[CivicAccess-discuss] sneaky standards Was Re: [données-ouvertes-mtl] Article: Unblight: community unconference on housing data

[Michael Lenczner]

And to reply to myself (poor form, sorry) about the subject of important
things about open data that we strategically don't publicize very much, I
would argue that it's become clear that the power of open data is less
about opening, and more about standardizing. Standardizing is normally very
slow and laborious work and it isn't very sexy, however, so "open" it is. I
think by not even calling it what it is means that it can be done quickly
without the usual committees (and the attendant interest groups). I think
IATI is a great example of that.

Most of the work I plan on doing over the next few five years is standards
development (and adoption). And that subject is what I find uber geeks are
now discussing at conferences and meetups. Open North is doing some great
work and has learned a lot about standards development and adoption since
it began.

Anyways, the reason I brought it up is that BoingBoing just posted a nice
intro to a Boston Globe article about a new book about about the
development of accounting.

"How accounting forced transparency on the aristocracy and changed the
world"
http://boingboing.net/2014/06/24/how-accounting-forced-transpar.html

"Jacob Soll is a professor of history at the University of Southern
California. His new book, “The Reckoning: Accountability and the Rise and
Fall of Nations” (Basic Books), was released in April."


Michael Lenczner
CEO, Ajah
http://www.ajah.ca
514-708-5112


On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 10:51 AM, Michael Lenczner <michael at ajah.ca> wrote:
>
> Very cool conference. This is the kind of application of data that
certain people (*cough* Tracey *cough*) thought that us "app developers"
were ignoring, when in fact, this has been a focus all along. It just
required talking a lot more about startups than about social justice over
the first 5 years. ;)
>
> I expect to see a lot more of this stuff in the near future - and
Montreal's Ecohack (http://ecohackmtl.org/) is another good example. This
week I'll be working on a proposal on publishing non-profit data for the
federal open gov consultation.
>
> CKX is another example. Open data and social services people hanging out
to talk about research, data-informed decisions and policy, etc.
> http://ckx.org/summit/partners/
>
>
>
> Michael Lenczner
> CEO, Ajah
> http://www.ajah.ca
> 514-708-5112
>
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> Date: 2014-06-23 21:37 GMT-04:00
> Subject: [données-ouvertes-mtl] Article: Unblight: community unconference
on housing data
> To: Forum des données ouvertes <open-data-montreal at googlegroups.com>
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> Unblight: community unconference on housing data
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http://sunlightfoundation.com/blog/2014/06/13/unblight-unconference-innovation-in-housing/
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