Here’s a post that sums up the evening really well, including a patented Craighton Berman sketchnotes item!

You have been selected by United States Chief Technology Officer Aneesh Chopra to be highlighted as a ‘Champion of Change’, which is part of President Obama’s Winning the Future initiative.  As the White House executes President Obama’s plan to “out-innovate, out-educate and out-build the rest of the world”, entrepreneurs like you are being recognized for the innovative work you have undertaken in your community.Each week, we feature a group of Americans who embody the President’s commitment to ‘Innovate, Educate, and Build’.CTO Aneesh Chopra and CIO Vivek Kundra as well as other Administration officials will host an Open Innovation / Champions of Change event at the White House on Friday, June 10th , 9am- 11am.

Here is some press coverage: White House Honors Unsung Open Data App Developers — (Government Technology)

And some images:

Bonus: Here’s a pic of Brett’s camera setup in my kitchen:

Governments have started opening data for many reasons: it is a politically positive action and it alleviates the responsibility of analyzing and interpreting the data internally. Social Networks open data so they can become more valuable as the hub of many spokes, since 3rd parties will develop applications that make their data more valuable. Will traditional businesses open their data? Are some forms of data such as financial data necessarily closed-off and high-priced?

One of the things I focused on in my remarks was that governments already publish a wealth of data; they just may not conceive of these efforts as a part of the “open data” movement. For example, New York City has spreadsheets of every building permit issued going back to 2003. It’s not a “data feed”, but it’s definitely useful. The nascent industry built around open government stands on the shoulders of these spreadsheet-makers.

19 governments applied for our 2012 program, and it’s amazing to read about their project ideas, challenges, and passion for changing the way things work. As a growing start-up, we can only work directly with a handful next year, which is why they are selected through a competitive process. To help us evaluate these great proposals, we have put together a committee of government, industry, and thought leaders.

Here’s a video of me taking this picture of Sinker + the Mayor-Elect:

Here’s me in the studio as, seen in Fox News footage:

And WGN footage:

Fun day– nice to be a part of this very Chicago moment.

Our premise:When a city can gather data on every aspect of it’s citizens activities, what should we do with it? What products, services and environments should we develop?Many private and public sector organisations are rushing us towards a future state where every cup of coffee, cell phone, taxi, bus, street and building will be self-aware and communicating with us and each other. Rather than asking when is this future coming, I’d like to ask what will we do once it’s here.This class is taught by George Aye and with IBM’s Director or Citizenship of Technology, John Tolva. It runs Spring semester 2011 and it’s built on the model of small, problem-centric multi-disciplinary teams of students from Architecture, Interior Architecture and Designed Objects at graduate and undergraduate levels.

Here’s the video of our time together:http://vimeo.com/20345386

After leaving Threadless, Reed focused on his own startup work and hacks, including an unofficial API for the CTA’s bus tracker program that provided web developers with the tools to include bus arrival times into their own applications. He and EveryBlock co-founder Dan O’Neil shared their work with the CTA and saw their ideas grow into an official transit API and developer center.