Data Liberation: Difference between revisions

I know plenty of individuals and groups who can benefit from this data, [http://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Volunteers%27_FAQ so] [http://blog.ushahidi.com/index.php/2009/02/04/crisis-info-crowdsourcing-the-filter/ many] [http://www.nowpublic.com/tech-biz/nike-iphone-app-true-city-uses-crowdsourced-info-city-guide problems] that can be solved so we can move onto bigger ones. After [http://www.zooid.org/~vid/presentations/publicwhip/?p=0070_summary taking a run at it with a friend] (and ultimately failing), [http://michaelmulley.com/ Michael Mulley] has finally got a [http://openparliament.ca/about/ parliament Hansard scraper working], but the amount of effort and reliability will be in jeopardy until this information is ''intentionally'' shared.

The government's own (private) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GCPEDIA GCPedia] has already been [http://eaves.ca/2009/03/12/how-gcpedia-will-save-the-public-service/ deemed important] in capturing tacit knowledge and helping groups connect, following Wikipedia's model of open organizing. Past that, some things need to be "offloaded" from the government, which is already straining, to [http://www.helparoundthehouse.ca willing participants], the gigantic latent capacity that can solve problems without cost, openly and fairly creating a greater social existence that acknowledges our modern reality. This is a push back to the corporatization and governmentalization of services that people should enjoy spending their time participating in.