David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Dec 8, 2009, 10:42 am
Last month I published the following article in the Municipal Information Systems Association's journal Municipal Interface. The article was behind a firewall so now that the month has gone by I&#...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Dec 7, 2009, 10:05 am
Last week saw the launch of a new biannual online journal called The Public Policy and Governance Review. Started by students and faculty from universities across Canada the journal seeks to inject so...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Dec 7, 2009, 9:40 am
Wanted to let everyone know, I've been nominated for a Canadian Blog Award, which is nice, as I didn't even know until someone tweeted about it a few days ago. Today is the last day of voting ...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Dec 4, 2009, 10:20 am
私はここ数年来、開かれた政府の仕事に深く関わってきた。具体的には政府のデータの公開情報を市民の誰もが活用ができるようにと主張してきた�...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Dec 3, 2009, 7:55 am
The following is a Dutch Translation of this post - I'll be publishing a different language each day this week. In de afgelopen jaren ben ik in toenemende mate betrokken geworden bij de Open Over...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Dec 2, 2009, 6:46 am
На протяжение последних лет я все больше и больше был вовлечен в движение за поддержку «открытого правительс...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Dec 1, 2009, 10:15 am
开放数据的三个定律：在过去的三年中，笔者逐步深入参与到政府部门的政务公开领域—更准确的说是开放数据领域，将政府部门收集和生成的数据向�...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Nov 30, 2009, 6:34 am
In den vergangenen drei Jahren habe ich mich zunehmend in der Bewegung für eine offene Regierung engagiert – und insbesondere offene Daten befürwortet; die freie Weitergabe der durch die Regierung...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Nov 29, 2009, 10:21 pm
When I published the Three Laws of Open Data post back on September 30, 2009 I was pleasantly surprised by how much traffic it garnered. In addition, a number of people emailed me positive feedback ab...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Nov 25, 2009, 10:04 am
On Monday, Nov. 23 the Globe ran this piece I wrote as a Special to The Globe and Mail. I'm cross-posting it back here for those who may have missed it. Hope you enjoy! An interesting thread keep...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Nov 23, 2009, 8:48 am
My friend Diederik and I are starting to work more closely with some open source projects about how to help "open" communities (be they software projects or cities) become more efficient. One of the ...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Nov 19, 2009, 7:45 am
As most (Canadian) readers are probably aware by now (American readers will probably still be interested), yesterday, a senior Canadian diplomat, Richard Colvin, testified to Members of Parliament tha...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Nov 17, 2009, 12:45 pm
Really pleased to hear that the Canadian International Council (CIC) has launched "The GPS Project: A Global Positioning Strategy for Canada." After several years of fits and starts I'll confess I...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Nov 16, 2009, 12:28 pm
BC Budget Visualizations – DIY Transparency & Local Government by Jer (via David Ascher) When I think of Open Data many ideas come to mind. Applications like Vantrash were an early success, but wha...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Nov 12, 2009, 11:00 am
Why did I sign The Stem Cell Charter? Yes, I've been really impressed with the launch and the associated campaign. Yes, my parents are cancer researchers and I (literally) grew up in lab. Yes, th...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Nov 11, 2009, 10:45 am
As long time readers of my blog already know I live on a green a roof (which is so amazing I wrote about it twice). I also live above a couple of box stores including a Winners and Home Depot and not ...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Nov 9, 2009, 11:44 am
In his regular column the other week Rex Murphy published a piece entitled Don't turn up the heat on the West, which also had the great sub title: By making Western provinces pay for adventures in...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Nov 5, 2009, 9:42 am
I'm frequently asked about technology, the internet and web 2.0 and in the course of the discussion the subject of Twitter inevitably arises. People are frequently curious, often judgmental, and a...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Nov 4, 2009, 10:13 am
I have always been grateful to readers who, in emails or in the comments below, have pointed out typos, grammatical errors or even factual errors in my blog posts. By taking the time and making the ef...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Nov 3, 2009, 9:30 am
The other week Martin Stewart-Weeks posted this piece on the Australian Government's Web 2.0 Taskforce blog. In it he asked: “…imagine for a moment it was your job to create the guidelines th...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Nov 2, 2009, 6:54 am
Today I'm at Toronto City Hall doing a panel on Open Government for the Innovation Showcase. If you are reading this before 10am EST you can catch a webcast of the panel at the above link. I'...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Oct 30, 2009, 7:48 am
The subject of the distribution of stimulus monies has been generating a fair amount of interest. Indeed, the Globe published this piece and the Halifax Chronicle-Herald published this piece analyzing...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Oct 29, 2009, 8:25 am
Last week I the good fortune of participating in an intimate workshop on Canadian foreign policy hosted by CIGI and convened in preparation for an upcoming issue of the International Journal in which ...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Oct 28, 2009, 7:35 am
Just a little FYI to let people know I'm going to be in Toronto on Monday, November 2nd for the City of Toronto's Innovation Showcase. I'll be doing a panel Open Government with Maryanton...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Oct 26, 2009, 11:50 am
I was recently invited to be a member of the International Reference Group of the Australian Government’s Web 2.0 Taskforce. Like with the British - who drafted this excellent report - I'm impre...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Oct 22, 2009, 9:31 am
Here is a draft version of a paper I'm working on. It is part of a workshop I'm heading too where each participant was given a quote said by John Holmes: the well known and highly respected Ca...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Oct 20, 2009, 11:56 am
A few months ago I posted about a number of civic applications I'd love to see. These are computer, iphone, blackberry applications or websites that leverage data and information shared by the gov...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Oct 19, 2009, 9:55 am
Last week I noticed Business in BC published its Entrepreneurs of the Year Awards list. The list is filled with deserving and excellent candidates as well as inspiring stories of businesses that are t...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Oct 16, 2009, 1:00 pm
A couple of weeks ago I was interviewed by the CBC's Nora Young for her show Spark:  a weekly audio blog of smart and unexpected trendwatching about the way technology affects our lives and world...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Oct 15, 2009, 9:50 am
As some of you know, I recently shifted from a PC to a Mac. It's a big transition for me... I've used a PC all my life, so it is easy to say that I'm having a little (but not a ton) of cul...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Oct 14, 2009, 10:04 am
So what do bits of data and coal locomotive have in common? It turns out a lot. In researching an article for a book I've discovered an interesting parallel between the two in regard to the issu...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Oct 9, 2009, 11:50 am
Our friends over at Canada's World are starting to organize a Foreign Policy Camp for November 30th, 2009 at SFU's downtown campus in Vancouver. Those who are interested can register here and ...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Oct 8, 2009, 7:55 am
... vastly superior Freedom of Information laws. This is very different notion of sovereignty than exists in Canada. This country never deviated from the European context described above. Sovereign...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Oct 5, 2009, 11:36 am
The other day Tim O'Reilly tweeted about this New York Times article. Entitled - Chicago’s Loss: Is Passport Control to Blame? - the piece struck a chord with me since my last two efforts to cro...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Oct 2, 2009, 8:15 am
Yesterday Paul McDowall, Knowledge Management Advisor at the Government's School of the Public Service and chairperson of the Interdepartmental Knowledge Management Forum, wrote the following com...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Sep 30, 2009, 9:45 am
Yesterday, at the Right To Know Week panel discussion - Conference for Parliamentarians: Transparency in the Digital Era - organized by the Office of the Information Commissioner I shared three laws f...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Sep 29, 2009, 7:03 am
Today from 10am-12am EST I'll be a panelist for Conference for Parliamentarians: Transparency in the Digital Era a panel convened by the Office of the Information Commissioner as part of Right to ...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Sep 28, 2009, 8:13 am
Last week Andrea DiMaio wrote an interesting post on how Government 2.0 may be approaching the peak of the hype cycle. I'd never seen the hype cycle before and it looked fun, so I thought it might...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Sep 25, 2009, 8:20 am
On Wednesday Gartner's Andrea Dimaio wrote an interesting blog post entitled Open Data and Application Contests: Government 2.0 at the Peak of Inflated Expectations which Peter Smith nicely linked...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Sep 22, 2009, 10:15 am
Fellow Action Canada Anil Patel is in Vancouver this week getting ready for the city's 2nd annual Timeraiser. Anil is a great guy and Timeraisers is a fantastic organization. For those not in the...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Sep 21, 2009, 10:05 am
One of the big goals of the open data project is to get many citizens interested in different ways the data can be used. Many citizens lack the skills to code up an application and creating a website ...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Sep 17, 2009, 10:18 am
A few months ago some of you will remember I blogged about How Open Data even makes Garbage collection sexier, easier and cheaper. I suggested that, with open data, coders could digitize the city'...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Sep 16, 2009, 10:05 am
As some of you saw yesterday via Twitter, Vancouver has launched a beta version of its open data portal. This is a major milestone for Vancouver on several levels. It is a testament to our politicians...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Sep 15, 2009, 9:12 am
I'm a big believer that public policy cannot be written in a vacuum. All too often people become obsessed that their issue or problem is the only problem and so design policies that address their ...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Sep 14, 2009, 10:40 am
Two years ago I wrote this piece outlining how Citizen Assemblies violate the conditions Surowiecki outline as necessary to create a wise crowd. My point was to show how there is a fine line between w...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Sep 11, 2009, 8:07 am
Here's a few articles I've been reading that I've found particularly compelling. Big Food vs. Big Insurance by Michael Pollan  (via David B.) This great piece talks about the secondary...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Sep 10, 2009, 8:05 am
So a few days ago I posted this response (a cleaner version to be found here at The Mark) to a piece Michael Valpy wrote in the Globe about how social media threatened the social cohesion of the count...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Sep 9, 2009, 10:00 am
Last night I re-watched the first episode of James Burke's 1985 history/science series, The Day the Universe Changed. If you've never had a had a chance to watch it, find it in your local libr...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Sep 2, 2009, 8:43 am
My friend Diederik has been writing a number of cool posts over at his blog Network-labs.org. For example he has an awesome jetpack plugin that predicts the likelihood a bug will get fixed and a plugi...
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David Eaves posted an article on David Eaves Blog - Sep 2, 2009, 8:43 am
My friend Diederik has been writing a number of cool posts over at his blog Network-labs.org. For example he has an awesome jetpack plugin that predicts the likelihood a bug will get fixed and a plugi...
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