Ya know, when the news that the City of Austin was looking to outsource the design/development of the website I remember reading a few hours later about layoffs in Austin. I was thinking to myself, "why don't all the newly jobless souls get together and pitch the idea to the city".
It was sort of a knee jerk idea, but it made sense initially. Then I started to mull over the idea and quickly talked myself out of posting to this list after thinking about all the "bureaucracy vs open culture" misunderstandings (both directions). I had an email about this long ready to send and I ended up not sending it. I do like the idea of crowdsourcing the design/development, along with the partnering of DIYcity.org. I don't know how active Austin is with that project, but there's some really amazing things going on there. With the openaustin.org movement you may be able to do something no other city has been able to do at such an early stage. SF and NYC have both joined in on it, but they aren't building from the ground up like this project might be looking at doing. >From Bryan/College Station, TX I want to wish you guys luck and success on this endeavor, I'll be watching from afar. -- Cody Marx Bailey 979-574-9199 The Creative Space (.org) 211a West Wm J Bryan Pkwy Bryan, Texas 77803 Sent from Bryan, TX, United States --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
