Being open

Open SourceChicago School of Data

September 19, 2014

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Points

• Smart Chicago• Open means open• It doesn’t remove ownership, it

heightens it– Brand– URL– Concepts

• Examples in my own life

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Our PrinciplesTechnology

OpenEveryoneChicago

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Philosophy: technology; open

• We are about technology– Everything we do relates to technology. We are of and

about the Internet– We believe in the transformative power of the Internet to

change lives and build the economy for all

• We are open– We are a small organization looking to make the biggest

impact possible. We can’t do that by being tight or closed

– We work in the open, using & publishing open source technology

– We have methods for others allowed “in”, whether as contributors, observers, users, whatever

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Philosophy: everyone; Chicago

• We seek to be of use to everyone–We believe in the power of the network– The network needs everyone in it to be

powerful–We work on solutions that cover the entire

city

• We focus on Chicago– Our middle name–We do seek to scale our solutions, but not

without serving Chicago

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Open means open

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It’s hard

• Because you have to listen to people• Which means you have to have

methods for that

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And then you have to listen

• Respond to what you hear• And modify your operations

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Ownership

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Do you think you can own something made on open source code?

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Have you ever used WordPress?

• That is open source code• And it has an open framework

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But you own your website

• The URL, the brand, the trade dress, the thing itself

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CCT owns these URLs

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All of these and more.@danxoneil @smartchicago

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OK let’s talk a little less about code.

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38,000 photos. For free.

• Not code, but owned• Use it!

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Even this guy.

• @mayoremanuel• Atlantic

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Atlantic Mag. For free.

• Because it’s fun• And I control it

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Moar

• There’s always more• @danxoneil• (773) 960-6045• doneil@cct.org

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