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Open Data, is it on Fanshawe College’s radar?

 

Earlier this week while I was looking into a few things for one the classes which I am enrolled in at Fanshawe College – I discovered something shocking. Note however, this was found when I got bored of looking for course material and thought, “Hey! What is being announced to students this semester.” One of [...]

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From idiocy to seriousness, have the candidates made a joke out of the election?

 

Earlier today on Rogers TV for London, Ontario, the Mayoral Candidate ‘Debate’ was aired. I quickly turned on the PVR and recorded this one hour long debate. To say the least, it was a very interesting and extremely comical to hear some of the candidate’s responses and remarks regarding various questions asked for the panel. [...]

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Liberation of the London Transit Commission’s data

 

Today I had the chance to work with one of Canada’s most brilliant minds behind Open (Government) Data and Public Policy – David Eaves. We spent this afternoon working on David’s citizen-led open data portal for the Government of Canada known, data(dot)gc.ca. David’s project is strictly a citizen-led initiative to make our federal government, Government [...]

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Re: An open letter to London Transit Commission…

 

As some of you may know, last week on Wednesday September 01, 2010, I mailed a letter to Councillor David Winninger at the London Transit Commission. Councillor Winninger is the Chair of the London Transit Commission along with the current Councillor of Ward 11 (which I currently reside). Today, I have received a response regarding [...]

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An open letter to London Transit Commission expressing concerns

 

Over the weekend, I finally said that it was enough of this “downtime” and unavailability of London Transit Commission’s WebWatch application. Thousands, if not millions, of dollars have been spent on the London Transit Commission’s new vehicle technology which includes equipping each transportation vehicle with Global Positioning Systems (GPS). I have written a letter which [...]

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