creating a city that thinks like the web (vancouver remix)

Open

Vancouver

creating a

city

that thinks

like the web

david eaves

citizen

blogger

fellow

tim wilson

citizen

GIS guru

father

our point:

1. openess and

participation created

a better internet.

our point:

1. openess and

participation created

a better internet.

They can also create a

better city.

our point:

2. where did this come

from?

our point:

3. what the open city

motion could mean for

vancouver

our point:

4. what’s next

<1>

openess and participation

created a better internet

they can also create a

better city

1998

1998philip owen is mayor

WTO protests in seattle

exxon buys mobil

microsoft goes to court

france wins the world cup

1998philip owen is mayor

WTO protests in seattle

exxon buys mobil

microsoft goes to court

france wins the world cup

and

the web is in danger

1998

the web is in danger

the mozilla project

is born

1998

the web is in danger

the mozilla project

is born

The Mozilla project is a global community

of people who believe that openness,

innovation, and opportunity are key to

the continued health of the Internet.

The Mozilla project is a global community

of people who believe that openness,

innovation, and opportunity are key to

the continued health of the Internet.

public benefit

open source

together werebuilt the platform,

rebuilt the browser,

improved the web,

got things moving

open source

open source

together werebuilt the platform,

rebuilt the browser,

improved the web,

got things moving

open source

together werebuilt the platform,

rebuilt the browser,

improved the web,

got things moving

open source

together werebuilt the platform,

rebuilt the browser,

improved the web,

got things moving

open source

using

openness

and participation

together werebuilt the platform,

rebuilt the browser,

improved the web,

got things moving

1

Mike Beltzner, developer

1Mike Beltzner, Developer

120

Firefox development team

Mike Beltzner, developer

firefox development team

120

100s

daily contributors

Mike Beltzner, developer

firefox development team

daily contributors120

100s

1000s

weekly contributors

Mike Beltzner, Developer

firefox development team

daily contributors

weekly contributors100s

1000s

500,000

beta testers

Mike Beltzner, Developer

firefox development team

daily contributors

weekly contributors

500,000

daily users

120 million

beta testers

participatemozilla encourages people to

participatemozilla encourages people to

participatemozilla encourages people to

participate

$200,000

mozilla encourages people to

participate

this is the logic of the web

mozilla encourages people to

participatewe encouraged people to

this is how the web thinks

participate

this is how the web thinks

it makes the web better

mozilla encourages people to

participate

… to create a better city?

online

can we ask people to

yes!

the long tail

of public policy

city of vancouver’s

knowledge/capacity

everybody else

me

an academic

youyour

mom

your

neighbour

city of vancouver

already does

open source

program delivery

911

police/ambulance/fire

police/ambulance/fire

citizens

<2>

where did this come

from?

Toronto

Washington, DC

Vancouver

<3>

what the open city

motion means for

vancouver

• Open and Accessible Data - the City of Vancouver will freely share with citizens, businesses and other jurisdictions the greatest amount of data possible while respecting privacy and security concerns;

• Open Standards - the City of Vancouver will move as quickly as possible to adopt prevailing open standards for data, documents, maps, and other formats of media;

• Open Source Software - the City of Vancouver, when replacing existing software or considering new applications, will place open source software on an equal footing with commercial systems during procurement cycles; and

• Open and Accessible Data - the City of Vancouver will freely share with citizens, businesses and other jurisdictions the greatest amount of data possible while respecting privacy and security concerns;

• Open Standards - the City of Vancouver will move as quickly as possible to adopt prevailing open standards for data, documents, maps, and other formats of media;

• Open Source Software - the City of Vancouver, when replacing existing software or considering new applications, will place open source software on an equal footing with commercial systems during procurement cycles; and

• Open and Accessible Data - the City of Vancouver will freely share with citizens, businesses and other jurisdictions the greatest amount of data possible while respecting privacy and security concerns;

• Open Standards - the City of Vancouver will move as quickly as possible to adopt prevailing open standards for data, documents, maps, and other formats of media;

• Open Source Software - the City of Vancouver, when replacing existing software or considering new applications, will place open source software on an equal footing with commercial systems during procurement cycles; and

• Open and Accessible Data - the City of Vancouver will freely share with citizens, businesses and other jurisdictions the greatest amount of data possible while respecting privacy and security concerns;

• Open Standards - the City of Vancouver will move as quickly as possible to adopt prevailing open standards for data, documents, maps, and other formats of media;

• Open Source Software - the City of Vancouver, when replacing existing software or considering new applications, will place open source software on an equal footing with commercial systems during procurement cycles; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT in pursuit of open data the City of Vancouver will:

Identify immediate opportunities to distribute more of its data;

Index, publish and syndicate its data to the internet using prevailing open standards, interfaces and formats;

Develop a plan to digitize and freely distribute suitable archival data to the public;

Ensure that data supplied to the City by third parties (developers, contractors, consultants) are unlicensed, in a prevailing open standard format, and not copyrighted except if otherwise prevented by legal considerations;

License any software applications developed by the City of Vancouver such that they may be used by other municipalities, businesses, and the public without restriction.

<4>

what’s next

“Identify immediate opportunities to distribute

more of its data”

Open Sourcing

the Open Motion

“Identify immediate opportunities to distribute

more of its data”

catalogue data

open API (311!)

311 twitter integration (SF)

central index

example:

example:

www.seeclickfix.com

example:

www.fixmystreet.ca

www.fixmystreet.com

www.fixmystreet.ca

very low cost

citizen run

useful

www.fixmystreet.ca

www.fixmystreet.ca

very low cost

citizen run

useful

participatory and

open

example:

www.appsfordemocracy.org

dc.everyblock.com/

“The first edition of Apps for democracy yielded 47 web, iPhone and

Facebook apps in 30 days - a $2,300,000 value to the city at a

cost of $50,000”

- Apps for democracy homepage

you are not alone

1

Shari Wallace

1Shari Wallace

100

City of Vancouver IT team

Shari Wallace

City of Vancouver IT team

100

100s

data geeks

Shari Wallace

City of Vancouver IT team

data geeks120

100s

1000s

app coders

Mike Beltzner, Developer

firefox development team

data geeks

app coders100s

1000s

700,000

citizen users

Shari Wallace

City of Vancouver IT team

fata geeks

app developers

500,000

visitors,

businesses,

researchers

and others

10s million

citizen

users

the bargain

the city:

listen

engage

ask for help

Make data available as quickly as possible

the community:

participate

be patient

help

make the data come alivefor you and citizens as quickly as possible

open process

open processblog what you are doing

open processblog what you are doing

ask for help

open processblog what you are doing

ask for help

get feedback before acting

leverage the community

if we keep the bargain

we can be heroes…

…if just for one day

thinkliketheweb.org

www.eaves.ca

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