Unlocking a Mystery: The Amazing Mind of an Open Data Hacker
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The document defines 'hacker' in multiple contexts, from a person who illegally accesses computer systems to someone who enjoys creative exploration in programming and hardware modification. It highlights the playful and innovative spirit of hacking, emphasizing activities like software development and hardware tweaking. Additionally, it includes various links and image attributions related to the hacking community.
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Unlocking a Mystery: The Amazing Mind of an Open Data Hacker
- 6. hack·er noun ˈha-kər 1: one that hacks 2: a person who is inexperienced or unskilled at a particular activity <e.g. a tennis hacker> 3: an expert at programming and solving problems with a computer 4: a person who illegally gains access to and sometimes tampers with information in a computer system http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hacker
- 7. hacker a person who enjoys exploring the limits of what is possible, in a spirit of playful cleverness. … It includes building, rebuilding, modifying, and creating software (software cracking, demo scene), electronic hardware (hardware hacking, modding), or anything else, eitherfaster or it anything else, either to make it better or to make better or faster orfeaturesitor to make it do to make to give it added to give added features or it do something it was never intended do. something it was never intended to to do. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hacker_(hobbyist)
- 11. hacker
- 15. ?
- 24. dougmccune.com
- 31. emitter.ca
- 36. recollect.net
- 37. 1. Experiment 3. 2. Service Insights
- 38. openlab.ca
- 40. Do YOU want to [ we want you ] be a Hacker ?
- 43. Nik Garkusha Image Attributions: • Open Hamilton Hackathon: Joey Coleman • OpenDataLondon Hackathon: KVL Kevin van Lierop • http://www.flickr.com/photos/cverdier/4837773532 WebNotWar.ca /sizes/l/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/pagedooley/4153621 948/sizes/o/ OpenHalton.ca • http://www.flickr.com/photos/31246066@N04/425 2587897/sizes/l/ • http://www.opensource.org/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/tonz/4381525523/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/godlesswanderer/373 9368307/ twitter: @nik_g • http://dougmccune.com • http://www.flickr.com/photos/abneet/4563868454/ linkedin: nik garkusha • http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikebaird/42646111 33/ • http://www.flickr.com/photos/rosh/246187583/ nikga@microsoft.com • http://johnfmoore.files.wordpress.com nik@openhalton.ca
Editor's Notes
- #2: Hacker – terrifying and mysterious wordWhat’s the first visual that comes to your mind
- #3: Criminal hacking into a mainframe
- #4: Security hacker deciphering the latest batch of crypto, trying to catch the criminal hacker
- #5: A college kid hacking into a public WIFI
- #6: …kids learn to hack younger, get into trouble earlierOh Charlie Brown, why did you take up hacking!
- #7: Definition – of these 4, which 3 apply to open data hacker?
- #8: My favorite – particularly when applied to making data do something it was not intended to
- #9: Let’s look at what open data hackers do, what motivates them and how you can become one
- #10: Hi I’m NikGarkusha – twitter / linked in
- #11: A group responsible for Open Source strategy & Open Gov initiatives at Microsoft CanadaBy Night – I run a community organization OpenHalton, helping to bringOpen Data to the Halton Region
- #12: I’m a hacker at heart.
- #13: I go to work, I drink beer after work (sometimes)
- #14: Go on vacation, play with my kids
- #15: But then – also go to and organize these crazy sounding events -- Hackathons& CodeFests
- #16: Why spend evenings and nights hacking Open Data?
- #17: 3 reasons:
- #18: 3 reasons:
- #19: 3 reasons:
- #20: Motivation? My city..
- #21: Lots of opportunity to change the way we consume the information & use the data from my city
- #22: Or region – the way I can help make the data more useful to my community.
- #23: How to stay relevant in the evolving world of how people connect?Today people are looking to connect to the Open Gov data with what they are used to and prefer.
- #24: Examples:
- #25: Crime as night lights - SFCrime as elevation - SF
- #26: Stop & Frisk NYC – visualized with CartoDBNY Bus – CartoDBMoscow traffic congestion visualization - CartoDB
- #27: Parks Finder projects – using SIMILE Exhibit framework
- #28: Like the LED heads-up display at JP Licks ice cream in Boston –Shows bus arrival / departure times to help customers time their purchases – and for the business to time their next batch of treats
- #30: Council Expense data – Vancouver example – different apps, different insights
- #31: Street crossing + accident data – Hamilton / OpenHamiltonSchoolZone app – insights into safer routes for kids
- #32: Emitter.ca – insights into industrial pollution around the cornerAs well as local MP/MPP information for those areas.
- #33: Add value
- #34: Milton splash – during the heat-wave, to help folks find splashpads nearby
- #35: Halton Flu – help folks find Flu clinics nearby
- #36: Skating Rink & Hocking Rink apps – OpenHamilton & Montreal Ouvert
- #37: The infamous VanTrash project that transformed into ReCollect – a service to remind you of your garbage & recycling days – across multiple devicesSends you SMS, email and even calls your phone
- #38: The cycle doesn’t stop here – as experiments offer insights, which turn into useful services for people……citizens, government & other hackers provide feedback/comments/suggestions…leading to further experiments, new features, new possibilities.
- #39: Example – from hacking recreation activity data(openHalton, openHamilton)Insights into a common Recreation Activity standard – GRAFInto a possible Service…
- #40: GRAF service that captures program information, facility & resource detail – within a framework that allows for easier discovery & decision making process for individualsWe’re working with early data from several pilots – do you see opportunities for your municipality?
- #41: Be a hacker?!
- #42: After all, we’re just one of you – and you’re one of us –We are hackers, fathers, students, government employees & we’re all Citizens
- #43: … and when your flight is landing in Toronto..… you’re probably looking out the window to see if you can spot your town … just like the rest of us