OKFestival 2014 – Burt Lum of Hawai’i Open Data and Bytemarks Café – Interview
I’m proud to say, I’ve finally met Burt Lum. Burt has been a lovely supporter of the OKCast since our inception. It was a joy to speak with Neal Bastek of Open Knowledge today and have him tell me to...
View ArticleOKFestival 2014 – Janet Gunter of the Restart Project – Interview
I spoke today with Janet Gunter of the Restart Project at OKFestival 2014. Janet talked to me about issues of technology repair and reuse, e-waste, and gender in tech and maker spaces. Listen to her...
View ArticleOKFestival 2014 – Anahi Ayala Iacucci – Internews – Mini-Interview
In this short interview with Anahi Ayala Iacucci, I ask her about her thoughts on the festival and her work with Internews. The post OKFestival 2014 – Anahi Ayala Iacucci – Internews – Mini-Interview...
View ArticleOKFestival 2014 – Brigid Pasco and Jeff Deutch – Artists Without a Cause –...
In this mini-interview, I talk with Brigid Pasco and Jeff Deutch of Artists Without A Cause. Listen in to hear about their cool project to connect artists and NGOs to the benefit of both! The post...
View ArticleOKFestival 2014 – Jaakko Korhonen – Open Knowledge Finland – Mini-Interview
In this mini-interview, I talk with Jaakko Korhonen (@jaakkokorhonen), founder of the Open Knowledge chapter of Finland. They brought nearly 27 Finnish attendees (two of whom are pictured in the...
View ArticleOKFestival 2014 – Sheba Najmi – Code for Pakistan – Mini-Interview
Sheba Najmi was a Code for America fellow and went on to found Code for Pakistan. In this interview, she talks about the creation of Code for Pakistan, hackathons there, and what the civic tech...
View ArticleOKFestival 2014 – Antonio Acuña – Data.Gov.UK and Open Data Manifesto –...
Antonio Acuña (@diabulos) is head of UK government’s Open Data group (http://data.gov.uk) and was working during the festival on the next steps of their soon-to-be-completed Open Data Manifesto....
View ArticleOKFestival 2014 – James Smith of the Open Data Institute – Interview
In this interview, James Smith (@Floppy) talks about one of his Open Data Institute (ODI) software projects: CSVLint. We also reflect on Eric Hysen of Google’s keynote address, discussing the...
View ArticleOKFestival 2014 – Chris Taggart of Open Corporates – Mini-Interview
Laura James (@LaurieJ), co-director of Open Knowledge interviews Chris Taggart of Open Corporates soon after they reached their goal of 10 million liberated corporate data points in 10 days. They...
View ArticleOKFestival 2014 – Max Ogden of CSV,Conf and Dat – Interview
I’ve been waiting to interview Max Ogden (@maxogden) of the Dat project for a long while. Lo and behold, I found him at CSV,Conf and #okfest14. We got a chance to sit down for an awesome interview. In...
View ArticleOKFestival 2014 – Joe McArthur of Right to Research Coalition and Open Access...
We’ve been wanting to talk with the Open Access Button team for a long while, which we finally got to do at #okfest14. I spoke with Joe McArthur (@mcarthur_joe) about the OA Button and about his work...
View ArticleKristof Van Tomme of WalkHub – an OKFestival 2014 Post-Interview
I caught up with Kristof Van Tomme of WalkHub after the end of the 2014 Open Knowledge Festival. Kristof is developing a powerful open source tool to help document the interfaces of the internet. They...
View ArticleMushon Zer-Aviv (@mushon) of Public Knowledge Workshop and Tin Geber...
In this interview, I speak with Mushon Zer-Aviv (@mushon, www.mushon.com) of the Public Knowledge Workshop and Tin Geber (@tingeber, at the Engine Room) of the Engine Room. We talk about a topic close...
View ArticleOKFestival 2014 – Patrick Alley of Global Witness – Post-Keynote Interview
Here’s our follow-up interview with Patrick Alley of Global Witness after his keynote presentation at OKFestival 2014 in Berlin. We’ll add Patrick’s keynote video once it’s available. In the mean time,...
View ArticleEpisode #14 – The Student Net Alliance with Alec Foster and Rob Davis
In this episode, we discuss the work of the Student Net Alliance with Alec Foster and Rob Davis. You can reach Alec on Twitter @alectivism and Rob @robdotd. The Student Net Alliance combines new...
View ArticleEpisode #15 – Code for Miami: A Code for America Brigade Does Open Civic...
In this episode, we discuss the work of Code for Miami with Rebekah Monson and Ernie Hsiung. You can reach Rebekah on Twitter @rsm and Ernie @ErnieAtLYD. Code for Miami a Code for America Brigade – a...
View ArticleBeginning a Public Open Data Infrastructure: An Interview with OpenAddresses
We caught up this week with Ian Dees, founder of the OpenAddresses project. OpenAddresses is trying to collect address information for every block all across the United States. They’re doing an...
View ArticleEpisode #16 – Web Literacy with Mozilla Webmaker’s Doug Belshaw
In this episode, I (@AlexFink) talk with Doug Belshaw (@dajbelshaw) of Mozilla @webmaker. Doug is the Web Literacy Lead for the Mozilla Foundation. He comes to this work through a history as a teacher,...
View ArticleEpisode #17 – Hacking Public Infrastructure with Alexandre Vallette
In episode 17 of the OKCast, I talk with Alexandre Vallette of ANTS. ANTS is an open knowledge company focused on building applications using machine learning, good user interface design, and what they...
View ArticleEpisode #18 – Citizen Science and Open Source Beehives with Tristan Copley-Smith
In Episode 18, I talk with Tristan Copley-Smith of the OpenSource Beehives project. Open Source Beehives is a network of citizen scientists saving bees and tracking bee decline. Using open source...
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