Code for Philly is hosting a #civictech presentation this Wednesday at 6 at The Coop (next to Love City Brewing) for a presentation followed by a happy hour/meet and greet with our project leads.

Come join us! We're especially looking for nontechnical roles like admin coordinators, graphic designers, civic engagement specialists, and more.

https://www.meetup.com/code-for-philly/events/306646901/

In a few weeks, #codeforphilly will be hosting a recruiting event specifically to get some non-coding volunteers.

We are especially looking for project managers, civic engagement specialists, admin coordinators, and other roles.

We'll be at The Coop in Philadelphia on Mar 26 at 6pm! https://www.meetup.com/code-for-philly/events/306646901/ Come hear about our current projects and meet our teams.

#philadelphia #civictech @allianceofcivictechnologists

I am a #queer #civictech #webdev interested in #solarpunk living, a more sustainable web, and improving the world around me!

My work can always be found at https://travissouthard.com/ where I post projects, blog posts, and sometimes #pixelart.

Outside of my work as a developer, I am one of the co-directors at #codeforphilly, our projects are at: https://codeforphilly.org/

In a past life I was a bike mechanic and #biketour leader. Still ride and go #bikepacking when I can.

Last night was my first #codeforphilly hack night as the newer co-Director. Very excited to be working with Andria to keep CfP going strong! And grateful to @katjost for setting us up for success the way she has as the previous co-Director!

Check out https://codeforphilly.org if you’re interested in getting involved with #civictech in #philadelphia! Also we’re looking specifically for events, project success, and communications co-leads to join our leadership team!

At the #sixers game with #codeforphilly leadership tonight! Currently 17 points up at halftime!

This is such a great place to catch a game! #noarenainchinatown

Every time I talk to someone about the expungement petition generator app I work on with #codeforphilly, they tell me about a personal or family member’s experience with the justice system.

Having charges on your record is paralyzing and especially frustrating when it’s charges that we’re not convictions and often never prosecuted, but still show up on a background check.

More info on expungements and how to get help: https://plsephilly.org/expungements/
Our project: https://codeforphilly.org/projects/philadelphia_lawyers_for_social_equity_-_record_expungement

Had a great time working the last five weeks with this #codeforphilly #launchpad23 project team! We’re developing a neat project together and I’m excited to see it come together soon!

https://github.com/CodeForPhilly/third-places

Wrote a blog post about solving a #dockercompose error I was running into with #vite and #react not building correctly. Solving it unblocks work on the #codeforphilly project my team will be presenting during #ptw2023

https://travissouthard.com/blog.html

Excited to get into the meat of coding our #codeforphilly #launchpad2023 project over the next few weeks. The team has really developed a cool plan for an app!

I can post it once we’re ready for the #ptw2023 presentations on May 10! And anticipating what the other two Launchpad teams have been working on!

#PhillyTechWeek is coming up soon & I’m looking forward to participating in 3 ways:

1. Speaking about Comcast’s ongoing trial of GitHub’s AI-augmented coding tool, #GitHubCopilot, which I am leading, at a luncheon on May 10th

2. Speaking about the successes & learnings from running the 2023 #CodeForPhilly Launchpad (5-week hackathon) after the luncheon

3. Hosting the Launchpad Showcase at #IndyHall at night on May 10th, where teams will demo their projects after 5 weeks of hard work!

Felt good setting up the boilerplate (or at least beginning of which) for our #codeforphilly #launchpad2023 project!

It's also nice to see the discovery process yield some interesting designs and start thinking about how to implement those! We'll be presenting our demo May 10 at #ptw2023 and I will be happy to share that here when it's ready!

Sometimes you need a reminder to take a five minute break to go appreciate the sunset.

From today’s #CodeForPhilly hack night working through the beginnings of a new project for CfP’s Launchpad event

Had a good weekend of getting some great things done by joining #codeforphilly’s Launchpad kickoff weekend and starting a cool civic project with some excellent volunteers!

Also spent some time gardening and getting some work started on setting up our backyard!

An #introduction: Hi! I’m Travis! I’m a queer #solarpunk #softwareengineer living in #philadelphia.

During the day I work at @azavea developing #geospatial web apps. I also volunteer as a team lead with #CodeForPhilly developing #civictech.

I previously have worked as a bike mechanic, #biketour leader, and video producer. I have been dabbling in #mtb and #pixelart as hobbies, and have 2 cute cats.

My birthday is today! Since it’s always the day before New Year’s Eve, I tend to get very retrospective.

Things I’m proud of this year:
- Buying a house!
- Leading my #codeforphilly team
- Excellent wedding reception!
- Growing in my job, leading on work culture talks/projects
- 2-week #biketour in Ireland!

Things I want more of in the new year:
- Bike rides!
- Especially some weekend and longer #bikepacking trips!
- Level up my #geospatial software engineering
- Make more #pixelart

I love my #community at #CodeforPhilly. We rallied & spent the morning trying to figure out how to let these people know that their ballots were missing dates, etc. & wouldn’t be counted, so that they would hopefully fix the ballot or show up in person to vote: https://vote.phila.gov/news/2022/11/05/ballots-administratively-determined-to-have-no-secrecy-envelope-or-no-signature-no-date-or-a-potentially-incorrect-date-on-return-envelope/

Turns out others were way ahead of us. It was inspiring.