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[Dispatch] #LimaAssembly: Enhancing Government Transparency and Accountability through Technology Platforms
The following are my notes from the session “Enhancing Government Transparency and Accountability through Technology Platforms” at the World Movement for Democracy conference in Lima, Peru. Matt Bannick, the managing partner of Omidyar Network, begins the...
A Critique and Defense of Civic Participation
Last week I was at the Digital Cities conference in Buenos Aires, a convening of civil servants in charge of city open data programs and the technologists and NGOs that use the data. One after another government representative claimed that the ultimate goal of their...
Two Maps and 21st Century Exploration
The following text was written for an art installation at the new Skylink Terminal of Vienna Airport. The title of the installation, Zeitraum, is a German portmanteau combining zeit (time) and raum (place), and roughly translates to “period of time.”...
Fiscal Transparency (is Not Enough)
OpenSpending.org has simple goal that is extraordinarily difficult to achieve: wherever you may live, you enter in how much you earn per month, press a button, and poof, a stunning visualization of where your tax money goes. Let’s say I’m a British...
Niños Incomodos and Video for Advocacy in Mexico
Last month I caught an interesting tweet from Alejandro Ramírez, the CEO of the 4th largest cinema chain in the entire world: Ramírez was celebrating the fact that De Panzazo, an excellent documentary about the state of the country’s education system, was seen...Latest Photos
