So International Open Data is rapidly approaching! All around the world people are organizing local events to bring together developers, designers, policy wonks, non-profits, government officials, journalists, everyday citizens and others to play, chart, analyze, educate and/or build apps with open data. For those of us who started International Open Data Day, it was never [...]
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International Open Data Day Feb 23rd: Vancouver Edition
Uber in Vancouver: Some Thoughts for the Passenger Transportation Board
So last week the B.C. Passenger Transportation Board (PTB) effectively shut down Uber in Vancouver by compelling the rides they arrange must charge a minimum $75 a trip, regardless of distance. Shortly after being announced, twitter lit up as Uber notified its customers of the decision and the hashtag #UberVanLove began directing angry (and deserved) [...]
Is the Internet bringing us together or is it tearing us apart?
The other day the Vancouver Sun – via Simon Fraser University’s Public Square program – asked me to pen a piece answering the questions: Is the Internet bringing us together or is it tearing us apart? Yesterday, they published the piece. My short answer? Trying to unravel whether the Internet is bringing us together or [...]
Citizen Surveillance and the Coming Challenge for Public Institutions
The other day I stumbled over this intriguing article which describes how a group of residents in Vancouver have started to surveille the police as they do their work in the downtown eastside, one of the poorest and toughest neighborhoods in Canada. The reason is simple. Many people – particularly those who are marginalized and [...]
Inferring Serial Killers with Data: A Lesson from Vancouver
For those happily not in the know, my home town of Vancouver was afflicted with a serial killer during the 80′s and 90′s who largely targeted marginalized women in the downtown eastside – the city’s (and one of the country’s) poorest neighborhoods. The murderer – Robert Pickton – was ultimately caught in February 2002 and, [...]
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