Congratulations to three local developers who won a $10,000 prize for their Facebook/iPhone application that hooks natively into DC’s 311 reporting structure. Using your iPhone, you can now report potholes or street markings that are missing, ask about trash collection, and report other things to the District that need a hand. Congrats to Victor, Andrey and Roman on their well deserved win!
Tom Bridge: Tom Bridge moved to the DC area in 2000 and hasn't looked back. Well, once. But it was his job that was broken, and not DC. Before founding We Love DC with several friends, Tom was the City Captain for Metroblogging DC for four years. He is a partner at Technolutionary LLC and works in computers for a living. He and his wife Tiffany live in Brookland. Read Why Tom Loves DC
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2 Responses to “Getting to 311 via iPhone”
September 4th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Good find! Downloading now…
September 5th, 2009 at 9:45 am
You have to connect to Facebook first to use it? Sounds fishy to me. No thanks.
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