One day I hope to pen a piece that adequately sings the praises of Carl Malamud’s tireless work to make public work available to, you know, the public. Today he announced the release of Code City, through which the public can now access - without having to pay the publisher – many of the building safety codes that are incorporated into the laws of most states, counties, and municipalities (see, e.g., the fire code that is part of Virginia law).  Most anyone who has ever tried to access the building code for a project knows what an accomplishment this is. For those that don’t know, I highly recommend this brilliant little illustrated explanation (just start with the top left photo and keep clicking through to the next photo).
