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 

http://en.parkopedia.co.uk/




 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 

http://healthyplan.la/interactive/city/




 3.  There's an App for that  

(Do one thing only, and do it well)




 Dwellr 

http://census.gov/mobile/




What's up in HONG KONG?




http://gazetteer.hk/




opengov.hk




Digital Evangalism




http://www.wired.com/2012/08/bundestag/





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 

mart@opendatahk.com
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