Category Archives: Open Data

Goofing around with TrustCloud

While looking into trust marks and online reputation platforms, my latest fascination and potential inspiration for what’s next for Kabissa, I came across TrustCloud (http://www.trustcloud.com) which I can imagine having the potential to really make a difference for people who … Continue reading

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CALLING ALL DATA HACKERS! Get up to $10k to try out your innovative new idea through Global Integrity Innovation Fund

  Are you a data hacker with a new idea you have been wanting to try out that you think will help promote transparency and accountability? Do you need a little extra motivation? Then you will want to head over … Continue reading

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Setting us back while going forward: Amazee closes shop, refers members to Facebook and Google for social change organizing

I received the above message from Amazee today. Amazee is (or will be until December 23) a platform built using Drupal where people can create groups to organize around social change projects and campaigns. The makers of the site (Amazee Labs in … Continue reading

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Today’s discovery: five.sentenc.es – treat all email responses like SMS text messages

I received an email today with a link to http://five.sentenc.es in the footer. Not only do I love this idea of sending and receiving shorter emails, but I love how people are inspired to set up initiatives like this. So … Continue reading

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Woohoo! Launched new SlashOpen.net site today – check it out!

Open Data is data that can be freely used, reused and redistributed by anyone. I’m pleased to finally have been able to put in a few hours to build the SlashOpen.net site to encourage Open Data websites to add a … Continue reading

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