Earlier this month I was listening to an Audible reading of a Harvard Business Review article titled, “The Best Data Scientists Know How to Tell Stories”, by Michael Li 2015. The article covers how employers struggle to find the top 2% of STEM PhDs within a subset of candidates who […]
With news of recent open data initiatives from major technical and financial organisations we are witnessing an inflection point, with the recognition of both the commercial and social value of open data. The benefits of open data and powerful AI enabled analytics are driving investment in open data programs across […]
Open data, for smaller municipalities, has always been a path strewn with obstacles that include cost and technical capacity. This has led to a trough in open data between larger, more affluent public entities and smaller entities. Delivery of an open data program for all jurisdictions needs a simple, affordable […]
The Pacific Community (SPC) teamed up with Link Digital to build their Pacific Data Hub on a modern platform to help streamline their data delivery to the public. As the principle scientific and technical organisation in the pacific, the Pacific Community is the custodian of the largest and most diverse […]
My experience working with the CKAN open source project, via a CKAN contributor role sponsored by Link Digital within Open Knowledge Ethiopia, has been a great opportunity. The working environment is friendly and helpful. My direct manager, Solomon Mekonnen, who has establish Open Knowledge Ethiopia with the support and mentorship […]