Month: April 2009
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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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Presentation: MacArthur Foundation:”Some CTA Hacks”
Here’s my part of a presentation I made with Harper Reed and Jon Trowbridge at the MacArthur Foundation today. Some CTA Hacks View more presentations from Daniel x. O’neil.
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Writing Samples re: Open Government
Here are some examples of recent writing on open government:Inaccessible Pothole Data in Chicago: documenting my unsuccesful attempts to obtain pothole data from Chicago’s Department of Transportation And the Chicago Sun-Times references specific, detailed pothole numbers: “The city had a daily average of 300 to 400 potholes in the days before Christmas, but the number…