Comments on: Open Data: The Role of Government in Fostering Smartphone Applications http://www.blackberrycool.com/2010/05/13/open-data-the-role-of-government-in-fostering-smartphone-applications/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Tue, 21 May 2013 07:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: $50K City of Ottawa Open Data APP Contest – Open What? http://www.blackberrycool.com/2010/05/13/open-data-the-role-of-government-in-fostering-smartphone-applications/comment-page-1/#comment-510561 $50K City of Ottawa Open Data APP Contest – Open What? Tue, 28 Sep 2010 19:54:32 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=20054#comment-510561 [...] Open Data: The Role of Government in Fostering Smartphone Applications [...]

]]> By: Shawn http://www.blackberrycool.com/2010/05/13/open-data-the-role-of-government-in-fostering-smartphone-applications/comment-page-1/#comment-471871 Shawn Mon, 17 May 2010 17:17:17 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=20054#comment-471871 Kyle,

Thank you for highlighting the importance of open data. I don't think this topic is fully understood by those who have not yet had a chance to look at a dataset, or use an app made from open data. The more awareness it is given, they more we'll see it succeed.

I was definitely celebrating Ottawa's decision to support Open Data last week. I think we have a really strong community in this city. Assuming the city releases some high value datasets, we should see some very interesting applications being made in the Capital.

Finally, thank you for the OttawaTrash mention. It's a great little project; the team involved is very proud of what was done given the very “closed data” provided by the city.

Shawn

]]> By: Kyle McInnes http://www.blackberrycool.com/2010/05/13/open-data-the-role-of-government-in-fostering-smartphone-applications/comment-page-1/#comment-471829 Kyle McInnes Mon, 17 May 2010 07:53:24 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=20054#comment-471829 I heard about this. I think we talked about it at the BlackBerry Developers Group meeting in Ottawa. It's called Stumble Safely:

http://www.appsfordemocracy.org/stumble-safely/

RIM should be at these Open Data events because there are a lot of talented developers. All of the apps for mobile were for the iPhone though and when I told developers about shifting to BlackBerry there wasn't much enthusiasm.

]]> By: public records http://www.blackberrycool.com/2010/05/13/open-data-the-role-of-government-in-fostering-smartphone-applications/comment-page-1/#comment-471788 public records Sat, 15 May 2010 14:45:07 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=20054#comment-471788 The private sector has been doing an incredible job of creating useful

]]> By: BlackBerryCool Roundup for the Week of May 10th | BlackBerry Cool http://www.blackberrycool.com/2010/05/13/open-data-the-role-of-government-in-fostering-smartphone-applications/comment-page-1/#comment-471741 BlackBerryCool Roundup for the Week of May 10th | BlackBerry Cool Fri, 14 May 2010 15:11:58 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=20054#comment-471741 [...] « Open Data: The Role of Government in Fostering… [...]

]]> By: Colin B http://www.blackberrycool.com/2010/05/13/open-data-the-role-of-government-in-fostering-smartphone-applications/comment-page-1/#comment-471678 Colin B Fri, 14 May 2010 01:35:19 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/?p=20054#comment-471678 Excellent article Kyle. Washington was on this a while ago. They offered a cash incentive to create the most useful app from various data sources. Someone came up with an app that integrated google maps and city crime rate data that gave users the safest walking route home from the bars at night. It's a very trivial application but think of the possibilities.

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