An OpenGov (Open Government) Primer
The next Knight News Challenge begins in just a few days, with a focus on OpenGov. A lot of people are interested in the area, but it could be daunting if you’re new to the field. What is OpenGov?...
View ArticleBlah blah privacy (data, big stories, and community shrugging)
Hopefully by now you’ve decided to give a shit or not about the giant Verizon/privacy story (and whether you have or not, I’d love to hear your thoughts on data in the comments). In case you’ve been...
View ArticleDatastorming: Coming up with good projects in open data
After a couple of weeks running around the country, including Fluent, visiting some folks at Matter, CIR, and friends at CFA, and visiting family, I’m back into the swing of things over at AxisPhilly,...
View ArticleSelenium, the most underrated tool for #opendata
In one of my last projects at AxisPhilly*, I was working with Julia Bergman on transparency and looking at open records requests. The open records request website is a classic case of government...
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