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Just Do Data

(Portland, OR) -- “Data is the new oil.” In an otherwise humdrum Closing Keynote address by Nike’s VP of Sustainable Business and Innovation, Hannah Jones, this struck me as rather a provocative...

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Lost (and Found) in Translation: My Experience at RightsCon (Part 1)

From Expression to ListeningA few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to participate in the Silicon Valley Human Rights Conference (a.k.a. RightsCon.org) sponsored by ACCESS -- an advocacy organization...

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Lost (and Found) in Translation: My Experience at RightsCon (Continued)

Post #2: Helping Coders & Activists Realize Their Shared Purpose

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International Transparency Initiative makes world giving open, shareable,...

‘The open data revolution has come to aid’ writes open data advocate Owen Barder (known for his work on development policy), and yet while the US is the world’s largest bilateral donor, Publish What...

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Random Hacks of Kindness at Oxford – 40,000 records test data transparency

Last month I joined an unusual group of techies gathered at Oxford for an Oxfam sponsored event that allowed us to get cracking at code to help with social problems like flood forecasting, fair-trade,...

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Data is not really gold if it is not reused!

In my last post I looked at the USA’s decision to become an International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI) signatory and what such an open data stance could mean for aid effectiveness.

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Mario Morino’s Leap of Reason

In his new book Leap of Reason, MarioMorino argues that most nonprofits don’t effectively manage to outcomes; that is, they don’t measure and optimize their ability to meet the mission.

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What do you think of when you hear “Open Data?"

I did a survey at last year’s Internet Governance Forum which asked some of the Internet’s multiple stakeholders about the presence of open data in their country.

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San Francisco’s great hope for open data

DataSF was launched in 2009 and provides easy access to data published by the City & County of San Francisco. It was anticipated that doing so would encourage the creation of innovative apps. And...

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The Exciting Possibilities of Data for the Public Good...When the Public is...

Without the public, not only is there no data, but ultimately no use of data for the public good. A recent O’Reilly post by Alex Howard agrees.

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