Ep. 140 - Codeland - Gaming and City Talks from Chris Algoo, Kate Rabinowitz, Eric Brelsford (Chris Algoo, Kate Rabinowitz, Eric Brelsford)
Chris shares how he co-created “Breakup Squad,” a game where you keep two exes from getting back together. Kate shows how open data can help improve your city. Eric shares how he used mapping tools to help turn vacant lots into beautiful spaces.
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Show Notes
Chris Algoo shares how he co-created “Breakup Squad,” the game where you have to keep two exes from getting back together. Kate Rabinowitz shows us how open data can help build powerful, insightful tools to better understand and improve your city. Eric Brelsford shares how he used mapping tools to help community members turn vacant lots into beautiful neighborhood spaces.
Show Links
- Partner with Dev & CodeNewbie! (sponsor)
- API
- D3
- Carto
- Tableau
- Python
- R
- Open Data
- NYCommons
- Living Lots NYC
- 596 Acres
- Urban Reviewer
- Maptime NYC
- DataKind
- Code for America Brigades
- Interactive Data Visualization for the Web
- An Introduction to Statistical Learning
- The Big List of Game Making Tools
- Freesound.org
- Open Game Art
- FMOD
- Twine
- Unity
- CodeNewbie YouTube channel
- Breakup Squad (trailer)
- Codeland, CodeNewbie's conference - April 21 and 22 in NYC
- Codeland Conf
- Codeland 2019
Chris Algoo
Chris Algoo is a game developer, event organizer, speaker, and educator from Brooklyn. His events and games have a strong focus on diversity and inclusion. He's currently working on Breakup Squad, a party game displayed internationally in museums, festivals, and other venues.
Kate Rabinowitz
Kate Rabinowitz is the founder of DataLensDC, an organization dedicated to understanding cities through data. She co-organizes Code for DC and Tech Lady Hackathon. Kate is passionate about open data and civic tech, diversity and inclusion, healthy skepticism, and board games.