Today I took part in a panel discussion focused on how the Gov 2.0 movement provides opportunity for business.
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PANEL: Gov 2.0 at midVentures Launch
Today I took part in a panel discussion focused on how the Gov 2.0 movement provides opportunity for business.
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Remarks: MCIC 20th Anniversary and Data Innovation Awards
Tonight I gave some remarks on behalf of my colleague, Harper Reed, who received the Data Innovation Award at the MCIC 20th Anniversary and Data Innovation Awards for his work on the Chicago Transit API. Basically I just said that we have to fuck shit up right about now.
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Launch: EveryBlock Widget
Today I led the launch of a new feature on EveryBlock. Here’s a blog post I wrote on the subject: Introducing the EveryBlock Widget. Here’s a snip: One of the best things we liked about developing this feature is the conversations we’ve had with bloggers, newspapers, and other news outlets to ask them what they’d like to…
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Photography: DuPage County Fair 2010
Here’s a photo essay I published today:
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PRESS:”Chicago gets geocoded, use of location-based data on the rise”(Columbia Chronicle)
Nice student story here about geo-info: Dan O’Neil, manager of business development at Chicago-based website EveryBlock, implements a similar policy. EveryBlock has collected raw data from a variety of sources to provide granular information since 2007, ranging from newly installed bike racks on the street to crimes on any particular city block, in 16 cities…
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PANEL: “Covering The City”at the Great Cities Institute at UIC
Today I participated in a panel discussion about urban reporting and research. Here’s a flyer for the event:Covering the City Complete audio of the panel here and links to the intro and Q&A.
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INTERVIEW: Gov 2.0 2010
Here’s a short interview I did today re: EveryBlock and government data on the show floor at the O’Reilly booth at Gov 2.0. DXO Interview at Gov 2.0 2010 from Daniel X. O’Neil on Vimeo.
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PRESENTATION: Lightning Talk at Gov 2.0 2010
Today I did a short talk at the Gov 2.0 conference about lessons learned from EveryBlock. Here’s some shots:
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“Outstanding Effort” Certificate for Teaching CCD
Out here.
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Launch: SeeClickFix on EveryBlock
Today I helped launch a new data type on EveryBlock: Reported issues. Here’s a snip from the announcement: Our friends at SeeClickFix run a site where you can report non-emergency community issues, like potholes, graffiti or street light outages. They’ve shared their data with us so that EveryBlock users will get notified whenever an issue…
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