no.mads-land (on the moon) https://nomadsland.writeas.com/ Daniel Curto-Millet Sat, 04 Apr 2026 07:48:09 +0000 Article on the challenges facing civic tech platforms https://nomadsland.writeas.com/article-on-the-challenges-facing-civic-tech-platforms?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[Civic tech platforms that enable citizens to participate in decision-making activities in their city are becoming more common. Yet, they still face many challenge. In this article on opensource.com, I argue that opening cities require developing an infrastructure to cultivate and nurture a participatory culture, something that open source has done for decades and which contributes to its sustainability. #opensource #civictech #participation]]> Civic tech platforms that enable citizens to participate in decision-making activities in their city are becoming more common. Yet, they still face many challenge.

In this article on opensource.com, I argue that opening cities require developing an infrastructure to cultivate and nurture a participatory culture, something that open source has done for decades and which contributes to its sustainability.

#opensource #civictech #participation

]]> https://nomadsland.writeas.com/article-on-the-challenges-facing-civic-tech-platforms Sun, 02 May 2021 11:40:40 +0000 Article on Uber and the gig economy https://nomadsland.writeas.com/article-on-uber-and-the-gig-economy?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[I've written a short article with Roser Pujadas on the role of invisible infrastructure that Uber tries to create and how it affects our cities. This is part of our larger work on the digital economy, of which you can find an academic article here.]]> I've written a short article with Roser Pujadas on the role of invisible infrastructure that Uber tries to create and how it affects our cities.

This is part of our larger work on the digital economy, of which you can find an academic article here.

]]> https://nomadsland.writeas.com/article-on-uber-and-the-gig-economy Thu, 09 Jul 2020 09:36:37 +0000 Institutionalising participation https://nomadsland.writeas.com/institutionalising-participation?pk_campaign=rss-feed <![CDATA[My presentation for EGOS2020 in the sub-theme on 'Smart and Livable Cities (2): Urban Governance, Management, and Leadership'. This deck briefly describes part of my research on a crowdsourcing civic platform called 'Decide Madrid'. iframe src="https://slides.com/curtomil/deck/embed" width="576" height="420" scrolling="no" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen/iframe]]> My presentation for EGOS2020 in the sub-theme on 'Smart and Livable Cities (2): Urban Governance, Management, and Leadership'. This deck briefly describes part of my research on a crowdsourcing civic platform called 'Decide Madrid'.

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