2. Flo Apps Ltd?
consultancy and implementation of modern web technologies
won Apps For Democracy Finland 2009 with 'Nomen est omen' (www.
tietokannat.fi/lab/nomen.php)
currently working on a Linked Data project for Danceinfo Finland
5. Residence, marketing, consumption
Dwellings in Council Tax Bands F, G and H (maptube.org/map.aspx?
s=DBHFGkkWRcsKExg2yGbAp8HAp0TAoRnd)
ASBOrometer (www.asborometer.com)
school performance can be tracked more closely (education.com)
traffic optimisation
may influence people's decisions on where to live
helps target right geographical areas
6. Energy / Music / Health
energy consumption (private and public) data online for re-use
last.fm statistics (www.last.fm)
7. Media
anyone can be(come) a journalist
"Data Driven Journalism" (www.slideshare.net/jwyg/jonathan-gray-
ejc)
tip: tabular data should always be published online for re-use to bring
more attention
8. Medicine
sharing information helps find solutions more quickly (blog.okfn.
org/2010/09/01/the-power-of-open-data/)
9. Society
expenditure can be tracked (www.wheredoesmymoneygo.org)
bund.offenerhaushalt.de
UK: all new central g'ment contracts published in full from Jan 2011
(www.number10.gov.uk/news/statements-and-
articles/2010/05/letter-to-government-departments-on-opening-up-
data-51204)
10. IT
new applications
data expertise
data aggregation + redistribution
data visualization
API's and Open Data enable smaller firms to succeed too
11.
12. Some like it open
distributing data and knowledge develops public trust into a company
New York Times (data.nytimes.com/)
Google (www.google.com/transparencyreport/)
we could be the Big Brother together: www.topiikki.
fi/debatti/nayta/476/Valvo%20minua,%20Isoveli/
Journalisti: "A-lehdet vaatii freelance-työntekijöitä salaamaan
palkkionsa"
13. Want to hear more?
we offer consultancy on Web 3.0 and how it might help your business
nice summary: www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/7963311/10-ways-
data-is-changing-how-we-live.html
14. Bottomline
"it is the unexpected re-use of information which is the value added by
the web" - Sir Tim Berners-Lee