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Data into Action
1. #dataintoaction
Data into Action!
Nick Grossman, OpenPlans | @nickgrossman
Future of News and Civic Media @ MIT - 6/17/10
openplans.org
2. Today
1. A little about us
2. What data needs in order to be actionable
3. What Data Sites can learn from Action Sites
4. Bridging the Civic Divide
5. An announcement!
3. 1 2 3 4 5
About OpenPlans
OpenPlans informs and engages communities through
journalism and open source software.
Open Source Open Government Journalism covering
GIS software applications & strategy urban policy
Since 1999
48. It’s hard to learn a city
Hi, I’m new here.
BOSTON
49. Hierarchy of data
needs & civic actions
Advocating
Volunteering
Connecting
Voting
Taxes
Daycare School
Shopping & Eating Babysitting
Heat & Power
Garbage Transportation
BOSTON
51. Hierarchy of data
needs & civic activities
Advocating
Volunteering
Connecting
Voting
Taxes
Daycare School
Shopping & Eating Babysitting
Heat & Power
Garbage Transportation
BOSTON
52. Things I didn’t talk about just now:
(but would love to later)
• How cities can share code, apps & policies
• Contracting for open source
• Infrastructure for real-time transit info
• Cities that “work like the web”