Strengthening Connections Between Bay Area Social Service Providers
6 November 2018
Benetech is a pioneer of software for social good, serving as a bridge between Silicon Valley and the social sector. Their work includes transforming how people with disabilities read and learn, protecting human rights defenders, and connecting people to the critical social services. Social services providers offer critical relief for…
How We Use Design Sprints to Rapidly Prototype and Build Empathetic Products
15 October 2018
Note: this is part of our series on “Digital Craftsmanship.” If you’d like to read the first post in the series, defining what Digital Craftsmanship means, start here. Exygy is focused on serving communities through digital products. This requires creative problem solving, underscored by strong collaborations. Only by bringing all…
Making Your City’s Website Suck Less
19 March 2015
How does a city uniformly support, inform and empower residents? The obvious solution starts with a city’s website. Depending on the city, the focus might start with residents’ most requested services. Or it might be job opportunities or recent policy changes. Unfortunately, the user experience can be inconsistent from one…