I've spent the past six years making life in cities better with the use of web technologies.
Most recently I started DIYcity, a site that invites people everywhere to personally reinvent the spaces around them using common web applications.
I also co-founded and served as Head of Product for Outside.in, a leading hyperlocal news site that lets people experience the news right around them in real time.
As a graduate student at NYU's Interactive Telecommunications Program I created several influential web-meets-real-world projects.
I write, consult and speak on how to make cities more efficient, effective and livable with web technology.
You can write me at john@johngeraci.com.
Recent writings:
O'Reilly Radar: How Long is Your City's Tail?
Urban Omnibus: Getting Beyond Hyperlocal
Huffington Post: The New Axis in Politics
O'Reilly Radar: What Will Open Gov Look Like in Five Years and in One Year?
O'Reilly Radar: Naming an Emerging Movement
O'Reilly Radar: The Four Pillars of an Open Civic System
O'Reilly Radar: Trying to Track Swine Flu Across Cities in Realtime
O'Reilly Radar: The Future of Our Cities: Open, Crowdsourced, and Participatory
On the radio:
FutureTense: DIY cities and virtual design
Smart City Radio: I Heart NY and DIYCity
In the press:
Wall Street Journal: Health Data Proves Contagious On Social Media
New York Observer: Dude, Where's My Bus? Ask DIYcity
New York Times: Where Good Wi-Fi Makes Good Neighbors
Popular Science: Free Neighborhood Wi-Fi
Christian Science Monitor: The Web is all around us - even on the walls
New York Times: The Web Behind the Scrawl
Wired.com: The Art of Street Talk
On Twitter: twitter.com/johngeraci