We caught up with Nik Garkusha, the Open Platforms Lead at Microsoft Canada at Confoo 2012 this year. In this interview we get some sight into Microsoft’s “Open Government in a Box” Drupal distribution. Datapublic is a fully-loaded platform built on Drupal 7 bundled with over a dozen of custom features and modules that are [...]
Tag Archives | open data
March
5
Open Data is fast becoming a ‘hot topic’ in government. I’m proud to see my colleagues & fellow open gov supporters helping governments around the world launch their cloud-powered open data catalogues: from the Government of Columbia and the European Union, to the Canadian cities of Regina, SK and Medicine Hat, AB. But it’s not [...]
February
23
Hey tech friends! Have you heard the news? Make Web Not War will be at the ConFoo Web Techno Conference held in Montreal from Feb 29th to March 2nd! With more than 160 conference sessions taking place over the 3 day event, this year’s ConFoo conference will cover a wide-range of awesome tech-related topics with a focus [...]
November
24
Last week I had the pleasure of speaking at the Webcom conference in the OpenGouv track, which is of course French for Open Gov In my session: Building Open Government Platforms of the Future I shared my thoughts on the the trends in the Open Government space in Canada and what properties ANY open gov [...]
August
25
[ this article first published on OpenHalton.ca ] If you’re a government agency evaluating ways to get started with your Gov 2.0 / Open Gov / Open Data initiatives, keep in mind these 3 simple strategies for a quick win: 1. Review the terms of use Even if your agency doesn’t have an Open Data [...]
July
26
a Case Study for Municipal Open Data [ the original article posted on OpenHalton.ca ] The heat is scorching! Residents across Ontario, Quebec and part of the US are trying to stay cool. Many seek out public swimming pools and splash-pads, and turn to their municipalities for information. Others, like Joey Coleman of OpenHamilton and [...]
July
12
It’s great to see that I’m not the only one using baking analogies when it comes to Open Data and Open Gov. In his recent post David Eaves talks about open data being the icing, and information management the cake. My analogy — used in presentations at Open Gov West, MISA Ontarioand the recent OpenGovCanada [...]
June
28
In my recent post on OpenHalton.caI talk about what’s possible when Parks data is made available as Open Data. Using the Vancouver Parks Listingdataset as example I demonstrate how that data can become useful for anyone looking for just the right park with just the right facilities for a hike, scenic strolls, a picnic or [...]
June
7
As part of GovCamp Toronto, there will be an area where attendees can stop and check out 8 different open data apps. Open data applications are a great way to see Open Government in action, so be sure to check out these apps and meet the great people behind them. Also being showcased is the [...]
May
27
David Eaves flew in from Vancouver to deliver a session entitled “The State of Open Data in Canada”. For those of you who know him, or have seen him speak, you can appreciate the energy and passion in which he talks about the need for Canada to open up its data to citizens. He recently [...]
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An Intro To The Semantic Web: Why You Need To Know About It Sooner Than Later
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WHY THE @&*# IS MICROSOFT DOING THIS?
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Feeling Blue? Why The Most Popular Websites Are Blue
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From Apples to Mangoes: A first look at the Nokia Lumia 800
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Drupal + OGDI = Open Data goodness!
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Random Hacks of Kindness: help solve global challenges
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Take your HTML5 skills, and build on Windows 8
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Eye tracking games hackathon
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