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1. Sarah goes to Washington
2. Ruby sighting
3. What I did @Smithsonian
4. Why not more Ruby?
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1st round of five projects was launched in August 2012 with 18 inaugural Fellows.
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2nd Round started in June 2013 with 43 fellows
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Disaster ResponseMyUSARFP-EZ
Cyber-Physical SystemsOpen Data
MyDataInnovation Toolkit
21st Century Financial SystemsDevelopment Innovation Ventures
VA Modernization
Presidential Innovation FellowsRound 2 Projects
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Disaster ResponseMyUSARFP-EZ
Cyber-Physical SystemsOpen Data
MyDataInnovation Toolkit
21st Century Financial SystemsDevelopment Innovation Ventures
VA Modernization
Presidential Innovation FellowsRound 2 Projects
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MyUSA is a joint initiative between the White House and the General Services Administration to reimagine how citizens interact with government.
A platform for building tools and services connecting citizens and businesses to government agencies.
What is MyUSA?
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Disaster ResponseMyUSARFP-EZ
Cyber-Physical SystemsOpen Data
MyDataInnovation Toolkit
21st Century Financial SystemsDevelopment Innovation Ventures
VA Modernization
Presidential Innovation FellowsRound 2 Projects
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Disaster ResponseMyUSARFP-EZ
Cyber-Physical SystemsOpen Data
MyDataInnovation Toolkit
21st Century Financial SystemsDevelopment Innovation Ventures
VA Modernization
Presidential Innovation FellowsRound 2 Projects
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Smithsonian Digital Collections
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and members of the public to learn about.
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US Herbarium
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Digital Surrogate
1000/wk
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SI StaffVolunteer
WorkSoftware SI Staff
Validation
Software
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Writing code...can be challenging
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Writing code... not the hard part
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Most technical problems
are already solved.
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Dudes. That was just marketing...
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You can’t actually build a real blog in 5 minutes.
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Ruby optimizes for developer happiness
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What if...?
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the developer could focus on unique aspects that require innovation
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We don’t sustain frameworks...
...with a user experience.
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Why?