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I just wrote a post on why I left my Presidential Innovation Fellowship (PIF). Overall I think PIF program is a pretty amazing vehicle for brin...
The Healthcare.gov launch has been a disaster. I cannot turn on CNN or NPR during the day, without hearing a story about what a failure the technology and implementation has been for the Affordable Care Act(ACA).
I have writt...
I wanted to launch a small web application in stealth mode. I also wanted it to run completely on Github, using Github Pages. I was able to setup a Github repository, as a private repo, then was able to launch a Github Page for the same repository and make this branch public.<...
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I wrote a piece on the rollout of Healthcare.gov, and while there are numerous illnesses in the government that contributed to the launch being such a failure, my analysis took it up to t...
I gave a talk as part of the Mind the Future discussion at the #OpenVA gathering on the University of Mary Wasington campus last Monday.
My talk was focused on helping educational institutions the role APIs will play in the future of education, and helping ensure web literacy across our society.
You can find the slides from my talk, along with
I have been deploying websites that run 100% on Github, using Github Pages and Jekyll for a while now. I'm pushing forward with different approaches to deploying sites and applications using this model, and my recen...
I am entering my first day as a furloughed government worker. I've been suiting up and going to work each day for almost two months. I spend each day going from meeting to meeting, working to carve out 15 minutes here and 15 minutes there to get actual work done.
Today is the first day I didn't suit up and go anywhere. I rolled out of...
If you pay attention to the news, you have probably heard about the technical trouble with the launch of the Affordable Care Act, 50 state marketplaces and the central Healthcare.gov site.
People across the country are encountering show-stopping bugs in the sign up process, and if ...
It was a really tough week in Washington DC. We came into the office Monday morning to learn that in addition to facing a possible government shutdown, that about 30% of the workforce in our department at the VA was moving on, due to a change in contract. While these folks had an idea the contract was being renegotiated, the...
This is a post from my fellow Presidential Innovation Fellow Robert Read. His post the other morning on his Facebook stream really moved me. I thought it summed up this whole mess very well and wanted to share it with you!
I'm lucky. I'm furloughed, but my kid's education doesn't depend on it. I don't live month to month. I'm not at ...
I'm pushing forward how I'm using Github to build prototypes and even full blown applications. I've been publishing all of my public sites using Github + Github Pages for most of the year, but this last week I've taken my usage of Github to new levels.
Using two important JavaScript libraries I'm able to use Github as an application platfo...
I'm slowly getting my blog world in order after the move from my own proprietary blogging platform to using Github + Jekyll hosted using Github Pages.
I've been using HTML pages for blog posts at AP...
I've had the joy of watching a lot of you bash on my girlfriend, from the misogynistic douche bags telling her to get back in the kitchen because she questions their technology startup, to the recent @FakeAudreyWatters Twitter account spending a good portion of their day mocking her.
Tomorrow, will be my first official day in Washington D.C. as a Presidential Innovation Fellow. I'm super excited, yet also very calm about what is happening. It seems like it is so meant to be, that I don't have any questions or reservations, I just want t...
API Consumer Guide - API Integration
Prepared By Kin Lane
August 2013
API Consumer Guide - API Discovery
Prepared By Kin Lane
July 2013
I am always working to define myself, in both the physical world and the virtual one that has become an increasing part of my identity. As part of this work, I'm spending some time trying to understand the primary surface area of online identity. Sure there are other aspects, but this is the face that most of you will see.
I turned 41 in June. As I retool, reboot and readjust during what I guess could be called "vacation", I'm reflecting on the last year and the major shift that has gone on in my world.
First off, turning 40 was hard. Usually birthdays come and go without any concern, but 40 was not easy for me. I'll spare you the detail...
API Providers Guide - API Management
Prepared By Kin Lane
July 2014
If you haven't use Prose.io, for editing of markup and markdown content in your Github repositories, I highly recommend it. Prose.io provides a dead simple editor for content, which works very will for managing static page or blog ...
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As I prepare to go to Washington DC, to work with the Department of Veterans Affiars (VA), I'm spending a lot of time thinking about how I'll prepare for my year, working within the federal government.
Working for the White House, and at the VA, will most definitely be an entirely new experience for me, I ...
