Up to 50 startups and SMEs to receive equity-free funding of up to €100k European Commission commits €7.1m into data driven innovation, and €4.8M to directly fund startups and SMEs over the next 3 years Startups will work with data…
Open Data Aha!
Signposting to open data being used in 'real life'
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Data Pitch: a new Europe-wide data accelerator launches today
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What is data asymmetry?
You’ve just parked your car. Google Maps offers to record your current location so you can find where you parked your car. It also lets you note how much parking time you have available. Sharing this data allows Google Maps to provide you
Posted in Benefits of open data, Big Data, Data, Informing Decision-making, Neat tools, Posts from feeds, Smart communities, Visualising data Tagged with: data asymmetry, data points, Google Maps, Leigh Dodds, Loopy, mapping, personal data
List of Risk Protection Arrangement (RPA) member schools released as open data
Post: 15 March 2017 I recently requested from the Education Funding Agency a list of academy schools (or academy trusts) that are members of the Risk Protection Arrangement. The RPA is a comprehensive government-backed alternative to insurance. Membership is open…
Some tips for open data ecosystem mapping
At Open Data Camp last month I pitched to run a session on mapping open data ecosystems. Happily quite a few people were interested in the topic, so we got together to try out the process and discuss the ideas.
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When an international partnership works: growing open data startups in Mexico
Emma Truswell reports from Mexico City on how a partnership between the ODI, the Mexican government and an NGO has strengthened an international relationship, a government policy programme and a talented group of startups Representatives from Labora startups and the…
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ODI Podcast: Open data stories from Argentina and Kenya
From public sector reform to building an initiative from the ground up, open data leaders from Argentina and Kenya share what’s worked for their programmes, what hasn’t and how we can improve equality of opportunity in data and tech Ahead…
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Open Data Camp 4: bigger, better, wetter
This post is a repost of Giuseppe’s Medium blog post I am slowly coming back to life after Open Data Camp. Being in Cardiff was amazing, if not for the weather, which is partly to blame for my current heavy cold.…
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Responsible data visualisation in our storytelling
Visualisation is a huge part of making data accessible – but do we run the risk of distorting the data by imposing a visual narrative on it? How do we visualise responsibly in our storytelling?
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What makes for a good API?
What makes for a good API? What makes for a bad one? Do we even need APIs?
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Open Data for Evil
Exposing data is a good thing, right? Well, some people want to do bad things with it. So what’s the best way to stop them; or at least mitigate the consequences? Team Sith and Team Jedi discussed.
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