Category: Radio
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Radio: Barber Shop Show 261: Task Force Tracker Project
Today I appeared with some colleagues on Vocalo’s The Barbershop Show. Here’s their description of our segment: The Police Accountability Task Force made a number of recommendations for reform in their report. We heard about an annotated digital version of the report that’s tracking progress made on the recommendations. For that discussion, we heard from:…
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Radio: Summer tech program will introduce South and West Side kids to coding
Today I talked about the Smart Chicago Youth-Led Tech program at WBEZ. Here’s a description: Now that the Memorial Day weekend is over, students around Chicago are counting down to the end of the school year. And for some, that means coding camp is right around the corner. All this week on Tech Shift, we’re…
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Radio: Tech Shift: What does Chicago’s Homan Square say about Chicago’s open data?
Today I talked on WBEZ’s Afternoon Shift about the need for people-focused, not data-focused civic tech. Here’s a description: If you go to the city’s data portal, you’ll find a database of more than 5 million crimes reported in the city since 2001. It’s one of the largest sets of its kind in the country,…
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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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Radio: Open Data Movement and the Coming Relaunch of EveryBlock
Today I was interviewed on WBEZ’s Morning Shift about the coming relaunch of EveryBlock. Here’s an embed: And an audio file:
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Radio: FoodBorne Chicago on WBEZ Morning Shift
Today I spoke with Tony Sarabia of the WBEZ Morning Shift about Foodborne Chicago. Here’s the sound. Listen all the way to the end for a pretty wacky bumper tune. Here’s a selfie video of the show in-studio: DXO on WBEZ for FoodBorne Chicago from Daniel X. O’Neil on Vimeo.
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Radio: Illinois Open Technology Challenge on WILL-AM, Champaign IL
Today I spoke on air with Afternoon Magazine on WILL-AM 580 in Champaign about the Illinois Open Technology Challenge. Listen here: Discusion of the Illinois Open Technology Challenge on WILL-AM.
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Radio: Discussion on WBEZ’s Morning Shift re: Data Journalism and the Civic Innovation in Chicago Project
This morning I participated in a discussion about the launch of Smart Chicago Collaborative’s Civic Innovation in Chicago project on WBEZ: Bonus: Dolly Varden! I also wrote a companion blog post talking about the importance of including as many Chicago residents as possible in civic innovation. Click here for sound file if embed link is…