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If place is a system… let’s make it an open source one Devon County Council 12 November 2012
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Presented to Devon County Council in November 2012.
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If place is a system… let’s make it an open source one
Devon County Council12 November 2012
People + Process > Technology
Strategy
Training
Development
Computers are interesting things
"wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready made with a mesh of
associative trails running through them, ready to be dropped into the memex and
there amplified"
“The mother of all demos”
Video conferencingReal time collaborative editing
HypertextDynamically linked documents
Hypertext
Hypertext
Hypermedia
Hypertext
Hypermedia
Intertwingularity
Project Xanadu:
"the longest-running vaporware project in the history of
computing"
Hacker cultureRise of the software industry
Gnu (1983)FSF (1985)
Free as in speech, not as in beer
Open source (1998)
“Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow”
Most contributors to FOSS are users, not developers
The bug tracker
1. Identifies2. Prioritises
3. Solutionises4. Reportulises
An open source approach to place?
(If we view place as a system, albeit rather a complicated one)
1. Users spot bugs and report2. Progress is open and viewable
3. Anyone can suggest, and (if agreed) implement solutions.
Not “Fix My Street!”
1. Helps with cross-service issues
2. Visibility of process
3. Potential for left-field solutions
Don’t forget:
Open knowledge
Open data
