Year: 2012

  • 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…

  • 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

  • PANEL: Mayor Emanuel’s Digital Trio

    Today I moderated a panel with two members of the Mayor’s administration. Here’s the description: Upon taking office in May 2011, Mayor Emanuel created two new positions in his office: Brett Goldstein as Chief Data Officer and Kevin Hauswirth as Director of Social Media. These two work to ensure that data-driven decision making, technology advancements…

  • Chicago Code for America Open311 Project

    Today was a big day at the Smart Chicago Collaborative– we took part in the launch of the Open311 project with Code for America and the Mayor’s Office. Here’s a snip from our blog post on the subject: Here’s a snip from the Sun-Times article on the launch: The service-tracker technology was developed by Chief…

  • Open 311 ServiceTracker for the City of Chicago

    Open 311 ServiceTracker for the City of Chicago

    Open 311 ServiceTracker Chicago is a website and API that I conceived and led in my position at Smart Chicago Collaborative. This was the first project of its kind and lead to the adoption of the service by the City of Chicago at https://311.chicago.gov/ News coverage: Online system to track 311 callsBy Fran Spielman, City…

  • 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…

  • Art: Rome, July 2012 Playlist (Personal Documentaries)

    Art: Rome, July 2012 Playlist (Personal Documentaries)

    Here’s a series of personal documentaries I created out of materials I shot during a trip with family to Rome, Italy in late July, 2012. Each of these videos is a custom take on each day of our trip, with video snippets, photos, and music samples, all a part of my “personal documentary” system. Here’s…

  • PANEL: Turning Data into Narrative at “The Story & The Algorithm: 2012 MIT-Knight Civic Media Conference”

    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…

  • HackDay: Condition of Anonymity Project

    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…

  • Launch: Smart Chicago at 1871

    Today Smart Chicago was part of the inaugural class of tenants at 1871, Chicago’s digital startup center.