Tagged: opin gögn
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Iceland & Energy – presentation w. John Perkins
Just finished my previously mentioned presentation on Icelandic energy data. Some 250-300 people showed up – mostly to listen to John Perkins obviously. Interesting audience to say the least, but a lot of fun! My DataMarket piece went well – and putting it together at least helped me put some thi...
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Iceland & Energy: Upcoming presentation
I have been invited – on behalf of DataMarket – to give a presentation at the University of Iceland on April 6th. The occasion is a small conference due to the visit of “Economic Hit Man” John Perkins to Iceland. Perkins is here to attend the premiere of “Dreamland“, a documentary on the effects ...
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Icesave and Icelandic deposits
As DataMarket‘s Money:Tech gig (see previous entry) approaches, we’re starting to see all sorts of interesting data coming together to form our “DataMarket on the Icelandic Economy”. Some graphs just speak for themselves. Here’s one that caught my eye today: The numbers are millions ISK. Note tha...
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Hans Rosling strikes again
I’m a big fan of Hans Rosling. He’s really the guy that opened up the eyes of the world to the importance of availability of and open access to data. His latest presentation, from Google’s Zeitgeist08 conference, is now available on YouTube. It is not as stunning as his original TED eye-opener, b...
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The Case for Open Access to Public Sector Data
This article will be published tomorrow in The Reykjavík Grapevine. Government institutions and other public organizations gather a lot of data. Some of them – like the Statistics Office – have it as their main purpose, others as a part of their function, and yet others almost as a by-product of ...