Dan Hon's guest appearances

Dan Hon

GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government

Shift Run Stop

OneTeamGov

Vô Vi Podcast - Vấn Đạo

Ashley Monroe

Malcolm Gladwell

Brian Williams

Heather Worthington

Richard Rothstein

Mac Prichard

Kirsten Wyatt

Zeb Soanes

Lisa Morris

Jon Ronson

Chris Maddox

Jim O'Heir

Scott Neal

Ginger McCall

Sarah Martin

OwlTail

Designing better government. Dan Hon, the Co-Chair for the 2019 Code for America Summit, joined the podcast to talk about the work of Code for America, how he got involved and why technologists should work with governments. Dan also shared some of the agenda they are planning for the conference and tips for attendees. 

Designing better government. Dan Hon, the Co-Chair for the 2019 Code for America Summit, joined the podcast to talk about the work of Code for America, how he got involved and why technologists should work with governments. Dan also shared some of the agenda they are planning for the conference and tips for attendees.

#245 Code for America Summit with Dan Hon

We’re catching up with Dan Hon, Principal at Very Little Gravitas, and Code for America Advisor and Co-Chair. Dan is a tech startup veteran, and now works with governments across the United States to build digital services that are easy to understand and copy.We talk to Dan about his journey into digital, via a law degree and a career in brand advertising with Nike, Sony and Facebook. We reflect on the nature of product delivery in the networked age, and discuss how storytelling can create a more human internet. We hear fascinating stories from Dan’s time with Code for America, helping vulnerable people access food stamps against the backdrop of wealthy Silicon Valley.Dan also shares his thoughts on mental health and masculinity, and why we need to close the empathy gap to deliver better services. And to round off the week, we end with a Martha Lane Fox drinking game! 

We’re catching up with <a href="https://twitter.com/hondanhon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dan Hon</a>, Principal at <a href="http://verylittlegravitas.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Very Little Gravitas</a>, and <a href="https://www.codeforamerica.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Code for America</a> Advisor and Co-Chair. Dan is a tech startup veteran, and now works with governments across the United States to build digital services that are easy to understand and copy. We talk to Dan about his journey into digital, via a law degree and a career in brand advertising with Nike, Sony and Facebook. We reflect on the nature of product delivery in the networked age, and discuss how storytelling can create a more human internet. We hear fascinating stories from Dan’s time with Code for America, helping vulnerable people access food stamps against the backdrop of wealthy Silicon Valley. Dan also shares his thoughts on mental health and masculinity, and why we need to close the empathy gap to deliver better services. And to round off the week, we end with a Martha Lane Fox drinking game!

If you like games you probably  already know about games wizard Dan Hon, and even if you don't know him you're bound to have come  across his work. Together with his brother Adrian, Dan co-founded Six  to Start, the award-winning games company behind  teen ARG Smokescreen and involved with loads of other fun stuff too, e.g Misfits, We Tell Stories and of course Wired (they're  also in the mag's top  100). Roo gets the scoop on Dan's next move, and finds out what he really thinks about the  term ARG in this geektastic chat. While the boys hold their cleverness summit in  Southampton, Leila attends the Vintage Computer  Festival at the National Museum of Computing in Bletchley Park and returns armed with an interview, a  heart that aches for Acorn, and at least 48K of evocative stings. Around the World in 80 Snacks continues with some mystifying US  offerings courtesy of our jetsetting guest, and we cautiously unwrap - as ever - under the  expert supervision of Dave. Links: Six  to Start | Dan's blog | Dan on Twitter | The National  Museum of Computing at Bletchley | Leila's Vintage Computer Museum  Video | Official site for R3play in Blackpool | Dave's site Snackspot | Buy a tape of this  episode to support the SRS pension fund.

<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/rooreynolds/4728734900/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>If you like games you probably already know about games wizard Dan Hon, and even if you don't know him you're bound to have come across his work. Together with his brother Adrian, Dan co-founded <a href="http://www.sixtostart.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Six to Start</a>, the award-winning games company behind teen ARG <a href="http://www.sixtostart.com/smokescreen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Smokescreen</a> and involved with loads of other fun stuff too, e.g <a href="http://www.sixtostart.com/misfits/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Misfits</a>, <a href="http://www.sixtostart.com/we-tell-stories/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">We Tell Stories</a> and of course <a href="http://transmediacamp101.wordpress.com/2010/06/02/six-to-start-makes-a-transmedia-game-out-of-wired-uk-issue/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wired</a> (they're also in the mag's <a href="http://www.wired.co.uk/wired-magazine/archive/2010/05/features/the-wired-100-positions-51-to-100?page=all" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">top 100</a>). Roo gets the scoop on Dan's next move, and finds out what he really thinks about the term ARG in this geektastic chat. While the boys hold their cleverness summit in Southampton, Leila attends <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lovemaus/4718014055/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>the <a href="http://www.tnmoc.org/39/section.aspx/124" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vintage Computer Festival at the National Museum of Computing in Bletchley Park</a> and returns armed with an interview, a heart that aches for Acorn, and at least 48K of evocative stings. Around the World in 80 Snacks continues with some mystifying US offerings courtesy of our jetsetting guest, and we cautiously unwrap - as ever - under the expert supervision of <a href="http://snackspot.org.uk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dave</a>. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/lovemaus/4727987609/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Links: <a href="http://www.sixtostart.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Six to Start</a> | Dan's <a href="http://danhon.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">blog</a> | Dan on <a href="http://twitter.com/hondanhon" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> | The <a href="http://www.tnmoc.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">National Museum of Computing</a> at Bletchley | <a href="http://www.vimeo.com/12717750" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Leila's Vintage Computer Museum Video</a> | Official site for <a href="http://www.r3play.info/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">R3play</a> in Blackpool | <a href="http://snackspot.org.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dave's site Snackspot</a> | <a href="http://shiftrunstop.co.uk/buy-tapes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buy a tape</a> of this episode to support the SRS pension fund.

Episode 32: Dan Hon and the Vintage Computer Festival at Bletchley