Jason Hare's Data Management Blog

  Heads up! The Health Data Jam in the Triangle is here. We still have some tickets and now you can use  this promo code for TSW with you -  TSWFRIEND .  It will give you a 20% discount off of your registration fee.   I hope you'll be able to come again this year!  Who:  TSW:  Health DataJam  brings together passionate health professionals, students, entrepreneurs, developers, and designers on a mission to revolutionize the health sector through relevant open data.  What:  The weekends are 54-hour experiential learning events that provide participants the opportunity to pitch ideas, collaborate with others who have complementary skill sets, and produce startups that solve important health problems using open data. This particular Startup Weekend serves as a lead-in to the 2nd Annual NC  DataPalooza  competition.  When:  May 16th - 18th   Where:   HQ Raleigh , 310 S. Harrington Street  Why:  Through collaboration, entrepreneurial thinking, community building, and leveraging open dat

  Open Sourcing Open Data at Open Raleigh Open Government Week is always a time for reflection on what has changed in the previous 12 months and this year is no exception. Open Raleigh is nearing it’s second year as a program. Open Raleigh shares this milestone with the Open Data Institute (ODI) which is also nearing a second birthday. The ODI has had significant influence over the development of the Open Raleigh program and over open data as a movement. It was one of the first institutions to suggest an open data strategy and philosophy that stresses inclusiveness and collaboration. This collaborative, regional approach has since become a hallmark of Open Raleigh and increasingly become the norm for open data movements across the United States. Open Raleigh has made its project management, white papers, policies and source code open. By making the Open Raleigh program an open source project, we create significant value by allowing other municipalities to build on our work and contribu

  by  Ian Henshaw Cary, NC – The Open Data Institute of London, UK has a node in North Carolina – the  Open Data Institute of North Carolina  (ODI NC). Local Open Data guru  Jason Hare  chartered the Node in October 2013 and finally convinced local entrepreneur  Ian Henshaw  to come on board as CEO. What is the Open Data Institute? The Open Data Institute is catalyzing the evolution of open data culture to create economic, environmental, and social value. It helps unlock supply, generates demand, creates and disseminates knowledge to address local and global issues. We convene world-class experts to collaborate, incubate, nurture and mentor new ideas, and promote innovation. We enable anyone to learn and engage with open data, and empower our teams to help others through professional coaching and mentoring. What is a Node of the Open Data Institute? Each ODI Node has agreed to adopt the ODI Charter, which is a open source codification of the ODI itself, and embodies principles of open

Recently I had the pleasure of working with +Denis Parfenov and his team on crafting the Open Government Action Plan for Ireland. This weekend, Denis shared with his open data colleagues around the world the draft that Ireland would be putting forth and asked for feedback. I thought back to 2012 when I was just starting on the Open Raleigh website. Certainly the roots were there. I had the benefit of +Gail M. Roper and her existing work on building an Open Raleigh Program. I also had the benefit of Raleigh City Council's Open Data Resolution championed by +Bonner Gaylord . When I arrived I got my city laptop, a desk and some advice on how to approach building the program. Ultimately, it felt a little like looking at a white sheet of paper and thinking to myself "now what". I was fortunate in that Francis Maude had recently published " Unleash the Potential ". This white paper spelled out the open data program for the UK. In the document was the following: A v

  Why Define Open Data? In January 2013, the Public Innovation Network (PIN) featured a video related to Open Government in which are collected a set of 42 standards that a Government or Administration must meet to be considered open. The dissemination and return that this video has had on the Internet has been considerable. The video has been the basis for debate within many administrations, and it has been translated into Spanish, English, French, Italian and Catalan.   The PIN would like to continue generating discussion and spreading the notion of Open Government as an evolution of the deliberative democracy towards participatory environments, truly focused on citizenship and networking. This is the reason why I was invited to participate in the new PIN project. The set of these articles will be collected in an electronic publication that we will be distributed under a Creative Commons license recognition.   So that is why I am posting this topic. I have my own views on Open Data a

"What do I gotta do to get you to GoCode?" This is an ongoing joke between Jessica and DJ from the Durango GoCode team. It sums up their determination to make this event an inclusive one. I attended  Go Code Durango  as a member of the  Open Data Institute . I was worked with the Xentity team, providing support for the Socrata platform that was used by the  Colorado Information Marketplace  (CIM). CIM is a Socrata-powered platform and therefore the Xentity team provided API and data support for the Socrata part of the challenge.         Photo by  http://www.23rdstudios.com / Go Code was a unique experience. I was a part of a five team, cross-site effort to coach and mentor development teams and help them create applications. What makes this event different from others I’ve attended is the passion, the careful selection of sites, the organization of the five challenges, and the people of Colorado. We had the pleasure of meeting the very talented and engaging folks of Durango.

  The Future is Here You are the future of open data. Last year I was the keynote speaker of the first open data day in Cary. Last year we had a third of the audience here today. Now Triangle Open Data Day does not need open data personalities. This event happened because city and county leaders came together with you. You represent the thinkers, the doers, the “why not?” hackers and storytellers that will take data unlocked by people like me. You get to decide the future of open data. You will get to create the products and collaborate with government in delivering value through open data. But more of this story will be presented later. I would like to introduce Gavin Starks, CEO of the Open Data Institute. Sir Tim Berners Lee is the President of the Open Data Institute and the World Wide Web Consortium as well as the first thought leader to imagine open linked data on the web back in 1989. Listen to Gavin talk about the “what’s next” in open data. How We Got Here: The Rise of Standar