open data

started page via listening in on #cfasummit2014 – in particular – session on chattanooga – who shared:

 

 

 

 

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code for america  summit

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presented with habitat for humanity –

http://blightstatus.nola.gov/

to gage the development of a neighborhood – key indicators to gage a successful neighborhood – accessible to everyone.

by end of year – 9 cities using it..  – eddie tejeda

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expunging juvenile records – juvenile justice system via @cthydng

In #Chicago, there are ~25,000 juvenile arrests yearly. @cthydng discusses how #civictech can change that. #cfasummit

Small mistakes can become big life roadblocks, and the poor are disproportionately affected by this.”

many people can be expunged – but don’t realize it

“what a radical idea, making sure that law makes sense to actual humans”

problem we have – we put solution (apps) before problem..

share the complex people & ideas that collide

 http://www.smartchicagocollaborative.org/on-the-launch-of-expunge-io/

http://www.expunge.io/ 

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japan

trash

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denver

 

We got 100K+ hits on the word ‘schedule’…maybe schedules were the problem.”

7.8 mill on street cleaning tickets

so they built a reminder system for street sweeping tickets

schedules were the problem

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https://cfasummit2014.pathable.com/meetings

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defaulting to open

 

govt as platform – Tim O’Reilly

platforms:

1. all about long term thinking

2. shared nature

3. accessibility

all about intentionality

open data is what makes govt a platform

“When you build for accessibility, you get the benefit for all.” Great insight from @michalmigurski

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Mark Head –

small cities – 500-100,000 – less inclined to open data – why is this important? –  more people live in small cities.. @mheadd #CfASummit

Cities need to open yelp and see their data in there, then they’ll get it”

Adoption rate of #opendata among big cities and small cities is dramatically different. We need to change this.

a people experiment ..

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http://www.opentraildata.org/

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“If we solve our internal challenges, we help our external users.” —Joy Bonaguro, SF’s Chief Data Officer

motivate the elephant – how to motivate and sustain the change

 

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Susan Crawford on her new book – the responsive city

telling the story of what you’ve been up to

the characters are us

http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/future_tense/2013/03/big_data_excerpt_how_mike_flowers_revolutionized_new_york_s_building_inspections.html

digital agora – rio de janeiro

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agility. flow like water. https://twitter.com/the_jay_CO

co spgs

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panel –

the notion of iteration helps keep the risk down

free\dom free\space as invigorating – (finding lost\invisible energy)

the mindset of ongoing ness matters to mindset

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keynote: John Lilly

communication advance are what make the rest possible

architechture is politics – Mitch Kapor – the structure says what you can/can’t do.

architecture as participation is key to how we communicate – defines our communities

the power of architecture – you can be invisible in public (paraphrase)

chaordic ness allows for participation.

images ruling the public discourse.

the obvious conclusion – architects matter.

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when we care up front.. the needs become real and the solutions become urgent.  – Bob Sofman

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data ness

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