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Let the (data) come to you
Collecting DataChicago School of Data
September 20, 2014
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@danxoneil @smartchicago
April 10, 2023 2
Points
• Let’s hear from you• This is our day• Smart Chicago• Let the game come to you• The World Wide Web is a series of
files• Some unlikely places
@danxoneil @smartchicago
April 10, 2023 3
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
@danxoneil @smartchicago
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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
@danxoneil @smartchicago
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“Let the game come to you”-- Earl “the Pearl” Monroe
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Data is everywhere
• Listen best you can• Use existing dumb tools
@danxoneil @smartchicago
April 10, 2023 8
Data is everywhere
• Listen best you can• Use existing dumb tools
@danxoneil @smartchicago
April 10, 2023 9
Right there
• With some fun language
@danxoneil @smartchicago
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Citypayments
• Database for one purpose
@danxoneil @smartchicago
April 10, 2023 11
Citypayments
• Used for another
@danxoneil @smartchicago
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What data do you want to collect?
@danxoneil @smartchicago
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What collection method you got?
@danxoneil @smartchicago
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Moar
• There’s always more• @danxoneil• (773) 960-6045• doneil@cct.org
@danxoneil @smartchicago