“Technology makes the easy things easy and makes the hard things possible.”

“The [BlightStatus] app proposes a new kind of more productive communication between the two groups that moves past angry and frustrated citizens on one end and a paralyzed city on the other.”

“You can sit around and complain about how the city works, you can complain about how your government works, or you can commit to being a change-maker. You can commit to making a difference, and you can get involved.”

https://medium.com/civic-technology/changing-the-frame-from-social-innovation-to-civic-startups-e8ee09c05a91