O'Reilly webcast: Two big data analysis tricks for everyone
12 November 2009 | Posted by Jeffrey Barke | No comments
Video from Michael Milton's Webcast, "Two Big Data Analysis Tricks for Everyone," presented on 28 October 2009.
Open Government NYC
24 March 2009 | Posted by Jeffrey Barke | No comments
While I'm disappointed I couldn't attend the first Open Government NYC meeting last night, I was glad to read the New York Observer coverage:
The goal of the Open Government NYC Meetup, according to head organizer Matt Cooperrider, was to bring together everyone working on Government 2.0 initiatives in the city and suss out who is working on what—and maybe pool their efforts. After sipping Brooklyn Brewery beers and munching on cheese and cookies, about 40 of the attendees tried to figure out how they could help—from creating Twitter feeds for each New York City subway line and setting up platforms for crowd-sourced reports to explaining to politicians exactly why open data is so important.
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Louis Klepner, who works on CivicID.org and the NYC Community Fiber Project, which aims to bring stronger broadband connectivity to the city, said the tech savvy folks in the room should break out of their inner circles and become more visible to local government. He said he attended a city council meeting about open government and broadband access, and he was one of only five people there. "One thing that we have en masse is our mass," he said. "We need to use it."
Read the entire New York Observer article.
Pachube and EEML
25 January 2009 | Posted by Jeffrey Barke | 2 comments
Pachube is a Web service for sharing real time sensor data from objects, devices, building and environments around the world. It makes use of Extended Environments Markup Language (EEML), an XML-based protocol that is designed to work Industry Foundation Classes.
The API supports requests in EEML and CSV. An EEML Processing library is available to connect directly to Pachube without needing to know or understand EEML and several applications are available.
Pachube was initiated by Haque Design + Research. It's currently in closed beta, but an invitation code can be requested. I just requested mine, so I haven't had a chance to actually use the service yet.
