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Rudy Godoy

Bulk Data Downloads: A Breakthrough in Government Transparency - O'Reilly Radar - 0 views

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shared by Rudy Godoy on 05 Mar 09 - Cached
  • Even though the data is public, it is very expensive today. The Copyright Database, for example, costs $86,625 for the retrospective and a one-year feed (we harvested this in 2007 as you reported, but this would be much easier if they simply provided an FTP server and rsync!)
  • The Congressional Research Service is such a no-brainer. With the exception of classified information, who can afford the luxury of paying for some of the best research in the world and then just bury it! Taxpayer dollars paid for CRS reports and they need to be available.
  • In this day and age, you can't say a committee hearing is public if you can't access it on the Internet. Itty-bitty streaming video using some proprietary client/format just doesn't cut it any more. We ran a pilot with 4 house committees to show that this is very doable and makes a huge difference
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  • One of the key points was that it is important when government agencies release bulk data, that they do so in the lowest-level format possible. For example, for the Congressional Record and other official journals of government, we want XML plus images, as opposed to just PDF files or other final-form data.
  • When I spoke with Congressman Honda's staff, they made clear that they'd love Silicon Valley's best ideas for other technological reforms that they can include in future legislation. When you've got a Congressman who's paying attention, that's a great opportunity!
  • Vivek Kundra, the new Federal CIO appointee, gave two great examples of how release of government data can be an aid not just to government transparency, but can spark entire industries.
  • Obama needs to STOP creating Panic and realize that Government is NOT the answer. Smart innovators like yourself ARE the answer. Get the money into motivated people like you and we all will prosper.
  • Rudy Godoy on 05 Mar 09
     
    Interesting move towards an open goverment regarding raw data access to public government data banks.
Rudy Godoy

Better Business Bureau Gives Second Life An "F" - 0 views

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shared by Rudy Godoy on 25 Feb 09 - Cached
  • But the intricacies of governing a real-currency microeconomy are so maddeningly complex it's impossible to give people anything but superficial customer service.
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      Rudy Godoy on 25 Feb 09
       
      The point here is: is the role of Linden Labs to govern everything? By Second Life intrisincs and definition it's users are not directly dependant on them, and mostly uses SL as an ecosystem in the way Google does on search and advertisement online.
  • Linden encourages people to create virtual goods-based businesses with real money, then makes decisions on land, currency, advertising, outlawed content, or a million other things that directly impact people's livelihoods.
  • And as the BBB notes, Linden tends to ignore complaints
  • Rudy Godoy on 25 Feb 09
     
    Una reciente evaluación de BBB a Linden Labs, el creador de Second Life, le otorga el grado "F". La pregunta es si Liden Labs es una empresa que puede ser evaluada bajo parámetros tradicionales? Estamos frente a la evolución de los mundos virtuales.
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