Author: Daniel X. O’Neil
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Award: CUTGroup is an Ash Center Bright Idea 2015
The Civic User Testing Group, a program I invented at Smart Chicago, was recognized today as an Ash Center Bright Idea 2015.
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Interview: “Hacking Design Research” In Civic Quarterly
Today I did an interview with Civic Quarterly, a publication about transforming government with digital tools & design thinking. Here’s a snip: AM: The CUTGroup book feels like a great example of “designing in the open,” sharing everything your team’s learned thus far—warts and all. How much of the existing design literature formed the basis of…
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Smart Chicago Model Featured in the Chicago Community Trust Annual Report
Here’s a feature on the work of Smart Chicago in the 2014 Annual Report of the Chicago Community Trust. Here’s a snip: “We want to help organizations use data and technology to do their jobs, be more effective and make lives better,” explains Dan O’Neil, executive director of Smart Chicago (pictured at left). “Our objective is…
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Design Thinking Sessions for Knight Community information Challenge, San Mateo, CA
This weekend I participated in a Knight Community information Challenge at the Silicon Valley Community Foundation. I learned a lot about how to interview subject matter experts. Also, this means I had to miss ORD Camp 🙁
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Photos for Mikva Challenge Annual Report
I supplied the cover photo and additional images for the Mikva Challenge 2014 Annual Report.
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Writing: Toward a Market Approach for Civic Innovation section of Technology and the Resilience of Metropolitan Regions
Today marks the publication of “Technology and the Resilience of Metropolitan Regions; Digital technologies and the future of cities”. Here’s the book blurb: Can today’s city govern well if its citizens lack modern technology? How important is access to computers for lowering unemployment? What infrastructure does a city have to build in order to attract new…
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Reference: In Re: Pacer
The work of Smart Chicago was referenced today in Carl Malamud’s “In Re: Pacer“, a “National Strategy of Litigation, Supplication, and Agitation” RED, WHITE, & BLUE TEAMS: Metaphors Working for a Better AmericaMAY 1 —“LawDay”—Proposed as a National Day of PACER Protest Snip: My hope is that groups will gather together and focus on a…
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Boards: Joining the Sunlight Foundation Board of Directors
Today I joined the board of directors of the Sunlight Foundation, a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit organization that uses the tools of civic tech, open data, policy analysisand journalism to make our government and politics more accountable and transparent to all. Snip: Daniel X. O’Neil is an open data and open government advocate and the executive…
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Launch: Chicago residential parking zones map
Today marks the launch of the Chicago residential parking zones map. Smart Chicago helped City Clerk Susana Mendoza Here’s a look at the map on the Chicago Tribune website.
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Presentation: CUTGroup at Open Gov Hack Night
Today I gave a presentation at Open Gov Hack Night. Description: Daniel X. O’Neil of the Smart Chicago Collaborative will talk about theCivic User Testing Group, a set of regular Chicago residents who get paid to test out civic apps. Dan and his colleagues will give a brief presentation about the impetus behind the program…