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Open data in development – the missing debate?
December 3, 2010
The role of open data in development
November 25, 2010
The path to 5-star open data: government and aid
August 17, 2010
Now reading- How to create sustainable open data projects with purpose August 30, 2011
- International aid: Soft power, hard hearts | The Economist July 21, 2011
- Open Data – Louder Voices? | Open Knowledge Foundation Blog June 21, 2011
- Open Philanthropy at #pdf11 June 7, 2011
- Automation will make you obsolete, no matter who you are May 27, 2011
- Aidspan - GFO Issue 147 Article 1 - Auditing the Auditor May 24, 2011
- The Social Life of Data · Exploring the flow of data use, the people and the conversations around datasets May 23, 2011
- Banking on mobile phones: Out of thin air | The Economist May 10, 2011
- @tkb on twitter
- tkb: RT @WorldBank: Live Feb 23 8:00 EST: Vivek Kundra speaks on "Putting Open Government into Action" http://t.co/wT5dcyiP #wblive #opendata ...
- tkb: Unstructured data is worth the effort when you've got the right tools: http://t.co/f3nkMe3T #opendata
- tkb: Live tomorrow at 0800 EST: Vivek Kundra at the @worldbank on "Putting Open Government into Action" http://t.co/T5HBkpTn #opendata #opengov
- tkb: Interesting take on the UK "dissolving" controversial "Public Data Corporation" http://t.co/56y9W49B <- for now... #opendata
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- Department of Information Systems: Research Projects
- Cairns Blog: Turning Rule Writers Into Problem Solvers: Creating a 21st Century Government That's Open and Competent by Improving Regulation and Regulatory Review
- Alternate Unemployment Charts
- Unstructured data is worth the effort when you've got the right tools - O'Reilly Radar
- maui-indexer - Maui - Multi-purpose automatic topic indexing - Google Project Hosting
- UK’s BIS Dissolves Public Data Corporation - semanticweb.com
- SaaS Business Intelligence Software, Dashboards, Analytics | GoodData
- Economist debate on sharing « BuzzMachine
- Chart Focus: Will 'big data' transform your industry?
- Announcing the Open Data Handbook version 1.0 | Open Knowledge Foundation Blog
- Amazing Old (and Free) Visualization Books - Chart Porn
- Liveblog & Webcast: Vivek Kundra on Putting Open Government into Action | World Bank Live
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- DataVizChallenge.org
- A stage full of... | Facebook
- Liveblog & Webcast: Vivek Kundra on Putting Open Government into Action | World Bank Live
- We Choose Open Government - open.NASA
- Graphic designers are ruining the web | Technology | The Observer
- Untitled (http://lists.pirateweb.net/pipermail/pp.international.general/2012-February/010917.html)
- Science-Based Medicine » Re-thinking the Annual Physical
- Open data is going global | Public Leaders Network | Guardian Professional
- 35 percent of British adults sleep with bear - UPI.com
- Open Data Developer Roundtable with Caroline Anstey, World Bank Managing Director *iHub_
- Building up the open data community in United Arab Emirates | @iBadawi
- Jennifer Shkabatur | Berkman Center
- Log In - The New York Times
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- Untitled (http://www.concurringopinions.com/archives/RoundTableKnights.jpg)
- Middle Eastern Manuscripts Online 1: Pioneer Orientalists | BRILL
- OpenStreetMap: 'It's the Wikipedia of maps' | From the Observer | The Observer
- Daily Kos: Ziko, my Hero has died
- OpendataCities | The UK's first open-data cities conference: April 2012
- Untitled (http://twitter.com/iHub/status/171553564165017602/photo/1)
- NoteSlate /// intuitively simple monochrome paper alike tablet device
- "The Transparency Grenade"
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- Urine color chart
- Brain Off » When it comes to politics, crowds can be manipulated, but not communities :: Mikel Maron :: Building Digital Technology for Our Planet
- Open Data: Gold Mine or Gold Bust? - OpenData
- The quiet revolutionary who saved the World Bank - FT.com
- m.guardian.co.uk
- Pie Fidelity - NYTimes.com
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- I.B.M.: Big Data, Bigger Patterns - NYTimes.com
- The Open Access Irony Awards: Naming and shaming « O'Really?
- Untitled (http://twitter.com/tkb/status/170280868139630592/photo/1)
- World Bank 2012
- The Angel Problem
- Let's stop discussing and start mobilizing data
- The Browser Wars never ended | MetaFilter
- Chad Hagen | Art + Design
- getstats » Getstats – Campaigning to make Britain better with numbers and statistics
- Innovation in government: Indonesia and Colombia - McKinsey Quarterly - Public Sector - Management
- The National Archives Labs » Blog Archive » Datasets for ‘Hack on the Record’
- Samsung's super-sized Galaxy Note changed my life | The TechBlock
- Codermetrics.org
- Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments
- Dev8D: Data.ac.uk panel, Joss Winn | DevCSI
- h2g2 - Thorn - Missing Letter of the Alphabet
- Apps for climate: Encouraging innovation through competition | Making our future sustainable
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- Untitled (http://twitter.com/tkb/status/169830860755972096/photo/1)
- Cost of Living
- "Africa Needs Open Data Most" | European Public Sector Information Platform
- How can Zimbabwe avoid having the world’s worst Human Development Index? | End Poverty
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- Lists of Note: Henry Miller's 11 Commandments
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- Multidimensional Poverty Index | Oxford Poverty & Human Development Initiative (OPHI)
- Mobile Sites vs. Apps: The Coming Strategy Shift (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox)
- Schneier on Security: What Happens When the Court Demands You Decrypt a Document and You Forget the Key?
- Mapping Changing Life Expectancies using World Bank Data - Cartographica.Com
- Rediscovering the RSync Algorithm « Incubaid Research
- (404) http://t.co/f3
- Liveblog & webcast: Social media, job growth, and microentrepreneurs | World Bank Live
- Untitled (http://tedfellows.posterous.com/energy-generation-map-of-pakistan-and-case-fo-45199)
- Data Pointed
- Did the White House tell the World Bank president that he's out? | The Multilateralist
- A global pulse of big data, applied for good - O'Reilly Radar
- My, what big data you have | Datashirts
- News & Broadcast - World Bank President Zoellick to Step Down June 30th
- UK Open Standards Consultation | European Public Sector Information Platform
- Datashirts
- Why I use DuckDuckGo, and you should too - Clif Reeder
- Why User Experience Is Critical To Customer Relationships | Fast Company
- Elaine Mah: Why Is Open Data Still Guarded?
- Liveblog & webcast: Social media, job growth, and microentrepreneurs | World Bank Live
- World Bank President | Who should get the job? What should they do? How should they get selected?
- PhoneGap
- Floating to the top of the data | john hawks weblog
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- 5 Essential Spreadsheets for Social Media Analytics
- Untitled (http://twitter.com/Carrie_Golden/status/169510757988438016/photo/1)
- Female hysteria - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
- National Library Workers Day | NLWD
- How to make DuckDuckGo the default search engine in Chromium
- NAT Gateway, Iptables, Port Forwarding, DNS And DHCP Setup - Ubuntu 8.10 Server | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials
- Not Actually Happening Ep. 2 — Female Hysteria | Actually Happening
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- Junar · Discovering Data
- Hunter S Thompson retyped The Great Gatsby just to get the feeling of typing a great novel. - Lucky's Life
- Dexter, The Baby Tapir, at Two-Hours Old! - ZooBorns
- (404) http://t.co/FS
- Amartya Sen to receive US Humanities Medal from Obama | Firstpost
- Free Your Metadata
- Expert Help Desk: Apps for Climate Competition | World Bank Live
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