Pretty much everybody in government should read this fantastic New York Times article Sharing of Data Leads to Progress on Alzheimer’s. On one hand the article is a window into what has gone wrong with science – about how all to frequently a process that used to be competitive but open, and problem focused has [...]
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How Science Is Rediscovering “Open” And What It Means For Government
The Web and the End of Forgetting: the upside of down
A reader recently pointed me to a fantastic article in the New York Times entitled The Web and the End of Forgetting which talks about the downside of a world where one’s history is permanently recorded on the web. It paints of the dangers of a world where one can never escape one’s past – [...]
And now, the international laughing stock phase of our debate…
And now it has just become depressing. The international media has picked up on the census debate and they’re just mocking it. There is this priceless quote in a New York Times article: “I wouldn’t call this political interference,” Professor Prewitt said. “I would call this government stupidity.” Yes, the beauty for all of America [...]
Articles I’m Digesting 16-11-2009
BC Budget Visualizations – DIY Transparency & Local Government by Jer (via David Ascher) When I think of Open Data many ideas come to mind. Applications like Vantrash were an early success, but what Jer has done with the BC Government’s Budget is another piece I hope will emerge: data that is transformed into educative [...]
Closed Border, closed economy, closing opportunities
The other day Tim O’Reilly tweeted about this New York Times article. Entitled – Chicago’s Loss: Is Passport Control to Blame? – the piece struck a chord with me since my last two efforts to cross into the United States from Canada have been dramatically unpleasant experiences. Turns out that others – including IOC selection [...]
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