Back from DC and Toronto I’m feeling recharged and reinvigorated. The Gov 2.0 expo was fantastic, it was great to meet colleagues from around the world in person. The FCM AGM was equally exciting with a great turnout for our session on Government 2.0 and lots of engagement from the attendees. So, now that I’m [...]
Entries from May 2010
Canadian Governments: How to waste millions online ($30M and counting)
Gov 2.0 Expo Ignite talk on Open Data as an old idea
First, sorry for the scant blogging this week. Being 6 weeks into a 10 week travel marathon that sees me crossing the continent 9 times the long days finally caught up with me. Also, I’ve been at the O’Reilly Media Gov 2.0 Expo in Washington DC which has been fantastic. Really, a sense of coming [...]
Articles I’m digesting – 25/5/2010
Been a while since I’ve done one of these. A couple of good ones ranging from the last few months. Big thank you’s to those who sent me these pieces. Always enjoy. The Meaning of Open by Jonathan Rosenberg, Senior Vice President, Product Management Went back and re-read this. Every company makes mistakes and Google [...]
Open Data: An Example of the Long Tail of Public Policy at Work
As many readers know, Vancouver passed what has locally been termed the Open3 motion a year ago and has had a open data portal up and running for several months. Around the world much of the focus of open data initiatives have focused on the development of applications like Vancouver’s Vantrash, Washington DC’s Stumble Safely [...]
Parliament: invite me to audit your books (I’m not really asking)
“Following careful consideration, the auditor general will not be invited to conduct a performance audit of the House of Commons” – A parliamentary statement released last Thursday afternoon There was a time when the above statement made sense. It was a time when accounts were kept on paper, when copying and shipping such papers was [...]
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