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craig.kirchoff@gmail.com
5August2009
Governmentsthatpublishtheirdatahavetobecomemoretransparent. Humanitarianorganizationsthatmaketheirfindingsknowncouldspark biggerprojectsandsourceinnovativesolutionsfromtheircommunities. Scientificf indingsandr awinformationcouldbeusedtosolvebigger problemsthantheresultofasingleexperimentortrialcouldever manage.Eventhesimplecomparisonoftwoormorefactscanleadto newinsight,andallofthesethingshappenonlywhenthewallsaround aninstitutionbecomeporous. 2009couldbecomeknownastheyearofdata,theyearofopenaccess,or theyearofthesemanticWeb(seelinksaboveforhowthisrelates),andit mayalsobethefirstyearwhenitbecomesnewsthatdatawasn’t publishedinastorywhenitshouldhavebeen.Thatagovernmentbody isn’tbeingtransparentorisblockingaccessbypublishingit sfindin gsin PDForothernon-linkingformatswouldmakeaveryinterestingstory indeed.Wecanexpecttoseemoreandmoreorganizationsandpublic bodiesremovetheirownbarriersthroughinitiativesandlegislation. Exampleshavebeenset,andseeingexcusesdiealongwithba rriersisnot far-fetche d. Doyoukn owofotherdata-drivenstories?We’dlovetohearaboutany insightsth atweremadethroughpubliclyaccessibledataorwherethis datamigh tcomefromnext.
Guestauthor:ZachBeauvaisisaPlatformEvangelistforTalisand editorofNodalitiesMagazine.
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Chrome’sNewFeature:Click TheUIDesignerToCloseThe Window[TechCrunch]
AUG05,200904:54A.M. Thisisjustkindofodd.Lookatthepicturebelow.Seethepictureof someguyinplaceofthe“X”button?Yeah,that’sthisguy. Apparently,oneofGoogle’sChromeUIdesigners,GlenMurphy,has insertedhisfaceintothelatestnightlybuildofChrome.Specifically,this istheLinuxbuild,whichismeantfordevelopersandtesters(wehaven’t beenabletoseeitontheMacorWindowsversions). Ourtipsterwasprettysurprisedwhenhedownloadedthenightlybuild andsawaperson’sfacestaringbackathim,soheaskedaroundonthe Chromiumircchannel,andfoundoutitwasMurphy(whoyoucanseein apictureherefromSXSWthreeyearsago). Apparently,thenextupdatewillremoveMurphy’sface.Ohthose Googlers,alwaysmessingaround.
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