Today I was interviewed in a news story that aired on WREX Rockford about the ILOpenTech meetup held at NIU Rockford.
News Story: Rockford Illinois Open Technology Challenge, NBC Affiliate WREX in Rockford from Daniel X. O’Neil on Vimeo.
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News Story: Rockford Illinois Open Technology Challenge, NBC Affiliate WREX in Rockford
Today I was interviewed in a news story that aired on WREX Rockford about the ILOpenTech meetup held at NIU Rockford. News Story: Rockford Illinois Open Technology Challenge, NBC Affiliate WREX in Rockford from Daniel X. O’Neil on Vimeo. And here’s some images.
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Radio: Discussion on WBEZ’s Morning Shift re: Data Journalism and the Civic Innovation in Chicago Project
This morning I participated in a discussion about the launch of Smart Chicago Collaborative’s Civic Innovation in Chicago project on WBEZ: Bonus: Dolly Varden! I also wrote a companion blog post talking about the importance of including as many Chicago residents as possible in civic innovation. Click here for sound file if embed link is…
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Writing: History of Civic Innovation in Rockford
I am a student of technology history. I love to walk features, software and needs backwards into the past. Today I wrote up an encounter with a really fascinating person in Rockford who single-handedly created decades worth of municipal software. Here it is: Incomplete History of Civic Hacking in Rockford. Here’s a snip: This software, written by a single…
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Panel: Possibilities and Potential for STEM Pathways
Today I participated in a panel titled, “Possibilities and Potential for STEM Pathways” at “The State of STEM in Out-of-School Time in Chicago” conference.
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Presentation: Illinois Open Technology Challenge in Champaign, IL
Today I organized and led a presentation on the Illinois Open Technology Challenge in Champaign, IL. I created this program at Smart Chicago to bring government, developers and communities together in a common mission to use public data and create digital tools that will serve today’s civic needs and promote economic development. Here’s a set of photos…
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Launch: Early Childhood Portal for City of Chicago
Today marked the launch of ChicagoEarlyLearning.org, Here’s some snips from the press release from the Mayor’s Office: As part of the his administration’s focus on increasing access to quality early learning programs for children across the city and emphasis on helping parents get and stay involved in their children’s education, Mayor Rahm Emanuel today launched…
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Panel: New Media Ventures State of the Field Call
Today I participated in a webinar on the opportunities and challenges in the world of political technology. Here’s slides from my portion:
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First Meetup of the Illinois Open Technology Challenge
Tonight I led the first gathering of the Illinois Open Technology Challenge, which brings government, developers and communities together in a common mission to use public data and create digital tools that will serve today’s civic needs and promote economic development. It was a great night because we had in-depth conversations between government technology people and…
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Journalism Study: Interviewed as Part of a Study of Data-Driven Journalists
Here’s a link to a paper published today by: Data-driven journalism and the public good: “Computer-assisted-reporters” and “programmer-journalists” in Chicago. Here’s the abstract: Since the mid-2000s, some US and British news organizations have hired programmers to design data-driven news projects within the newsroom. But how does the rise of these “programmer-journalists,” armed with their skills and…
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Profile of Smart Health Centers
Here’s a story on the Smart Health Centers project of the Smart Chicago Collaborative. Snip: Part of the group’s challenge is to find ways to make complex health information understandable to the average person, familiarize non-computer users with how to search data, and help older people become comfortable with using technology. Spearheading the effort is…
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