San Francisco’s great hope for open data</h1> <article> <h1>San Francisco’s great hope for open data</h1> <p>Keisha Taylor — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:44:53 +0000</p> <div class="blog-teaser-image"> </div> <div class="blog-teaser-content"> <p><a href="http://datasf.org/">DataSF</a> was launched in 2009 and provides easy access to data published by the City & County of San Francisco. It was anticipated that doing so would encourage the creation of innovative apps. And it has. For San Francisco, home to Silicon Valley and a vibrant technology community, mobile apps are an everyday part of life.<span class="read-more"><a href="/blog/san-francisco%E2%80%99s-great-hope-open-data"></a></span></p></div> </article> <article> <h1>What do you think of when you hear “Open Data?"</h1> <p>Keisha Taylor — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:35:19 +0000</p> <div class="blog-teaser-image"> </div> <div class="blog-teaser-content"> <p>I did a <a href="http://epsiplatform.eu/content/igf6-open-government-data-survey-results-published">survey</a> at last year’s <a href="../../blog/internet-governance-forum-comes-nairobi-some-reflections">Internet Governance Forum</a> which asked some of the Internet’s multiple stakeholders about the presence of open data in their country.<span class="read-more"><a href="/blog/what-do-you-think-when-you-hear-%E2%80%9Copen-data"></a></span></p></div> </article> <article> <h1>Mario Morino’s Leap of Reason</h1> <p>Elliot Harmon — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:12:33 +0000</p> <div class="blog-teaser-image"> </div> <div class="blog-teaser-content"> <p>In his new book <em>Leap of Reason</em>, <a href="http://www.vppartners.org/bio/mario-morino">Mario</a> <a href="http://www.vppartners.org/bio/mario-morino">Morino</a> argues that most nonprofits don’t effectively manage to outcomes; that is, they don’t measure and optimize their ability to meet the mission.<span class="read-more"><a href="/blog/mario-morino%E2%80%99s-leap-reason"></a></span></p></div> </article> <article> <h1>App It Up – Curation of Cool Apps for NGOs and Libraries</h1> <p>AnnaJaeger — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:27:31 +0000</p> <div class="blog-teaser-image"> </div> <div class="blog-teaser-content"> <p>There are now one million different apps in the world <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/12/technology/one-million-apps-and-counting.html"><u>according to The New York Times</u></a>, including those created by NGOs and developers who are customizing software to allow people to connect, educate and stay engaged with their constituencies.<span class="read-more"><a href="/blog/app-it-%E2%80%93-curation-cool-apps-ngos-and-libraries"></a></span></p></div> </article> <article> <h1>The fight around ACTA (the international version of SOPA)</h1> <p>Glenn Hirsch — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 20:32:15 +0000</p> <div class="blog-teaser-image"> </div> <div class="blog-teaser-content"> <P><A href="http://www.netsquared.org/blog/alicja-peszkowska/2012-look-ahead-sopa-and-acta-are-big-de"><U>Our staff in Warsaw report</u></a> on international protests parallel to those against <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stop_Online_Piracy_Act"><U>SOPA</u></a> (the Stop Online Piracy Act) directed at <A href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-Counterfeiting_Trade_Agreement"><U>ACTA<</u></a><span class="read-more"><a href="/blog/fight-around-acta-international-version-sopa"></a></span></p></div> </article> <article> <h1>Data is not really gold if it is not reused!</h1> <p>Keisha Taylor — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 06:04:17 +0000</p> <div class="blog-teaser-image"> </div> <div class="blog-teaser-content"> <p>In <a href="http://www.techsoupglobal.org/blog/international-transparency-initiative-makes-world-giving-open-shareable-standardized-transparen"><u>my last post</u></a> I looked at the USA’s decision to become an <a href="http://www.aidtransparency.net/"><u>International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI)</u></a> signatory and what such an open data stance could mean for aid effectiveness.<span class="read-more"><a href="/blog/data-not-really-gold-if-it-not-reused"></a></span></p></div> </article> <article> <h1>Great interview with Heba Gamal about the Egyptian Revolution on the NetSquared Blog</h1> <p>Daniel Ben-Horin — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:58:20 +0000</p> <div class="blog-teaser-image"> </div> <div class="blog-teaser-content"> <P><A href="https://twitter.com/htgamal"><U>Heba Gemal</u></a> is an Egyptian, formerly with Google in the U.S., who became highly engaged with events in Egypt and who is now a senior <A href="http://www.techsoupglobal.org/countries"><U>global network</u></a> partner manager with TechSoup Global, based in the <A href="http://fr.twitter.com/TechSoupWarsaw"><U>Fundacja TechSoup</u></a> office i<span class="read-more"><a href="/blog/great-interview-heba-gamal-about-egyptian-revolution-netsquared-blog"></a></span></p></div> </article> <article> <h1>“SOPA, Creativity, and True Fans” in The Huffington Post</h1> <p>Glenn Hirsch — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 19:41:24 +0000</p> <div class="blog-teaser-image"> </div> <div class="blog-teaser-content"> <P> In <A href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-benhorin/timothy-mo-is-missing-tho_b_1209218.html"><U>today’s Huffington Post</u></a> TechSoup Global founder and co-CEO Daniel Ben-Horin muses about the changing terrain of creativity, remuneration and profits in a post entitled: Timothy Mo Is Missing: Thoughts on SOPA, Creativity, and True Fans.</p></div> </article> <article> <h1>Random Hacks of Kindness at Oxford – 40,000 records test data transparency</h1> <p>Dinesh Venkateswaran — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 02:36:54 +0000</p> <div class="blog-teaser-image"> </div> <div class="blog-teaser-content"> <p>Last month I joined an unusual group of techies gathered at Oxford for an <a href="http://www.oxfam.org.uk/"><u>Oxfam</u></a> sponsored event that allowed us to get cracking at code to help with social problems like flood forecasting, fair-trade, and international aid transparency. <a href="http://www.rhok.org/node/21989"><u>Random Hacks of Kindness</u></a> (RHoK) sponsored<a /></a><span class="read-more"><a href="/blog/random-hacks-kindness-oxford-%E2%80%93-40000-records-test-data-transparency"></a></span></p></div> </article> <article> <h1>International Transparency Initiative makes world giving open, shareable, standardized, transparent</h1> <p>Keisha Taylor — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 19:17:33 +0000</p> <div class="blog-teaser-image"> </div> <div class="blog-teaser-content"> <p>‘<a href="http://www.owen.org/blog/5125">The open data revolution has come to aid</a>’ writes open data advocate Owen Barder (known for his work on development policy), and yet while the US is the world’s <a href="http://www.aidtransparency.net/news/united-states-signs-iati">largest bilateral donor</a>, <a href="http://www.publishwhatyoufund.org/">Publish What You Fund’s</a> <em><a></a></em><span class="read-more"><a href="/blog/international-transparency-initiative-makes-world-giving-open-shareable-standardized-transparen"></a></span></p></div> </article> </main></body></html>