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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