Category: News story
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News Story: Rockford Illinois Open Technology Challenge, NBC Affiliate WREX in Rockford
Today I was interviewed in a news story that aired on WREX Rockford about the ILOpenTech meetup held at NIU Rockford. News Story: Rockford Illinois Open Technology Challenge, NBC Affiliate WREX in Rockford from Daniel X. O’Neil on Vimeo. And here’s some images.
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Profile of Smart Health Centers
Here’s a story on the Smart Health Centers project of the Smart Chicago Collaborative. Snip: Part of the group’s challenge is to find ways to make complex health information understandable to the average person, familiarize non-computer users with how to search data, and help older people become comfortable with using technology. Spearheading the effort is…
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Profile of Chicago Health Atlas
Here’s a profile of a Smart Chicago project, Chicago Health Atlas. Snip: CHICAGO, IL— Daniel O’Neil, executive director of the Smart Chicago Collaborative, says that there are many ways in which digital developers can create products that bring in revenue while, also, contributing to the public good. One such project he’s overseeing is the Chicago Health Atlas —…
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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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REF: Reed in A.V. Club
My good friend and frequent collaborator Harper Reed was interviewed in A.V. Club today, and they reffed some of the work we’ve done together: After leaving Threadless, Reed focused on his own startup work and hacks, including an unofficial API for the CTA’s bus tracker program that provided web developers with the tools to include…
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PRESS:”Chicago gets geocoded, use of location-based data on the rise”(Columbia Chronicle)
Nice student story here about geo-info: Dan O’Neil, manager of business development at Chicago-based website EveryBlock, implements a similar policy. EveryBlock has collected raw data from a variety of sources to provide granular information since 2007, ranging from newly installed bike racks on the street to crimes on any particular city block, in 16 cities…
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PRESS: The Day EveryBlock Came to Town (EveryBlock Launch in Portland)
Today I was quoted as part of a story covering the launch of EveryBlock Portland. I worked with city officials to help create the standards for their data publication as well as working to understand the data. To be honest, I like reading that kind of stuff. Maybe you do too. As O’Neil says, “we…
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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.