Author: Daniel X. O’Neil
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Northside College Prep High School Career Day
I had a great time today at Northside College Prep High School talking about what I do at EveryBlock. Snip: Co-founder of Everyblock.com Dan X. O’Neil is the co-founder of Everyblock.com, an innovative computer company using technology to assist people. Dan’s position is “People Person” which means that he works with municipal governments to make…
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News Article: Police No Help for Crime Map Project
Here’s an article in the Gotham Gazette mentioning my efforts to get police data from the NYPD.
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Geographically Relevant Deals and Coupons on EveryBlock
I negotiated a partnerships between EveryBlock and Groupon for local coupons and deals. This was the first use of an API for Chicago-based Groupon.
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Presentation: Hack The CTA at ORD Camp
Today I did the Hack The CTA presentation at ORDCamp with Harper Reed.
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Vocalo.org Advisory Group
Today I participated in an advisory group.10-20 uploads per day, and 10-20% gets on the air.The best insight I can give is about metadata. Make their content ubiquitous.
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Partnership: EveryBlock in Your Car with Dash
I managed the launch a new partnership for EveryBlock with Dash Navigation. Here’s a snip of the blog post I published on the EveryBlock blog: You can now view EveryBlock data in your car, thanks to Dash Navigation. We’ve launched a partnership with Dash, which provides Internet-enabled GPS navigation systems for vehicles. The cool thing…
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Launch: EveryBlock Philadelphia and EveryBlock Charlotte
Today I helped launch EveryBlock in two more cities— Philadelphia and Charlotte. Here’s the blog post on the EveryBlock blog: Two new EveryBlock cities are live. My role was to find and coordinate the publication of all data in each city. I’m particularly happy with a new data type— Library items. Here’s more: New library items — We’re…
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LAUNCH: New York Attorney General Expired Pharmacy Products Investigation Locations
Today at EveryBlock we launched a new project: New York Attorney General Expired Pharmacy Products Investigation Locations. It’s one thing to read a story about an investigation of expired products in pharmacies across your state, but it’s another thing altogether to see that your drugstore has been selling expired products.
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EveryBlock
I helped create EveryBlock, the innovative hyperlocal news website that gives you “a news feed for your block”. Here’s a blog post I wrote on Derivative Works about today’s launch of EveryBlock: What EveryBlock Means To Me Today I helped launch EveryBlock, a Web site that filters an assortment of local news by location so you…
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8 Principles of Open Government Data
Over the weekend I took part in the creation and publication of the 8 Principles of Open Government Data.