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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Fast approaching are the upcoming elections which should be on everyone’s radar. Some already are very deeply immersed and know what is happening with many of the candidates and their campaigns but many others do not. The elections, I believe, are something that people should not just brush off, as they are very important not [...]
On Wednesday, July 14, 2010 I will be attending Ignite London‘s first event as a speaker on the topic of Open Data. This talk will be my first public talk to a crowd of professionals here in London and the inspiration has came from the individuals who have inspired me – specifically David Eaves and [...]
