Civic tech builder in Chicago. Partner @DataMadeCo, President Emeritus @ChiHackNight. Democratizing power through technology. he/him
Chicago, IL
Joined September 2008
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Derek Eder retweeted
🗣️ Big news today! After 8 years of a co-leadership structure, we’re searching for our first Executive Director to help us define the next era of growth.
Read why we’re evolving and help us find the right person! citybureau.org/notebook/why-…
Derek Eder retweeted
The AllThePlaces.xyz project scrapes the web to collect as many business locations as possible. In the latest weekly build, this data is now available in PMTiles format. Thanks @iandees!
github.com/alltheplaces/allt…
This means anyone can view this data as a custom layer in @mapwithrapid now. Try it!:
rapideditor.org/edit#data=ht…
ALT AllThePlaces is a project that scrapes the web to collect as many business and POI locations as possible. This image shows the AllThePlaces data displayed as a custom data layer in Rapid Editor. The locations appear as cyan points on a map centered around Plainfield, New Jersey.
Derek Eder retweeted
Forest Gregg has created maps that make it possible to see how each of Michigan’s two largest power companies stack up against each other in terms of the frequency of power outages, how long they last, and who is affected.
outliermedia.org/power-outag…
Derek Eder retweeted
Hey! A project I worked on that’s very close to my heart was published today—DOH’s first annual report!!
chicago.gov/content/dam/city…
Derek Eder retweeted
This is so Chicago: A suburban woman owns a bunch of vacant lots on the South and West Side, which she allegedly doesn't maintain. A local alderman, Jason Ervin, acknowledges that he hits her up for money but claims he doesn't know what she does. blockclubchicago.org/2023/08…
Derek Eder retweeted
I've got an update for Chicago climate folks - we just rolled out a HUGE release of Electrify Chicago!
The biggest change? Moving to newly released 2021 data, where Illinois Tech's Crown Hall became the new inefficiency king, usurping their own Keating Hall! 💩👑
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ALT The homepage of Electrify Chicago, showing Chicago Buildings by Greenhouse Gas Intensity, with the top buildings being Crown Hall, a college/university building at 555.1 kg CO2eq. / sqft, CH1 a data center at 119.5 kg/sqft, and then several other Illinois Tech college buildings and data centers, along with two buildings from UChicago
Derek Eder retweeted
Join us Tuesday in person or online to hear from @NWSChicago Meteorologist-in-Charge Eric Lenning! Eric will discuss how the NWS coordinates w/ the City of Chicago during hazardous weather, supports the public, & works to promote a Weather Ready Nation.
chihacknight.org/events/2023…
Derek Eder retweeted
🤗 Introducing the nonpartisan Values for Election Excellence!
These values were developed by and for election officials, incorporating feedback from staff in election offices that serve as few as 988 voters to as many as 4.7 million. Learn more: https: electionexcellence.org/value…
Derek Eder retweeted
Reflections on affordable housing in Chicago: you cannot build affordable housing only where it’s cheapest, or only where people will protest the least. You have to build it where it’s needed, which is everywhere.
chicago.suntimes.com/2023/8/… – at Chicago, IL
Derek Eder retweeted
Join us on Tuesday, July 25 at 7 p.m. CT on @chihacknight's livestream event! Our President & CEO @theycallmeOboi
will be discussing Equiticity and our work for racial equity in transportation!
Learn more:
chihacknight.org/events/2023…
Derek Eder retweeted
Mayor Brandon Johnson announces $15 million request for proposals to decarbonize between 200 and 350 homes at no cost to income-qualified homeowners.
Derek Eder retweeted
It's been a while but—*ahem*—some personal news. With so much gratitude, I’ll be stepping down as @city_bureau's co-leader & nat'l ED this summer.
Helping to grow this org from a promising idea to a proven local news model has been a dream job 🧵
City Bureau co-founder Darryl Holliday's next chapter begins as he steps down from his role. We're incredibly proud of his contributions in shaping our Chicago programs and the growth of the #DocumentersNetwork. Read @d_holli's reflections on this journey! citybureau.org/notebook/2023…
Derek Eder retweeted
Congratulations to the thousands of advocates who pushed for a decade to eliminate cash bail, and to all of the lawyers who defended the victory.
BREAKING: The Illinois Supreme Court has ruled ending cash bail is CONSTITUTIONAL, ending months of legal challenges and allowing the controversial criminal justice reform law to go into effect. It was a 5-2 vote #twill
Derek Eder retweeted
If I only tweet one more image, let this be it. Today's settlement in the DTE resource plan is one of the biggest regulatory wins I've ever seen. More soon from @wkenworthy himself, but the climate movement in SE MI continues to secure big wins. votesolar.org/clean-energy-a…
Derek Eder retweeted
Hard to overstate what an honor it has been for me personally to work for Marisa, and what an exceptional leader she has been.
Chicago Housing Commissioner Marisa Novara leaving Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration, the highest-profile voluntary departure yet from Lightfoot’s Cabinet and one of the most well respected people in previous admin. Story @chicagotribune
chicagotribune.com/politics/…
Derek Eder retweeted
It is critical that voter confidence doesn’t backslide in 2024.
And we know election officials can’t boost confidence in our elections without the proper resources.
Will the Senate meet this critical moment for our democracy?
Tabulators held together with duct tape. Old voting machines that melt under pressure. Out of date computers. The cause is simple: A severe lack of federal funding for election administration, writes @tianaej of @HelloCTCL.
democracydocket.com/opinion/…
Derek Eder retweeted
My latest is an ode to every person that's thought highly enough of me to ask for my career advice. While I no longer have time to meet with every person, I did compile my thoughts and synthesize my best wisdom into writing so that anyone could access it
brittanybennett.com/post/car…
Derek Eder retweeted
The new Agenda Watch platform, built by @BigLocalNews at @Stanford and the Reynolds Journalism Institute at @mujschool, is now live. Check out all the details here ➡️ biglocalnews.org/content/new…
Derek Eder retweeted
Grateful to have a friendly audience at #MediaParty for my recent thoughts about journalism, AI & AE (Actual Experience).
Here's my keynote, in written form + a link to register interest in the human side of it all.
@HacksHackersBA
@wearehearken
medium.com/we-are-hearken/wh…
