Open Data: a means to an end, not an end in itself
The following is a post by Rufus Pollock, co-Founder of the Open Knowledge Foundation. In almost all the talks I give about open data or content, I aim, at least…
We’re hiring!
The following post is from Jason Kitcat, Foundation Coordinator at the OKF Thanks to the incredible support and interest in our work, the OKF is growing. We have just refreshed…
DataPatterns.org: let’s collect some tricks for data wrangling!
Friedrich Lindenberg, data wrangler and member of OKF Germany, advocates for the creation of Data Patterns book to complement the existing Open Data Manual. How do you scrape a massive…
OKCon 2011: Introduction and a Look to the Future
This is a blog post by Rufus Pollock, co-Founder and Director of the Open Knowledge Foundation. OKCon, the annual Open Knowledge Conference kicked off today and it’s been great so…
From Extra Terrestials to Open Knowledge: Open Science and Open Social Science at OKCon
The following a joint post by Francois Grey and Rufus Pollock who are co-organizing the Open Science and Open Social Science workshop at OKCon. Remember that screensaver called SETI@home that…
Open Data – Louder Voices?
The following guest post is by Michael Gurstein from the Centre for Community Informatics Research, Development and Training in Vancouver. Micheal will be joining us at OKCon 2011 for his…
Open Data Workshop and OpenCamp in Sofia, Bulgaria 4-5 June
On Saturday and Sunday (4th and 5th June) I was in Sofia, Bulgaria to run a Open Data Workshop on the Saturday and speak at the OpenCamp on the Sunday.…
Expert Python & Javascript coders wanted!
The following post is from Jason Kitcat, Operations Coordinator at the Open Knowledge Foundation. The Open Knowledge Foundation is currently looking to hire more developers! In brief: What: Seeking top-notch…
Building the (Open) Data Ecosystem
The following is a post by Rufus Pollock, co-Founder of the Open Knowledge Foundation. The Present: A One-Way Street At the current time, the basic model for data processing is…
Bounties for scrapers: a new approach to opening global data
This is a guest post by Chris Taggart, co-founder of OpenCorporates.com and member of the Open Knowledge Foundation’s Working Group on Open Government Data. On Friday we at OpenCorporates announced…