Month: January 2016
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News Article: IRS holds contest to improve its website
Here’s a snip from an article on a Challenge.gov contest published today: Daniel O’Neil, Smart Chicago Collaborative executive director, said the IRS might get some takers. “It’s not an immense amount of money, but it’s certainly a great amount for people who are doing a nights-and-weekends project,” he said.
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News Article: Justice: There’s an App for That
Today I was quoted in an article in U.S. News & World Report: Justice: There’s an App for That. The article referenced the Smart Chicago project, Crime & Punishment in Chicago. Smart Chicago, a tech-based organization in the Windy City, tracks information from Chicago law enforcement – “the entire flow, from the commission of a crime…
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ORD Camp 2016: AA Meeting
Tonight I held an open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous at an ORD Camp session. We are legion.
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Launch: OpenGrid at the UIC Electronic Visualization Laboratory
Today I helped launch OpenGrid— a free, browser-based, open source mapping platform displaying Chicago’s robust collection of open datasets. Here’s a set of photos I took: My role was to take part in the conceptual model of OpenGrid, working with City technology officials to plan the work, and help manage the work of the Smart Chicago…
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Presentation: The Inefficacy of Dots on Maps at Chi Hack Night
Tonight I gave a few remarks at Chi Hack Night #188: Introducing Open Grid. Take a look at the original source video or see the snip below. Here’s how Chris Hagan of WBEZ covered these remarks in his article, “Chicago launches OpenGrid, latest step in making open data more accessible“: Dan O’Neil, executive director of the…
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Judging: Voqal Fellowships 2016
Today Voqal announced its 2016 fellows. I helped go through the dozens of great submissions and choose the fellows this year.
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News Story: Big Ideas 2016 Wanted: The next big development in civic technology
Today I spoke of the failure of civic tech to keep up with advances in the real world around civic engagement. Here’s a snip: Dan X. O’Neil ⇒, executive director of the Smart Chicago Collaborative, suggested that civic tech would be improved by its leaders spending more time with activists and organizers to learn about their experiences and…