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World Summit on the Information Society: Looking Back and Looking Forward: My Comments To a WSIS +10 Review Plenary

February 25, 2013

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Thus, looking forward I see that the issues of digital economic justice, digital equality and digital inequality as well as digital inclusion will develop alongside and partially displace issues of the digital divide as the primary pre-occupation to be addressed as we go forward to WSIS +10 and beyond in the task of building an Internet for all and an Internet that enables in the broadest public interest and towards the broadest possible public good.

Should “Open Government Data” be a Product or a Service (and why does it matter?)

February 3, 2013

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But why shouldn't we think of "open data" as a "service" where the open data rather than being characterized by its "thingness" or its unchangeable quality as a "product", can be understood as an on-going interactive and iterative process of co-creation between the data supplier and the end-user; where the outcome is as much determined by the needs and interests of the user as by the resources and pre-existing expectations of the data provider.

Does “Inclusion” Matter for Open Government? (The Answer Is, Very Much Indeed!)

April 18, 2012

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I am currently in Brasilia at a truly remarkable event--the inaugural meeting of the Open Government Partnership.

Gmail Hell, Day 4: Dealing with the Borg (Or “Being Evil” Without Really Thinking About It

February 25, 2012

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I'm an email guy. I live (and live and maybe one day I'll die) with email...

The Data Divide: Some Positive Developments

July 19, 2011

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What I find so positive about this is that the DoL is taking the issue of a potential Data Divide seriously and is devoting some of its development resources to responding by providing tools that those with more limited technical experience can use to design applications for using DoL data.

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