Programming with a Purpose

(why open data matters)





 Open Government Data 






  WHY DATA.ONE MATTERS  


    (me ~ 1997)                         

 

Vote once in 4 years

Pay taxes every year



OLD +  Raw Materials 


     Raw Materials    


               in the form of              

      DATA     

               to build              

      Public / Commercial Goods     






  3 TRENDS  






 1.  Launch with Open Government Data   





 Parkopedia 




 2.  The Neighborhood Data Portal  

"Take all the data, map it, connect the dots between public health, land use, economics, education, crime and housing. And portray those patterns – and the inequality they often reveal – down to the neighborhood level."


~ The Atlantic





 Plan for a healthy LA 




 3.  There's an App for that  

(Do one thing only, and do it well)




 Dwellr 




What's up in HONG KONG?




http://gazetteer.hk/




opengov.hk




Digital Evangalism









http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/04/hacking-the-political-platform-why-one-candidate-is-using-github/360501/




http://govfresh.com/2014/02/new-zealand-forks-uk/

 MAKE.03: 

data with a purpose hackathon 

 Catalyst : Saturday 2014/05/10


JMSC, HKU

 register interest:   make@opendatahk.com





 GET INVOLVED! 


 opendatahk.com 

Programming with a Purpose

By Mart van de Ven

Programming with a Purpose

Talk on Open Data for General Assembly's WDI course in Hong Kong

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