Year: 2014
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Speech at City Club
Today I spoke at City Club of Chicago. Here’s a video: Daniel X. O’Neil, Executive Director, Smart Chicago Collaborative from City Club of Chicago on Vimeo. And here: Here’s the slides and complete text: The Need for Investment in the Digital Lives of All from Daniel X. O’Neil 1 Hello. And thank you, Dr. Green, Tweed,…
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Presentation: Living Cities City Accelerator Program First Cohort Launch
Today I spoke about Partner-Driven Innovation at the launch of the Living Cities City Accelerator Program. Partner-Driven Innovation from Daniel X. O’Neil
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Judge: Chase Empowerment Event
Today I took part in a great event: the Chase Empowerment summer program culminating event. I helped judge the programs that the youth worked on and was able to get a look at a ton of great projects.
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Study: Health Department Use of Social Media to Identify Foodborne Illness — Chicago, Illinois, 2013–2014
Foodborne Chicago was part of a study published today in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: Health Department Use of Social Media to Identify Foodborne Illness — Chicago, Illinois, 2013–2014. Here’s the introduction: An estimated 55 million to 105 million persons in the United States experience acute gastroenteritis caused…
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Presentation: CTA Lunch and Learn re: Open Government
Today I did a presentation to the Chicago Transit Authority technology team. It ended up being something of a personal tech history, and a testament to the value of a large institution innovating in spurts and the fun involved in an inside/ outside game. Me + CTA Consumer-Focused Technology from Daniel X. O’Neil
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Baltimore Data Day
Today I participated in “Building a Smarter City: Using Data and Technology to Increase Opportunity, Livability, and Investment”, at Baltimore Data Day at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, Baltimore Branch. I gave a presentation called, “Getting Smarter in Chicago”
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Radio: Tech Shift: The Smart Chicago Collaborative teaches teens to use tech for social change
Today I did a spot on WBEZ about the #CivicSummer program: Tech Shift: The Smart Chicago Collaborative teaches teens to use tech for social change All this week, we’re focusing on youth and technology. This summer some Chicago teens will learn to use technology not just for fun, but to take action in their community.…
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Video: Blue Sky Innovation Spark re: Scratching
Here’s a fun small clip from today re: the value of listening to the itches of others rather than just scratching your own.
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Remarks at Adler Planetarium on the National Day of Civic Hacking
Today I kicked off the National Day of Civic Hacking at the Adler Planetarium. Here’s remarks: Hi everybody. It’s great to see you here at one of the premier places for science in Chicago, the Adler Planeterium. This morning, you are joining thousands of colleagues— and they are your colleagues— in more than 100 cities in…