So, for those of you who haven’t clicked the link on the left yet, you don’t know that I have a very active twitter account. Because of this, I often struggle with where to post my random thoughts. I try my best to use this space to go into more
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eaves.ca: Sharing ideas about data.gc.ca
As some of you may remember, the other week I suggested that on its one year anniversary we hack data.gc.ca – specifically, that people share what data sets they find most interesting on the website, especially as it is hard to search it. Initially I’d uploaded a list of all
Continue readingeaves.ca: Like me, Canadians prefer Patriots over Giants this sunday (or so says Google data)
After a rough bought of food poisoning… I’m back. For some random reasons I got a PR notice from the people at APEX communications in Toronto who Google insights to see which of the two Superbowl NFL teams Canadians were searching for more. So… okay, just Canadians searched more for
Continue readingeaves.ca: When Social Media Experts Don’t Look Beyond Social Media: GoDaddy, Mashable and Kernel
This week, while enjoying a little down time, I’ve been peeking online from time to time to see what has been going on with the Go Daddy boycott. For those who haven’t been following the story, Go Daddy, a internet domain registration company, came out in support of SOPA –
Continue readingeaves.ca: Neo-Progressive Watch: Rahm Emanuel vs. Teachers Union
Anyone who read the Obama’s book, The Audacity of Hope will have been struck with the amount of time the then aspiring presidential candidate spent writing about public education policy. More notably, he seemed to acknowledge that any effort at education reform was likely going to butt heads with teachers unions at some point and […]
Continue readingeaves.ca: Research Request – Transit Study
After writing yesterday’s post on the economics of opendata and transit I’ve really been reflecting on a research question that emerged in the piece: Does having transit data embedded in Google Maps increase ridership? My hypothesis is that it would… but I did some googling on the topic and couldn’t find anything written on the […]
Continue readingeaves.ca: Upcoming talks, events and other activities
So despite the fact that I only left Vancouver once(!) in August, things have been quite busy. Lots of work. September and onwards is going to be a bear however. Lots of travel so I thought I would lay everything out in case their is overlap with readers, friends and/or clients who might be interested […]
Continue readingeaves.ca: Oyster Burger. Enough said.
It would have been easy to blog about the Conservative British Government’s appalling choice to muse openly about shutting down social media sites or deny access to certain users in response to the riots… but enough people have commented on how colossally dumb this is (not to mention hypocritical given that only last year Britain […]
Continue readingeaves.ca: Instead of a blog post, I opted to go for a run…
…here It’s going to be that kind of week. I’m on a working vacation… Goals for my blog this week. If I’m lucky, one on the UK’s open data consultation, one on the taco’s from tacofino, and one on Oyster Burgers. cause they rock. Email & Share:
Continue readingeaves.ca: Code for America – Showing how to get it done on Independence Day
My friends over at Code for America have created this awesome twitter visualization for July 4th. It’s a reminder that you’ve got to love what you do, and probably no more so if you are trying to help governments reinvent themselves. Email & Share:
Continue readingeaves.ca: I can’t tweet or check Facebook…
… Because I’m behind the great firewall. It actually quite surreal being unable to check twitter – I didn’t realize I would miss it so much. However, I can apparently still blog so will have a post on Tuesday. Email & Share:
Continue readingeaves.ca: Individualism in the networked world
Evolving thought: One of the large challenges of the 21st century is going to be reconciling our increasingly networked world with traditional notions of individualism. The more I look at a networked world – not in some geopolitical sense but on a day to day experience for everyone – the more it appears that many […]
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