Category: Data
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Launch: Illinois Open Technology Challenge
Today Governor Quinn announced the launch of the Illinois Open Technology Challenge, a project that Smart Chicago is running in collaboration with the Illinois Science and Technology Coalition. Here’s a pretty extensive post with details on the launch.
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Judging for the Urban Sustainability Hackathon
Today I served as a judge for the Urban Sustainability Hakathon hosted by the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT). It was a really well-run event that focused on the policy implications of data rather than data for data’s sake. I did a pretty extensive writeup over on the Smart Chicago Collaborative Web site and here’s a set of photos I…
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Presentation: KCIC Boot Camp
Today I spoke at the Knight Community Information Challenge Boot Camp, talking about how to use data in journalism. Here’s the slides I used for discussion. Working With Data and Humans from Daniel X. O’Neil
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Aspen FOCAS 2012: Toward Open and Innovative Governance
Over the last few days, I participated in FOCAS 2012: Toward Open and Innovative Governance at the Aspen Institute. It was an enlightening and invigorating experience. Here’s some media that came out of the conference: I took a goodly number of nature shots: And some videos of my contributions: Daniel X. O’Neil Remarks at Aspen Institute…
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PANEL: Turning Data into Narrative at “The Story & The Algorithm: 2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference”
Today I participated in an interesting panel at the MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference. Here’s my bit: PANEL: Turning Data Into Narrative from Daniel X. O’Neil on Vimeo. Here’s relevant snips from the conference live blog: Dan O’Neil is the Executive Director of the Smart Chicago Collaborative, which funds and fosters civic and municipal innovation. Next…
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HackDay: Condition of Anonymity Project
Today I participated in the Mozilla OpenNews Story and the Algorithm Hack Day. I met some great people and made real progress on a project I’ve had for a long time: Condition of Anonymity. Basically, this is a fun way to explore the reasons the New York Times has given for granting anonymity to a source…
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News Article: Code experts take a crack at upgrading Chicago’s 311 system
Here’s an article from today’s Chicago Sun-Times about the Code for America project: Code experts take a crack at upgrading Chicago’s 311 system BY SANDRA GUY Business Reporter/sguy@suntimes.com February 2, 2012 7:02PM Chicagoans should be able to more extensively track 311 calls and the city’s responses online, thanks to a team of software coders here…
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NEWS ARTICLE: HuffPo Chicago Article re: Code for America Project
Today the Huffington Post Chicago published a piece highlighting the work of the Code for America fellows: Code For America In Chicago: Open311 Will Be City’s Next Big Tech Move. Snip: Daniel X. O’Neil, executive director of the Smart Chicago Collaborative, wrote the CFA application for the city, and his group will be working with…
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Presentation: Fun With Sanborn Maps w/ Jen Masengarb and Civic Innovation Session with Brett Goldstein at ORD Camp
Today at ORD Camp I did a presentation about Sanborn maps and how they could be useful for all sorts of economic and planning functions. See also a post I wrote about some Logan Square Sanborn maps after Jen schooled me some. Here’s me during Brett’s talk about using data for civic innovation:
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PANEL: Ezio Manzini Lecture on Social Innovation
Tonight I participated in a panel discussion following a lecture by Ezio Manzini, a leading expert on desgin and sustainability titled, “”Small Projects, Large Changes: Scaling Up Sustainable Solutions”. It was great to see someone pull together the many threads we’ve seen in city life around cooperative development, hacking the infrastructure, and generally making things…