Been a bit too busy to write, but still “pushing” interesting items in the news feeds I follow. Here are some highlights from recent months:
Now that the first Dutch NGOs are embracing IATI, the International Aid Transparency Initiative, Partos is starting a programme to help all of them get on board:
CKAN is an open data registry (and by now, repository) that is available as open source, and quickly is becoming the de facto standard: governments of the UK and The Netherlands already use it, and new ones are joining:
- US government’s data.gov to use CKAN, 4 Feb 2013, Mark Wainwright
- European Union launches CKAN data portal, 22 Feb 2013, Mark Wainwright
And in terms of using open data for transparency and development:
- A first look at common standard implementation schedules, 16 Jan 2013, Andrew Clarke
- “Exploring the Emerging Impacts of Open Data in Developing Countries” launched by World Wide Web Foundation and IDRC, 19 Feb 2013, OD4D
- Data, Transparency & Impact Panel –> a portfolio mindset?, 13 Feb 2013, Nancy White
- Nederland Opent verschenen, 6 Feb 2013
Piwik is an open source web analytics platform that you can host yourself. A great tool to replace Google Analytics, with a steady stream of updates and improvements.
- Web Analytics solution for Governments?, 15 Jan 2013, Piwik team
- Piwik is on GitHub!, 8 Feb 2013, matt
- New Piwik Release v1.11: New Features & Design Changes! [+ Screenshots], 8 Mar 2013, Piwik team
And in “other news”
- Multi-armed Bandit Experiments, 23 Jan 2013, Google Analytics team
- Prorail gebruikt Twitter bij sneeuw, hagel en onweer, 29 Jan 2013
- Timmermans zoekt online meedenkers over mensenrechten, 30 Jan 2013