Richard Poynder has a wonderful (and detailed) post on his blog Open and Shut about the state of open data in the UK. Much of it covers arguments about why open data matters economically and democratically (the case I’ve been making as well). It is worthwhile reading for policy makers and engaged citizens. There is [...]
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Open Canada – Hello Globe and Mail?
Canada 3.0 & The Collapse of Complex Business Models
If you haven’t already, I strongly encourage everyone to go read Clay Shirky’s The Collapse of Complex Business Models. I just read it while finishing up this piece and it articulates much of what underpins it in the usual brilliant Shirky manner. I’ve been reflecting a lot on Canada 3.0 (think SXSWi meets government and [...]
Digital Economy Strategy: Why we risk asking the wrong question
Far better an approximate answer to the right question, than the exact answer to the wrong question, which can always be made precise…. – John Tukey I’ve always admired Paul Erdos, the wandering mathematician who I first learned about by reading his obituary in the Economist back in 1996 (and later learned was a friend [...]
Getting Political Parties to think about Open Government/Data
Next week the Liberals will be hosting a “Thinkers Conference” in Montreal. In preparation for the event the party has been hosting articles outlining ideas for Canada’s 150th anniversary. Because of my work around open government and open data they asked if I would pen a piece on the subject for them. I agreed. The [...]
Let’s Turn up the heat on Rex Murphy’s flawed logic
In his regular column the other week Rex Murphy published a piece entitled Don’t turn up the heat on the West, which also had the great sub title: By making Western provinces pay for adventures in global warming policy we will be playing with Confederation. For a man that regularly rails against the lack of [...]
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