[okfn-discuss] Drones and Open Data - Open Knowledge London Meetup - Wed 14th September 7pm

Hi All, The next Open Knowledge London Meetup is *Wednesday 14th September* on the topic of Drones and Open Data -- and openness in general including open hardware. Find out more and register here: http://en.okfn.org/drones_open_september_meet_up Speakers will include: - Ben

[okfn-discuss] Open Knowledge London Meetup - Wed 13th April 7pm

Details and register online at: https://attending.io/events/open-knowledge-london-apr-2016 Come find out about openness in every area of our digital world - from genes to geodata, sonnets to statistics. At this event we will have short talks from: - Rufus Pollock, Founder of Open Knowledge

Re: [okfn-discuss] Berlin visit

Recommend posting on the forum :-) https://discuss.okfn.org/c/local-groups Rufus On 7 April 2016 at 18:05, Nurunnaby Chowdhury wrote: > Hi All, > > > I am going to Berlin next April 19 to attend a conference. I am available > April 19-26. Is it possible to meet any of OK

[okfn-discuss] Open Knowledge London Meetup - Wed 24th February 7pm

Details and register online at: https://attending.io/events/open-knowledge-london-feb-2016 Come find out about openness in every area of our digital world - from genes to geodata, sonnets to statistics. At this event we will have short talks from: - Rufus Pollock, Founder of Open Knowledge

Re: [okfn-discuss] Advise on standard licenses

I think the best thing to do here would be to open a thread in the Open Definition section of the forums: https://discuss.okfn.org/c/projects/OpenDefinition I'll also then ping the open definition discussion list. Rufus On 3 November 2015 at 08:24, Pieter Colpaert

Re: [okfn-discuss] [OKFN-Local-Coord] Meetup at Mexico, Wikimania

Hi, Great idea - can I suggest posting this as a topic on the forum http://discuss.okfn.org/ and we can then tweet etc ... Rufus On 18 July 2015 at 13:48, N C Hasive n...@nhasive.com wrote: Hi All, Greeting. I am now in Mexico and attend Wikimania 2015 conference. Is anyone from OK availble

[okfn-discuss] Open Knowledge meetup in NYC this Saturday 6th June 1-3pm

Hi All, Wanted to flag to anyone based in or near New York City that there will be an informal Open Knowledge meetup this Saturday and I'll be there: http://attending.io/events/open-knowledge-meetup Love to meet up with folks interested in open data, open knowledge and related! All the best,

Re: [okfn-discuss] torrents for sharing datasets

On 15 April 2015 at 19:13, Jan Gondol gon...@gondol.sk wrote: Since this is a CKAN extension, I think that anyone is free to install and use it. Any CKAN devs around here who would care to comment how to make our newly developed / improved CKAN extensions as useful as possible and available

[okfn-discuss] New Positions at Open Knowledge: Project Managers, Developers and Data Wranglers

Hi Everyone, Open Knowledge are delighted to advertise several new open positions: - Project Manager - Open Data [Deadline 31st of March] - Python Developer [Deadline 2nd April] - Frontend Developer [Rolling deadine] - Data Wrangler [Rolling deadline] A brief

Re: [okfn-discuss] Stagnation in community concerns

Hi Aaron, Responding inline below. On 5 February 2015 at 21:29, Aaron Wolf wolft...@riseup.net wrote: So, See how data can change the world is still an awful tag-line. It has absolutely nothing to do with OK projects like the Public Domain Review. And so on and so on. Also, it was written

[okfn-discuss] Global Open Data Index 2014: Final week of the submissions sprint

Hi All, We are now on the home run for the Global Open Data Index 2014 http://global.census.okfn.org/. *Final Submissions* Submissions close next week (deadline* October 30*) so please help us make sure your country is represented in the Global Open Data Index 2014. After this date, it

Re: [okfn-discuss] Open Knowledge Festival 2015 - Location Thoughts

also bootstrap some mapping of who has more troubles going to Berlin rather than to London. My 2 cents, Rayna On Wed, 8 Oct 2014 17:35:15 +0100, Rufus Pollock rufus.poll...@okfn.org said: Also and thoughts on the *specific criteria* by which we should evaluate location options

Re: [okfn-discuss] Community Integration?

On 9 October 2014 20:51, Svetlana Belkin belki...@ubuntu.com wrote: On 10/09/2014 01:30 PM, Rufus Pollock wrote: I also note we are trialling use of a discussion forum: http://discuss.okfn.org - this has only just started and is being trialled with Labs folks http://okfnlabs.org/ so hasn't

Re: [okfn-discuss] Community Integration?

On 8 October 2014 18:33, Svetlana Belkin belki...@ubuntu.com wrote: On 10/08/2014 01:10 PM, Rufus Pollock wrote: I think the answer here is that a) the level of integration depends on the different groups b) we could probably do better to share information across and between groups

[okfn-discuss] Open Knowledge Festival 2015 - Location Thoughts

Hi All, Open Knowledge Festival 2014 in Berlin this year was fantastic and we plan to run an Open Knowledge Festival 2015 next year. I’m writing as part of what will be an ongoing process to solicit input re Open Knowledge Festival 2015. Today's email focuses, at this point, on a key first step,

Re: [okfn-discuss] Open Knowledge Festival 2015 - Location Thoughts

the Festival around - but part of this thread is about people's thoughts on this and what we can do going forward (for 2015 I think will be very tough just because of timeline ...) Rufus Regards Abbas (Former Ambassador) On 10/8/14, Rufus Pollock rufus.poll...@okfn.org wrote: Hi All, Open

Re: [okfn-discuss] Open Knowledge Festival 2015 - Location Thoughts

On 8 October 2014 17:28, Daniel Dietrich daniel.dietr...@okfn.org wrote: Ahoi! +100 for OKFestival 2015 location outside Europe and USA ! :-) But how would it be managed / funded? (Given points made in the email) Also and thoughts on the *specific criteria* by which we should evaluate

Re: [okfn-discuss] Community Integration?

Welcome! On 7 October 2014 12:40, Svetlana Belkin belki...@ubuntu.com wrote: Hello How well integrated the various working groups are with each other and are there any tools (Planets, forums, ect) to allow the members of those working groups to know of what's happening around the group and

Re: [okfn-discuss] [od-discuss] Open Definition 2.0?

Just adding to Herb's comments - and I note the formal announce re the OD is planned for today. (I also note the new version of the OD is already up on the opendefinition.org site) On 7 October 2014 01:26, Everton Zanella Alvarenga t...@okfn.org.br wrote: Hi Herb, unfortunately I don't have

[okfn-discuss] ANN: Open Definition v2.0 Released - Major Update of Essential Standard for Open Data and Open Content

licenses actually make the grade. The more we can increase everyone’s confidence in their use of open works, the more they will be able to focus on creating value with open works.’ Rufus Pollock, President and Founder of Open Knowledge http://www.okfn.org said: ‘Since we created the Open Definition

Re: [okfn-discuss] ANN: Open Definition v2.0 Released - Major Update of Essential Standard for Open Data and Open Content

regards, - Friedrich On 07 Oct 2014, at 13:28, Rufus Pollock rufus.poll...@okfn.org wrote: Hi All, Here's the announce for the Open Definition v2.0. It is also posted on the blog at: http://blog.okfn.org/2014/10/07/open-definition-v2-0-released-major-update-of-essential-standard-for-open

[okfn-discuss] Announcing a Leadership Update at Open Knowledge

. We will keep everyone informed in the coming weeks as our plans develop, and there will also be opportunities for the Open Knowledge community to discuss. In the meantime, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me if you have any questions. All the best, Rufus -- Rufus Pollock Founder

Re: [okfn-discuss] Suggestion: OKCentral henceforth be called OKGlobal

Very good suggestion Tom - we sort of fell into the Central by accident (btw it was always intended to convey coordination and support rather than direction). If others were happy with the Global moniker rather than Central I think this would make perfect sense as a change. Regards, Rufus On

Re: [okfn-discuss] Next steps on the Open Knowledge Tagline

To add here I'd assumed that we'd leverage the opportunity to vary the see how stuff e.g. you could vary it to: see how open culture can change the world see how open science can change the world see how X can change the world Let me re-iterate I'm not super-advocating this option but indicating

Re: [okfn-discuss] Next steps on the Open Knowledge Tagline

On 14 June 2014 16:43, Aaron Wolf wolft...@gmail.com wrote: While everyone has their opinions, if the tag-line that had been originally chosen without so much input had been an actual call-to-action, something actually decent, people might not have bothered complaining. I think see how data

Re: [okfn-discuss] Next steps on the Open Knowledge Tagline

Lots of great thoughts and ideas here. Based on the additional discussion so far I think we have potentially 2 other short-list candidates (I appreciate there have been several others but these seem to be ones multiple people cited): The Future is Open Empowering People by Freeing Ideas This

[okfn-discuss] Next steps on the Open Knowledge Tagline

Hi all, We’ve now had a good amount of time for everyone to contribute ideas re the tagline - I've personally contributed quite a few! We’ve also had a chance to get some advice and input from Johnson Banks who have been the professional advisors helping us with the logo, the narrative etc.

Re: [okfn-discuss] Web 2.0 Killed the Internet (article)

On 7 June 2014 06:21, John Baxter j...@jsbaxter.com.au wrote: Interested to hear what others made of this provocative article. Maybe these ideas aren't new to you but they were to me (and yet seem compellingly obvious) http://aralbalkan.com/notes/how-web-2-0-killed-the-internet/ tl;dr:

Re: [okfn-discuss] Right to be forgotten ruling

On 20 May 2014 07:22, Tony Bowden tony.bow...@gmail.com wrote: On 20 May 2014 02:06, Anna Daniel a.dan...@griffith.edu.au wrote: My position is that a fact is a fact and should remain so. Most facts don't fall into the universally true for all time category. This isn't just pedantry — a

Re: [okfn-discuss] Right to be forgotten ruling

Really glad you raised this as I'd been planning to email the list about this. This is potentially a very big issue for open data and open knowledge. I think we should be putting up a post about this and i'm interested in what folks here think. For those who haven't seen there's the official

Re: [okfn-discuss] Open Knowledge tagline

On 8 May 2014 12:08, Laura James laura.ja...@okfn.org wrote: *Hi everyone, It’s been great to see the discussion about taglines here on list and in the recent calls. There’s not been a clear consensus on a good alternative tagline yet, so we’re going to be using the following for now: Open

Re: [okfn-discuss] Open Knowledge tagline

On 8 May 2014 16:02, Aaron Wolf wolft...@gmail.com wrote: Addendum: I should clarify something that relates a lot to communication… I thought about it for a moment and realized that I would not have bothered responding or re-emphasizing my dislike for the tag-line if the message had been

Re: [okfn-discuss] Inviting comments/suggestions for a new project: Involvement Showcase for people around Open Knowledge network

Just wanted to say big +1 - this is a great idea! Rufus On 8 May 2014 19:07, kshitiz khanal khanal1...@gmail.com wrote: Namaste! An idea of a project that will hopefully inspire more involvement in Open Knowledge network by showcasing how people all over the network are getting involved

[okfn-discuss] Fwd: CSV, Conf - Berlin 15 July 2014 - for Data Makers Everywhere

Hi All (apologies for any cross-posting), I wanted to give folks a heads-up about CSV Conf, a one day event focused on more geeky side of working with data, that will take place in Berlin the day before Open Knowledge Festival. Rufus CSV,Conf 2014 Berlin, July 15 For Data Makers Everywhere

Re: [okfn-discuss] new brand, new website: coming up next week

I've delayed a bit in responding to because I wanted to give some space for the online community discussions plus the tagline discussion. At the same time I also did want to try and respond to as many folks as possible here on the great points being raised so herewith is some follow-up! On 15

Re: [okfn-discuss] new brand, new website: coming up next week

Dear Rayna, As per my response just now to Pierre I've delayed a bit in responding to because I wanted to give some space for the online community discussions plus the tagline discussion. At the same time, I did want to follow-up with as many folks as possible here - so herewith a belated

Re: [okfn-discuss] new brand, new website: coming up next week

Dear Sam, As per my response just now to Pierre and Rayna I've delayed a bit in responding to because I wanted to give some space for the online community discussions plus the tagline discussion. At the same time, I did want to follow-up with you so herewith a belated response! I’ve commented re

Re: [okfn-discuss] new brand, new website: coming up next week

On 17 April 2014 19:00, Peter Murray-Rust pm...@cam.ac.uk wrote: On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 6:38 PM, Rufus Pollock rufus.poll...@okfn.orgwrote: On 15 April 2014 10:34, Peter Murray-Rust pm...@cam.ac.uk wrote: [snip] Moving away from the tagline for a moment, what are your thoughts

Re: [okfn-discuss] Feedback and discussion around brand etc

Just want to follow up here - Laura and I havereally appreciated the feedback we've got - especially some of the searching critique. I also want to emphasise as Laura says that the new brand is not intended to indicate a change of identity or goals. At the same time, I also really understand from

Re: [okfn-discuss] new brand, new website: coming up next week

On 15 April 2014 10:34, Peter Murray-Rust pm...@cam.ac.uk wrote: [snip] My main concern is that the new brand may be driving the philosophy and practice of OKF rather than reflecting it. We've struggled for 10 years to try to capture what we are about. Our diversity is part of our strength but

Re: [okfn-discuss] new brand, new website: coming up next week

On 12 April 2014 15:19, Tim Davies t...@practicalparticipation.co.uk wrote: Hello Laura, all, Hey there, only just saw this thread (I often go email cold-turkey on weekends ...) Thanks for sharing this update. The new logo looks great. However, the more I read and reflected on the new

Re: [okfn-discuss] [OKFN-Local-Coord] Edithaton for OKF wiki rescue?

This sounds great - I'm up for this :-) (and added myself to the pad!) Rufus On 30 January 2014 14:01, Everton Zanella Alvarenga t...@okfn.org.br wrote: Hi all, I would like to propose a edithaton that we can organize online together to organize OKF wiki http://wiki.okfn.org/. I started

Re: [okfn-discuss] [okfn-labs] Fwd: OKFN Labs Hangout, Thursday 23rd January, 1700 GMT

The hangout URL is: https://plus.google.com/hangouts/_/7acpj82g77bhgt70u1ttpcb220?hl=en-GB Look forward to seeing folks there! Rufus On 23 January 2014 15:49, Andy Lulham a.lul...@gmail.com wrote: Hi there, Labs Hangout is happening in the next hour or so! (1700 GMT, 1800 CET, 1200 EST).

Re: [okfn-discuss] Fwd: Global Congress Declaration on IP and Trade - Please sign on by COB Friday

I just wanted to note that this was signed by the Open Knowledge Foundation. On 19 December 2013 16:16, Timothy Vollmer t...@creativecommons.org wrote: FYI -- Forwarded message -- From: Michael Palmedo mpalm...@wcl.american.edu Date: Wed, Dec 18, 2013 at 10:57 AM Subject:

Re: [okfn-discuss] History of the Open Knowledge Foundation

Hi All, I've been working with a few folks to put together a general Open Knowledge Foundation TimeMap here: http://timemapper.okfnlabs.org/okfn/open-knowledge-foundation-history Trello card on Ideas: https://trello.com/c/87jcRNg3/57-open-knowledge-foundation-history-timemap Here is the source

Re: [okfn-discuss] Is there a catalog of Open Data Applications

http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss -- * Rufus Pollock Founder and Executive Director | skype: rufuspollock | @rufuspollockhttps://twitter.com/rufuspollock The Open Knowledge Foundation http://okfn.org

[okfn-discuss] [ANN] TimeMapper - Create Elegant TimeMaps from Google Spreadsheets in seconds

Hi All, TimeMapper http://timemapper.okfnlabs.org/ is a new web app from Open Knowledge Foundation Labs http://okfnlabs.org/ that lets you create interactive timemaps from Google spreadsheets quickly and easily. http://timemapper.okfnlabs.org More information in this post:

Re: [okfn-discuss] [ANN] TimeMapper - Create Elegant TimeMaps from Google Spreadsheets in seconds

need to be one CORS accessible etc). Rufus Gene -- *From:* Rufus Pollock rufus.poll...@okfn.org javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'rufus.poll...@okfn.org'); *To:* okfn-discuss okfn-discuss@lists.okfn.org javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', 'okfn-discuss@lists.okfn.org

Re: [okfn-discuss] [ANN] TimeMapper - Create Elegant TimeMaps from Google Spreadsheets in seconds

/02/boise-county-bankruptcy-is-historic/. I would be happy to make the addition if you’re willing to permit me to alter your sample. ** ** Marc ** ** *From:* okfn-discuss-boun...@lists.okfn.org [mailto: okfn-discuss-boun...@lists.okfn.org] *On Behalf Of *Rufus Pollock *Sent

Re: [okfn-discuss] [ANN] TimeMapper - Create Elegant TimeMaps from Google Spreadsheets in seconds

On 14 October 2013 23:34, Rob Myers r...@robmyers.org wrote: On 14/10/13 02:42 PM, Rufus Pollock wrote: On Monday, 14 October 2013, Gene Shackman wrote: Looks nice, but why do you have to sign up using a twitter account? And why google spreadsheets? What if you don't have

Re: [okfn-discuss] APIs vs bulk data, in the face of a government shutdown

okfn-discuss@lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss -- * Rufus Pollock Founder and Executive Director | skype: rufuspollock | @rufuspollockhttps://twitter.com/rufuspollock The Open Knowledge

Re: [okfn-discuss] APIs vs bulk data, in the face of a government shutdown

On 3 October 2013 16:25, Pieter Colpaert pieter.colpa...@okfn.org wrote: Hi Eric, I fully agree! Therefore I believe distributed version control for data (~git for data?) is the future for (linked?) Open Data. A nice write up by ODI's James Smith about this can be found over here:

[okfn-discuss] London Open Data Maker Night #4 - Tuesday 6th August from 6:30pm

http://www.meetup.com/OpenKnowledgeFoundation/London-GB/998522/ Come along to the next London Open Data Maker Night on Tuesday 6th August 6:30pm onwards (you can drop in any time during the evening!). Location is Centre for Creative Collaboration, 16 Acton Street (just 5m from Kings Cross).

[okfn-discuss] OKFN Labs officially launched

://okfnlabs.org/join/ Note: As many here will know Labs has been up and running for a while but we've been so busy making things we hadn't got round to a proper announce until now ;-) Rufus -- * Rufus Pollock Founder and Executive Director | skype: rufuspollock | @rufuspollockhttps://twitter.com/rufuspollock

[okfn-discuss] Save the Date! OGP Civil Society Pre-Conference in London on 30th October

Hi All, Heads up for those into Open Gov and Open Gov Data stuff to put the 30th October in your calendars for OGP Civil Society Pre-Conference in London. http://blog.okfn.org/2013/07/05/save-the-date-ogp-pre-conference-london-wednesday-30th-october/ quote * This Autumn the Open Government

Re: [okfn-discuss] online free data visualization

-discuss mailing list okfn-discuss@lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss -- * Rufus Pollock Founder and Co-Director | skype: rufuspollock | @rufuspollockhttps://twitter.com/rufuspollock The Open

[okfn-discuss] Using Git (and Github) for Data - a Data Pattern

Hi folks, I wanted to let people know about a new post I've posted today under the title of Git (and Github) for data: http://blog.okfn.org/2013/07/02/git-and-github-for-data/ excerpt The ability to do “version control” for data is a big deal. There are various options but one of the most

Re: [okfn-discuss] White House Initiative - Open Data Policy

, confidentiality, or national security. Very Kewl.. - Mark ___ okfn-discuss mailing list okfn-discuss@lists.okfn.org http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss Unsubscribe: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/options/okfn-discuss -- Rufus Pollock

[okfn-discuss] Rebooting our ideas space as a Trello board

Hi All, I've really missed having a space for *suggesting and discussing new ideas and activities* since we had to retire http://ideas.okfn.org/ last year [1]. I'v therefore just booted as an experimental replacement a Trello board as part of a new public Trello organization for Open Knowledge

Re: [okfn-discuss] Open data in the BBylaw of OKFN-BR

Hi Jorge, Please see http://okfn.org/board - section Annual Accounts :-) All the best, Rufus On 26 April 2013 15:06, Jorge Machado mach...@usp.br wrote: Hi folks, I am new in this list. I am part of the group that is creating the Brazilian chapter of OKFN. We are in the process to

[okfn-discuss] Forget Big Data, Small Data is the Real Revolution

Hi All, I wanted to let folks know about this post which has just gone up: http://blog.okfn.org/2013/04/22/forget-big-data-small-data-is-the-real-revolution/ quote There is a lot of talk about “big data” at the moment. For example, this is Big Data Week, which will see events about big data in

Re: [okfn-discuss] The Guardian government data debate on Apr 25 - with ao. OKF's Rufus Pollock

On 3 April 2013 10:55, Mark Wainwright mark.wainwri...@okfn.org wrote: Seriously, 100% men on a panel of 5 is VERY bad. Not really very open. Not sure I understand your use of the word open here :S 'Open' means, among other things, with 'No Discrimination Against Persons or Groups' -

Re: [okfn-discuss] proposal for a wiki-map based platform to create location-based open data

Hi there, I do note we are involved in developing a crowdsourcing (for good) platform: http://crowdcrafting.org/. The focus of CrowdCrafting is to make it super-simple to create crowdsourcing apps for both geeks *and* non-geeks. An example geocoding / geolocation app can be found here:

[okfn-discuss] The Open Data Census - Tracking the State of Open Data Around the World

Just wanted to let folks know that I've put up a big post today about the Open Data Census work we've been doing: http://blog.okfn.org/2013/02/20/open-data-census-tracking-the-state-of-open-data-around-the-world/ It includes an update on all the contribution so far, some plans for what we do

Re: [okfn-discuss] Goodbye OMDb?

I'd be up for archiving this! This also takes me back in the OKF time machine to this post from 2006: http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/okfn-discuss/2006-April/005274.html :-) Rufus 2013/2/18 Jonathan Gray jonathan.g...@okfn.org: As some of you will know, the OMDb was an openly licensed database

Re: [okfn-discuss] Andrew Stott joins OKFN Advisory Board

On 24 January 2013 14:20, Pieter Colpaert pieter.colpa...@okfn.org wrote: Hi all, just out of curiosity, what does the advisory board do? Are there annual meetings? Do they have a voice in the board? See Advisory Board Member Role and Responsibilities on: http://okfn.org/board/ Regards,

Re: [okfn-discuss] The Open Handbook - a One Week Book project

On 8 December 2012 13:59, John Baxter john.slade.bax...@gmail.com wrote: Hello OKFN! I found out about OKFN doing background research for a One Week Book I'm writing next week. I'm working on an Open Handbook (guidebook for openness). Interpret that how you will. : ) It's early days yet

Re: [okfn-discuss] [project proposal] OpenTest

Hi Sebastien, Thank-you very much for sending through the proposal. My understanding is that you aren't so much building a quiz builder as an open *database* of questions (perhaps in some structured format?). Is that correct? Also, in terms of licensing I assume you would be *openly* licensing

Re: [okfn-discuss] Renormalizing copyright terms

On 20 November 2012 20:33, Samuel Klein meta...@gmail.com wrote: David W. and I were discussing copyright terms today, and the importance of having an ongoing discussion about optimal term length and how to get there from here. Most people agree the current (c) term is too long. There are

Re: [okfn-discuss] An interesting question about open data for local government.

On 10 October 2012 15:42, Zach Beauvais z.beauv...@gmail.com wrote: Quora sent me this question [1], which I think is of interest to the OKFN: If you were making a bill about open data for a local government, what sort of specifications and formats would you include in the bill? And it's

[okfn-discuss] New post Open Data, Technology and Government 2.0 – What Should We, And Should We Not, Expect

Hi All, I've just put up post on Open Knowledge Foundation blog entitled Managing Expectations: Open Data, Technology and Government 2.0 – What Should We, And Should We Not Expect: http://blog.okfn.org/2012/09/13/managing-expectations-ii-open-data-technology-and-government-2-0/

Re: [okfn-discuss] Fwd: [FC-discuss] Stop the inclusion of proprietary licenses in Creative Commons 4.0

Big +1 on this from me. This chimes with the comments I made re CC and esp the non-open [1] (e.g. non-commercial or no-derivs) CC licenses in this blog post of mine last year: http://rufuspollock.org/2011/04/12/creative-commons-and-the-commons/ I've raised this in person with several members of

Re: [okfn-discuss] The FOSsil Bank and FOSsil Bank Updates

Hi Chris, Thanks for sharing this great info. Regarding the specific question of whether you should send the regular bi-weekly updates to this list I think probably not for the present as we don't want to overload people's email -- can people directly subscribe to your updates if they want to?

Re: [okfn-discuss] Suggestion to sign the Declaration on Parliamentary Openness

I think we are very happy to sign -- in fact I think we contributed somewhat to discussions on this back (via Tom Rees who was there in person) when it was being discussed at PMO event in DC in April/May :-) Rufus On 14 July 2012 19:04, Daniel Dietrich daniel.dietr...@okfn.org wrote: Hi all,

Re: [okfn-discuss] Hi! Intro from Jen Lowe

Big welcome Jen! Rufus On 15 June 2012 03:10, Jen Lowe jen.l...@okfn.org wrote: Hi everyone, I just wanted to quickly introduce myself as the new OKFN Data Wrangler working on the School of Data and OpenSpending projects. My education is in applied math and information science, with a

[okfn-discuss] Slidedeck intros to the Open Knowledge Foundation and projects

I've put together a slide-deck Intro to the Open Knowledge Foundation: http://okfn.org/intro/ Along with an overview of projects: http://okfn.org/intro/projects/ Comments and suggestions warmly welcomed! You can find links to the source (so you can re-use material if you want!) on our

Re: [okfn-discuss] Big news: Alpha Launch of PyBossa, the open-source micro-tasking platform

On 8 June 2012 13:39, adam a...@flossmanuals.net wrote: looks interesting...where is the source code? interested in looking at it https://github.com/PyBossa/pybossa Rufus ___ okfn-discuss mailing list okfn-discuss@lists.okfn.org

Re: [okfn-discuss] [open-science] Big news: Alpha Launch of PyBossa, the open-source micro-tasking platform

On 8 June 2012 14:10, Jenny Molloy jcmcoppic...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Adam It's here https://github.com/citizen-cyberscience-centre/pybossa (you can link through from http://docs.pybossa.com/en/latest/index.html) That's the old (no longer updated) repo, it's now at:

Re: [okfn-discuss] Big news: Alpha Launch of PyBossa, the open-source micro-tasking platform

On 8 June 2012 14:56, Alex Averbuch alex.averb...@gmail.com wrote: This looks really interesting, great project! Thanks a lot for sharing. Could you give a brief explanation of the pricing model please (I read the blog, but haven't looked at the website yet)? For example, to me it seems as

Re: [okfn-discuss] Gephi network visualization proposal for the Knight News Challenge

Hi Sebastien, To quickly echo Friedrich's comments: Gephi is a fantastic tool and I think the area is definitely under-served. Secondly, would be very interested (generally) in connecting Gephi to the DataHub and OpenSpending more effectively. Rufus On 30 May 2012 15:30, Friedrich Lindenberg

Re: [okfn-discuss] Componentization of data - Literature?

On 27 April 2012 11:11, Stefano Costa stefano.co...@okfn.org wrote: Dear Rufus, I am writing a paper about open data and archaeology, and I would like to cite the writings you and others at OKFN have done about componentization and open data. Is there any academic article I can cite, instead

Re: [okfn-discuss] Fwd: [Talk-ca] geocoder.ca sued by Canada Post

I totally agree this sounds outrageous - though I'd like to see the exact Statement of Claim before making a full judgment (if someone can dig please ping the link -- Statement of Defence here: http://www.cippic.ca/sites/default/files/Geolytica_Statement_of_Defence.pdf). I also think this

[okfn-discuss] Fwd: Free Culture Conservancy exploratory meeting in NY, April 12th.

May be of interest to members of the list (those based near NYC!). Rufus - From: Karl Fogel kfo...@questioncopyright.org To: a bunch of people Subject: Free Culture Conservancy exploratory meeting in NY, April 12th. Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2012 17:40:57 -0500 This mail is written so you can

Re: [okfn-discuss] funding for open data project

Hi Carlos (and Sharad), The Open Knowledge Foundation has a very active local groups and chapters stream of work: http://okfn.org/chapters/ That stream both involves lots of general advice and support and a connection into the broader Open Knowledge Foundation network but also the possibility

Re: [okfn-discuss] [open-government] API for candidates of the Irish parliament (Dáil)

For legislation / judicial related stuff recommend contacting the Open Legislation Working group: http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/open-legislation Rufus On 3 April 2012 16:23, Frederik Röse ro...@parliamentwatch.org wrote: To whom it may concern, Parliamentwatch.org is launching a

Re: [okfn-discuss] Open Data Handbook v1.0

On 2 March 2012 15:10, John Levin j...@technolalia.org wrote: On 23/02/2012 17:36, Laura Newman wrote: Hi all, Yesterday, we announced the launch of the Open Data Handbook v1.0! Formerly known as the Open Data Manual, the Handbook is a practical guide which explains the 'what, why and how'

Re: [okfn-discuss] [okfn-help] Medellin digital

On 20 February 2012 22:54, Fabio Barone holon.ea...@gmail.com wrote: Hi List(s) and sorry for crossposting. My partner, Ana Isabel Palacios, is since two weeks in charge for the Medellin Digital program of the Medellin municipality in Colombia. http://www.medellindigital.gov.co The new

Re: [okfn-discuss] [okfn-help] Flattr Buttons on OKFN Site

On 20 February 2012 23:44, Sam Leon sam.l...@okfn.org wrote: Hi All, To anyone's knowledge, have we ever implemented Flattr buttons on any Open Knowledge Foundation site? +1 -- been thinking about this for ages :-) More generally a standard little header we could drop in that included

[okfn-discuss] Announcing the Open Definition Licenses Service

Hi All, There's now a blog post up about the new Licenses service associated to the Open Definition: http://blog.okfn.org/2012/02/16/announcing-the-open-definition-licenses-service/ The service is ultra simple in purpose and function. It provides: * Information on licenses for open data, open

Re: [okfn-discuss] Help needed with visualization

On 24 January 2012 16:25, Guo Xu digitalepour...@gmail.com wrote: Hi folks, I have been working on visualizing the networks of academic publishing in economics. Here's an example for the Quarterly Journal of Economics: http://www.guoxu.org/econmap/map.html Very cool. A link indicates

[okfn-discuss] DataHub Data Party for Economics datasets - Wednesday 21st December 2011 @ 5pm GMT

-- Forwarded message -- From: Rufus Pollock rufus.poll...@okfn.org Date: 20 December 2011 19:40 Subject: DataHub Data Party for Economics datasets To: open-econom...@lists.okfn.org Hi All, As some people may have spotted from meeting minutes on Sunday we're holding a http://theDataHub.org/ Data

Re: [okfn-discuss] [open-science] Data governance - any recommendations to research funders?

On 14 December 2011 15:42, Daniel Mietchen daniel.mietc...@googlemail.com wrote: The meetings is on and can be followed via the #datagov11 hashtag http://twitter.com/search/realtime/datagov11 . Was just asked about the main difference between the OKF and CC approaches to licensing. Didn't

Re: [okfn-discuss] [okfn-help] Open Knowledge Bibliography (for beginners)

On 9 December 2011 13:43, Sam Leon sam.l...@okfn.org wrote: Dear All, I am putting together a bibliography of helpful works on open knowledge (open source, public domain, open science, open humanities, open government data etc). The list is primarily intended for people who are new to the

[okfn-discuss] ANN: Open Knowledge Foundation site search including mailing list and issue tracker

Hi All, I've just booted: http://okfn.org/site-search It provides a way to search across: * A whole bunch of OKFN sites * Our mailing lists * Our issue tracker If you have ideas or suggestions for improvement (e.g. doing this ourselves rather than using google custom search) either email back

Re: [okfn-discuss] Ideas Incubator Update

On 17 November 2011 17:33, Sam Leon sam.l...@okfn.org wrote: Hi All, There are plenty of ideas currently germinating in the hothouse of innovation that is the OKF's Ideas Incubator. Recent additions to the Incubator include some thoughts on how to reuse data on data.gov.uk

Re: [okfn-discuss] OKFN meetup/hackaton on Community Dashboard, Berlin sometime in November?

I'm in! How about booting a doodle poll or the like to look for a suitable Saturday / sunday some time in next month or so when we could do a virtual hackathon. Rufus On 23 October 2011 23:43, elf Pavlik perpetual-trip...@wwelves.org wrote: Tach, Me, Lucy, Rufus, Kat and Dorota just had some

[okfn-discuss] Open Data: a means to an end, not an end in itself

Hi All, I've just posted up a new post on the OKFN blog: http://blog.okfn.org/2011/09/15/open-data-a-means-to-an-end-not-an-end-in-itself/ I've also inlined it below. Any comments or feedback either on the blog or here on list are very welcome :-) Rufus ## Open Data: a means to an end, not an

Re: [okfn-discuss] [open-economics] Open Knowledge Index

Hi Guo, This is brilliant -- well done to you and everyone else and sorry I only caught the very end of this. Strongly suggest you put up a blog post on http://blog.okfn.org about the hack-day and the results and look forward to taking this further ... Rufus On 23 August 2011 19:47, Guo Xu

Re: [okfn-discuss] [open-economics] Open Knowledge Index

On 24 August 2011 18:20, Peter Murray-Rust pm...@cam.ac.uk wrote: On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 4:16 PM, Rufus Pollock rufus.poll...@okfn.org wrote: Hi Guo, This is brilliant -- well done to you and everyone else and sorry I only caught the very end of this. Strongly suggest you put up a blog

[okfn-discuss] Going to Washington, DC next week

Hi All, I'm going to coming to Washington, DC next week and will be around on Wednesday and Thursday. I'd love to meet up with any open knowledge / open data folks especially. Please ping me off or on list if you'd like to meet or if you have a suggestion for someone / some organization I should

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