Open Data for crime prevention: some food for thought from Brazil
Last October I was invited to the first Brazilian National Meeting on Open Data. One of the things I brought back is lots of thoughts about the potential of Open Data about crime.
Eleven Things to remember from the 2011 Open Government Data Camp
This year I participated to the Open Government Data Camp in Warsaw, to present a proposal about Open Data and Education. During the Camp I met many great people and heard lots of great things, but for a thousand reasons I had no possibility to put order in my notes before today. Better late than never. Since many others have already given complete reports of the Camp, I’ll only add a couple of things. The first is my very own list of the “11 Most Relevant Quotes from the 2011 OGD Camp”:
Open Days 2011: growth and job creation vs an ageing Europe
The 2011 European Open Days (*) covered a lot of very different topics, from local transportation to health, traffic, smart cities and education. Almost all these talks, however, starting from the plenary opening session had the same implicit basis, always given for granted without the smallest amount of doubt: