitter.com/jmS5PwvubX
— Jessica Waite (@ImJessW) December 18, 2015
Microsoft Translator is able to do automatic voice-to-voice translation with a 1.2 second lag (!!!) #civicdemo
— Aidan Feldman (@aidanfeldman) December 18, 2015
MS Translator is up to 95% accuracy with 1.5 second lag- live at #civicdemo, taking turns speaking into mobile device & text transcriptions.
— David Moore (@ppolitics) December 18, 2015
#MicrosoftTranslator is bomb. Great use of #microsoft improving #civictech! #inTheSpiritOfLiveDemos #civicDemo pic.twitter.com/rIZZuiyc89
— Jessica Waite (@ImJessW) December 18, 2015
A brilliant talk by 5 Microsoft market techs on apps for Civic & community good! #civicdemo @MicrosoftNY @Mstem pic.twitter.com/AtpKsA265H
— David Barish (@Telestratt) December 18, 2015
Know who's doing what where w/ whom in #CivicTech! civicgraph.io is pretty amazing guys #CivicDemo by @MicrosoftNY pic.twitter.com/Xf6xhWkkha
— Terence John Cortez (@theterencejohn) December 19, 2015
Huge thanks to @GaleABrewer, @BetaNYC, @CUNYTech & all who attended #CivicDemo to hear about @MicrosoftNY's civic tech projects + products!
— John Paul Farmer (@johnpaulfarmer) December 19, 2015
Tags: Civic Demo, Civic Hall, Civic Tech, Civic Tech Fellows, John Paul Farmer, Matt Stempeck, Microsoft, Microsoft New York, Microsoft New York Civic Tech Fellowship