open data
Jonathan Carr-West on open data as our new fields of exchange Paid Members Public
[https://i1.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/04/jonathan.jpg] Jonathan Carr-West [https://twitter.com/joncarrwest], director of Local Government Information Unit [http://blog.lgiu.org.uk/] How do we deal with the financial crisis? With climate change? How do we train our children for jobs that
Leigh Dodds on rebuilding cities after the data fire Paid Members Public
Leigh Dodds [https://twitter.com/#!/ldodds], chief technology officer of Kasabi [http://kasabi.com/] [https://i2.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/04/leigh.jpg] Leigh is talking about the foundations of digital cities. But he’s starting with Robert Hooke [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Hooke]
Brighton and Hove: becoming an open data, collaborative city Paid Members Public
I’m at the Open Data Cities conference [http://opendatacitiesconference.com/speakers-and-schedule/] all day. And this is the opening session: Sadly, John Barradell, chief executive of Brighton and Hove City Council isn’t with us, as he’s sick. He’s got stand ins: Charlie Stewart, strategic director andJohn Shewell,
Open Public Data could make our cities better Paid Members Public
[https://i0.wp.com/www.onemanandhisblog.com/content/images/2012/04/Screen-Shot-2012-04-12-at-14.08.22.png] It’s a rare pleasure when multiple elements of my interests intersect in one event. Pleasingly, that’s happening with next Friday’s Open Data Cities event [http://opendatacitiesconference.com/]. 10 years as a commercial
What Open Data means for Journalists Paid Members Public
Greg Hadfield, quoted by Sarah Marshall on journalism.co.uk [http://blogs.journalism.co.uk/2011/12/02/how-open-data-has-changed-journalism/] : > An open-data tsunami will mean that more journalism will be about interpreting – and putting into context – data that is open to all, at least in its rawest, unrefined form. To
#media140 : Dataeconomy: Open Data Paid Members Public
(Live-blogging – prone to error, omission and typos…) Rufus Pollock from Open Knowledge Foundation Wouldn’t it be nice to know where our money goes when we pay taxes? You need lots of stuff – government spending (local and regional), region codes, company data… Much of it locked up or in difficult
