Open data updates
Here are a few quick updates about some recent open-data doings, including bus tracking in New York, TransportationCamp in DC, and a new website in Oregon. Original post
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A moment of insanity, a lifetime of punishment
This post from Paul Clarke is cited in entirety for bringing the issues I am about to comment to my attention. It is an excellent piece written from the perspective of a data wrangler, someone who really knows what they’re talking about when it comes to open data and transparency of process. This is myRead… Read more »
Top 5 – Tips on Applying to Apps Contests
I just got done with reviewing a number of applications to the SBA Apps for Entrepreneurial contests. Lots of cool applications and the results will be forthcoming in a few weeks. It’s my first time judging so I thought I’d give some feedback from the perspective of a judge for those applying to other appsRead… Read more »
Open Data For Government Goes Coast to Coast (Are you Ready?)
A natural leader in the open data movement, Adriel Hampton is on a mission and that mission is to get you (yes you) involved. “On December 10-11, at the winter CityCampSF Hackathon, Gov 2.0 advocates will publicly launch an advocacy campaign to institute an open data standard in San Francisco municipal and California state law.”Read… Read more »
Bye Bye Flash Player? What does this mean for Mobile Media?
Flash will come out as 11.1 for mobile devices, and that’s it. Last week, Adobe announced that they were dropping development for Flash for mobile devices and TV. According to Adobe: “Our future work with Flash on mobile devices will be focused on enabling Flash developers to package native apps with Adobe AIR for allRead… Read more »
Government Big Data Award Special Mention: US Department of State, Bureau of Counselor Affairs
The Government Big Data Solutions Award was established to highlight innovative solutions and facilitate the exchange of best practices, lessons learned and creative ideas for addressing Big Data challenges. The top five nominees and overall winner was announced at Hadoop World in New York City on November 8 2011. The Government Big Data Solutions AwardRead… Read more »
Bob Gourley’s 2012 Outlook: “Expect Disruptions”
Tweet Bob Gourley was recently interviewed for WashingtonExec’s New Series: WashingtonExec 2012 Prediction Issue: Execs Speak Out. 2012 is fast approaching, and with it comes big changes in the Federal IT industry. WashingtonExec is giving local executives the opportunity to share their thoughts on where they see the government contracting industry headed. Leaders of theRead… Read more »
Bob Gourley’s 2012 Outlook: “Expect Disruptions”
Bob Gourley was recently interviewed for WashingtonExec’s New Series: WashingtonExec 2012 Prediction Issue: Execs Speak Out. 2012 is fast approaching, and with it comes big changes in the Federal IT industry. WashingtonExec is giving local executives the opportunity to share their thoughts on where they see the government contracting industry headed. Leaders of the industryRead… Read more »
It’s crude but still very interesting
I was asked a very interesting question earlier today – A colleague asked me how many twitter accounts there are in Devon? To which my reply was (slightly paraphrased): “Hmmmm, I’m not sure to be honest…however we could provide a crude figure for the number of facebook users or potential reach using the advertising feature….weRead… Read more »
Statistics Canada Data to become OpenData – Background, Winners and Next Steps
As some of you learned last night, Embassy Magazine broke the story that all of Statistics Canada’s online data will not only be made free, but released under the Government of Canada’s Open Data License Agreement (updated and reviewed earlier this week) that allows for commercial re-use. This decision has been in the works forRead… Read more »