This Week in Open highlights the stems and stalks growing in our Northeast Ohio open data ecosystem. To learn more about how it’s progress, sign up for the blog feed, follow us on Twitter or visit and like our Facebook page. Maybe you’ve seen growth we’ve missed – let us know and we’ll include info about it too. NEWS: Our…
Nearly every edition of the New York Times this week has featured a lengthy article about hacking or hackers. None of them do much for the cause of civic hacking for social good, like this excellent portrait of Hack Cleveland’s Fix 216. Rather, they emphasize how the fear and anxiety around hackers who are out to exploit problems rather than…
In honor of Game 3 in the NBA Finals, here’s a round up of sports-related open data resources. First up is this list from the California State University at Northridge. It’s available at other library websites too. Open Source Sports describes itself as, “Massive sports databases for you to download.” While it’s got links to interesting information about women in…
No droughts when it comes to open data news. Make sure you share This Week in Open to nurture the ecosystem and keep it healthy. Then others can sign up for the blog feed, follow us on Twitter or visit and like our Facebook page. Hacking got more journalistic love and we’re taking the show on the road to Columbus…
Tomorrow, Saturday, June 6, the Cleveland Public Library main branch will host both the Cleveland Mini-Maker Faire and Open Cleveland’s activities for the National Day of Civic Hacking. OpenNEO will be at both and we can’t wait. Why can’t we wait? Consider the run open data and civic tech has had over the last couple of weeks: Hack Cleveland’s Fix…
A great morning on WCPN’s The Sound of Ideas today with Hack Cleveland folks Aliya Rahman, Nicole Thomas and Indigo Bishop, plus myself and Ryan Sibley from the Sunlight Foundation. Thank you, Mike McIntyre and David C. Barnett. For your listening enjoyment: Or you can watch us in the studio here (scroll toward the bottom of the page). Although…
Could it be a sign that open data is going mainstream in Ohio? I wouldn’t jump to that conclusion just yet but I do feel confident that it’s coming. Up until now, media coverage of civic (think public and government) open data-related news has been primarily about sunshine laws, public records and open meetings. The media has also found good…
