I used to be amused at those who browse LinkedIn anonymously. After all, I thought, what good is online anonymity to a service that is promoting professional networking? The two seemed at odds with each other.
Knowing An Organization’s Data Management Maturity Helps Promote Effective Open Data Program Planning
Each data element in a data asset inventory has its own “lifecycle” that when properly managed provides a framework for tracking and optimizing how data are used from creation through obsolescence.
Open Data Management at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Much of what the EPA staff talked about involved processes and activities that are necessarily associated not only with “open data” but with any data intensive business process. Data must be managed. Systems that share data need to be coordinated. Resources need to be allocated and shared. Such requirements are not unique to “open data” but are universally relevant.
When it comes to marketing data, “With much data comes much responsibility"
If you’ve spent any time in the market research business you know how cost competitive data services can become. Pressures to maintain data quality mount while customers seem to always want more while paying less.
My Writing, Workflow, and Spiral Bound Notebooks
While I sit in front of a computer most of my working day and use the keyboard and mouse a lot, when I have to write something I usually write it out by hand using one of my fountain pens, a gel pen, or a pencil. I’m not a very good typist. Besides, I enjoy writing things by hand since I think it helps my thought process. But what happens to the paper after I write something?
What’s going to happen to the “open data” movement in 2015? Here are my predictions:
Using Internet Related Economic Development Goals to Drive Open Data Strategy
While there may be significant capacity issues related to Internet and data access in developing countries, it’s impossible to ignore the disruptive and competitive landscape changes the growing Internet use offers wherever existing industries are adopting — or are being threatened by — web based developments. It make sense for at least some of open data program planning to reflect those realities.
Thoughts on Project Goliath and the MPAA’s “War Against Google”
Once we allow one industry to carve out exemptions and then streamlinine how certain files can be removed from the web, what’s to keep other industries from proposing more categories of information that can be blocked in advance?
How Are Open Data Programs Related to Investment Flows in Developing Countries?
Once data resources are digitized and made available for access and use, restricting or limiting their use can become difficult, complex, and expensive. Traditional and private sector institutions that rely too heavily on such distinctions for controlling social and business activities may find it difficult to adjust to and take advantage of such trends.
Looking Beyond Open Data Availability to Managing Open Data Value
Policy and theory are great but only usefulness and impact lead to real sustainability.
Don’t Just Make Data Open, Make Open Data Useful!
In this post we dive a little deeper into the topic of “open data usefulness.”
USAID’s Evolving Open Data Culture
I learned last night at the latest Open Data Leaders Meetup in Washington D.C. that they really are serious about “open data” at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).
CityGram NYC: A Model for Open Data Efforts
At last night’s Open Data Enthusiasts meeting in Washington DC, Chris Whong of Socrata talked about the CityGram NYC system.
Twitter, Building Trust, Ferguson, and Staying Calm
Just as I resist being “driven” to a sales oriented vendor by advertising posing as legitimate engagement, so too do I resist having my political viewpoint “driven” in one direction or another.
Using the New Kindle Fire TV Stick: A Mixed Review
I think that Amazon is facing a major challenge in developing a media consumption device like the Fire Stick because so far Amazon has not figured out how to effectively insulate the Fire Stick user from the rest of the Amazon ecosystem.
While it is true that a platform such as GitHub is not really designed to be as user friendly as, say, Facebook, the fact is that the sharing of technical expertise among mid-level IT staff and data administrators in different governmental agencies has probably been at least as important to open data progress as the Administration’s top down support.
“Mobile First” Is An Obsolete Strategy
Government “mobile strategy” must evolve beyond a device focus to a user focus. What we refer to as “mobile devices” today are just the tip of the iceberg as we contemplate our movement through an increasingly interconnected world.
Is the Movie INTERSTELLAR “Good for Girls”?
I had just published a glowing review of the movie Interstellar on my web site. I tweeted a link to the review and received a reply: “is it good for girls?”
These are the podcasts I’m listening to now:
Challenges of Public-Private Interfaces in Open Data and Big Data Partnerships
I would not be surprised if government agencies find themselves experimenting with different organizational and governance structures as they begin to take open data programs more seriously.