Year: 2018
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Facilitator at the inaugural Mayors Leadership Institute on Smart Cities
Over the last two days I helped facilitate the first Mayors Leadership Institute on Smart Cities of the United States Conference of Mayors (USCM) at New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. Here’s a snip from the announcement of the Institute: “The drive to make cities ‘smarter’ is all about harnessing data…
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Launch: Civic Operator, LLC
Today I launched a new venture– Civic Operator– my consulting outfit that focused on hyperlistening. Incorporated today in the great state of Illinois.
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Paper: “Making a Smart City a Fairer City”
Today some of my thoughts on Chicago’s smart cities efforts were published in a paper from Princeton University’s Innovations for Successful Societies: “Making a Smart City a Fairer City: Chicago’s Technologists Address Issues of Privacy, Ethics, and Equity, 2011-2018” Here’s a complete PDF and here’s a snip: Daniel O’Neil, who led the Smart Chicago Collaborative, advised…
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Comment on FCC Docket 18-120: Transforming the 2.5 GHz Band
Today I filed this comment with the FCC on 2.5 GHz Docket Opening PN Docket No. 18-120: I am Daniel X. O’Neil, a board member of the Chicago Instructional Technology Foundation (CITF), which is one part of Voqal, a national collaboration of EBS licensees. CITF has been a steward of an important public resource – EBS…
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Panel: Facets Town Hall: Building Community in a Fragmented Digital Age
Today I participated in a town hall discussion at Facets Chicago, “Building Community in a Fragmented Digital Age”. Here’s their description: The explosion of digital and social media has changed our lives. But how do we measure its impact when technology advances at such a dizzying speed? Join us for a special Facets town hall…
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Voqal Strategic Planning
Today I took part in a meeting of the Voqal Strategic Planning Committee in Longmont. Much to come!
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Book Review: Code Swaraj
Today I wrote a review of Code Swaraj: Field Notes from the Standards Satyagraha by Carl Malamud and Sam Pitroda: Here’s a snip: And then there’s Carl and his colleagues, lecturing across India. They just want to publish standards. And they understand solidarity. When a fire in a Russian shopping mall kills 64 people because of safety violations, and the people of Russia…
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Event: Ad Hoc at Code for America 2018
This week Ad Hoc is at Code for America 2018 with 10 team members, four speaking engagements, one product launch, and one happy hour. I created the approach for the conference, developed content strategies for various elements, and ran operations for the week.
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Presentation: Alcoholics Anonymous as a Model for Community Technology
Today I spoke at 8th Light University, where I debuted a talk I’m still working on: “Alcoholics Anonymous as a Model for Community Technology”. Here’s slides: