Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

DECEMBER 10, 2011

Here’s a sample of our accomplishments: Martus , our secure, open-source information management software for human rights defenders continued to empower many human rights groups worldwide to secure thousands of stories of human rights violations and to use this information strategically to advance their causes.

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Amy Sample Ward

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

ProjectRSS for describing projects (part of the Open Philanthropy effort) – I've recently come across this project from John Brennan (@worldlyjohn on Twitter) and am interested in what you all think about it! "Open "Open source software exists in the computer industry.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

APRIL 18, 2013

3) Social Network Analysis of the #GPF13 tag during the discussion created by Marc Smith. ” He talked about how the private sector is using this sophisticated analysis in real-time, but his organization is using data to answer the question: How can we measure human well-being with this real-time data? Notes from Session.

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Tech Soup

MAY 23, 2013

Through the Laura and John Arnold Foundation he set up with his wife, he plans to use the money to ambitiously solve some of America’s biggest problems like obesity and crime through data analysis and science, with an unsentimental focus on results. ?He Open Source philanthropy data big data'

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Tech Soup

MAY 1, 2017

Ottawa, Ontario: Review Progress on Data Analysis Projects. Chicago, Illinois: Justice Data Lab: Unlocking Government Administrative Data. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Bagels & Bytes "Open-Source Summer Fiesta" San Francisco, California: Code for America Civic Hack Night. Monday, May 8, 2017.

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NTEN

MAY 28, 2009

Open Source is Dead. What I mean is that open source, as we knew it, is dead. For the last decade, what we've been talking about when we say "open source" is "open code" -- a set of zeroes and ones that we can configure to our heart's desire. Long Live Open Source.

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Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

AUGUST 11, 2014

It must be protected from governments, organized crime, and others who may misuse it. The solution we have been exploring is a semi-customized, open source, secure, data collection and analysis application that makes it easier for social sector users to safely gather and use information more efficiently.

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Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media

DECEMBER 8, 2011

We develop free and open source software to help groups capture the stories of human rights abuse, and store and back them up securely in another country. And, in many of these places, we’re helping the activists avoid censorship and surveillance by the government. government or even (heavens!) Wonderful stuff.

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Tech Soup

MARCH 24, 2014

The SixthSense project is working on a set of open source instructions on how to make your own prototype augmented reality. I like Ruth McCambridge’s analysis because she provides perspective, pointing to things like the accuracy of Rifkin’s predictions on the effects of computer automation on the world of work.

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Tech Soup

NOVEMBER 8, 2013

She tells me that big data is not surprisingly mostly collected by companies and to some extent also governments. The field of open data is all about their sharing it out to the rest of us. The Open Knowledge Foundation is a great advocacy charity in that field. Big Data Right Now: 5 Trendy Open Source Technologies (TechCrunch).

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Connection Cafe

DECEMBER 16, 2013

President Obama made a number of interesting comments related to the initiation of the overall IT project. “When we (the Federal Government) buy I.T. So, here are a few other articles on the topic that I found interesting: An Open Source perspective. Selection and Procurement. What to do when a project goes wrong.

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