I really enjoyed my one hour of playing with the free and open UK Guardian Data and the free Many Eyes visualization tools this morning while hanging out with my two rascals. It sparked a good conversation amongst us as we were eating breakfast and trying out my sons new gaming computer he is sending off to his new base in Ontario. I just hope he keeps reading books!
The experiment was uploaded to
datalibre.ca here:
http://datalibre.ca/2009/03/28/uk-guardian-data-manyeyes-isaf-troops-contribution-story/
It is precisely this kind of openness that I would love our Canadian Government to move towards. This way there is education, a conversation, and increased story telling each and personalization. This is the democratization of data and the possibilities it presents.
cheers
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Tracey P. Lauriault
613-234-2805
https://gcrc.carleton.ca/confluence/display/GCRCWEB/Lauriault
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