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Ian Froude's Blog: May 2013
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Friday, May 3, 2013. We all need to be Unreasonable. On Wednesday here in Washington, D.C, I was fortunate to attend the first day of UnreasonableAtState. The event was a really great opportunity for entrepreneurs from around the world to pitch their products to an audience at the State Department and from the broader international development and investor community. I won't comment on the technologies specifically, I just suggest you check them out here: http:/ unreasonableatstate.com/companies/. It als...
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Ian Froude's Blog: June 2013
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Thursday, June 20, 2013. Transparency progress in Canada - exciting news. Check out the Publish What You Pay. Coalition for more info on these developments.). Along with this came the launch of the federal governments new Open Data Licence, and Open Data Platform. Both of these are exciting, and make for great progress. Other people have said valuable things about these so just visit their blogs:. A David Eaves shares his thoughts on both the charter here. And the platform here. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Ian Froude's Blog: August 2013
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Saturday, August 24, 2013. Short update on our foreign aid data hackathon. Our international development/foreign aid data hackathon is under way. We have 35 smart and talented people working through 6 different challenges. We started. On a Saturday morning (and nearly everyone was on time! If you are interested in this event:. Follow us on twitter here: #CdnDevHack. On Flickr here: http:/ www.flickr.com/photos/100360414@N05/9581545259/. Friday, August 23, 2013. We've received some media attention for our...
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Ian Froude's Blog: We all need to be Unreasonable.
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Friday, May 3, 2013. We all need to be Unreasonable. On Wednesday here in Washington, D.C, I was fortunate to attend the first day of UnreasonableAtState. The event was a really great opportunity for entrepreneurs from around the world to pitch their products to an audience at the State Department and from the broader international development and investor community. I won't comment on the technologies specifically, I just suggest you check them out here: http:/ unreasonableatstate.com/companies/. It als...
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Ian Froude's Blog: Hackathon Event Media Hits, Blogs, etc.
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Tuesday, September 3, 2013. Hackathon Event Media Hits, Blogs, etc. Here is a list of the media/blogs/articles that were published about the hackathon I organized on August 24-25. Check them out:. Publish What You Fund Blog post by Michael Roberts ( http:/ acclar.org/people/. Http:/ www.publishwhatyoufund.org/updates/by-country/canada/canadas-first-foreign-aid-data-hackathon/. Michelle Zilio of iPolitics wrote two pieces ( https:/ twitter.com/MichelleZilio. Http:/ blogs.ottawacitizen.com/2013/08/...Novem...
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Ian Froude's Blog: We are hosting a hackathon - Here's why
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013. We are hosting a hackathon - Here's why. On August 24-25, we are hosting what we think is Canada’s first foreign aid data focused hackathon (please be in touch if we are incorrect! This event is important and valuable for a number of reasons:. 1 There needs to be more time and energy invested in analyzing and using the data that has been published. 3 Experimentation: this is very tied to the above two reasons, but is important enough to be a distinct point. We need more experime...
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Ian Froude's Blog: December 2012
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Friday, December 7, 2012. EWB's Imagine Campaign: Dreams for 2036. Currently EWB is running a fundraising and awareness campaign in line with the Holiday Season. I decided not to fund raise through this campaign this year but many (most) of my colleagues and many EWB members from across Canada and who are working across Africa are raising funds for the work we do as an organization. Please visit: imagine.ewb.ca and donate to a dream of your choice. Who is Engineers Without Borders Canada? I thought it mi...
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Ian Froude's Blog: July 2013
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Wednesday, July 31, 2013. We are hosting a hackathon - Here's why. On August 24-25, we are hosting what we think is Canada’s first foreign aid data focused hackathon (please be in touch if we are incorrect! This event is important and valuable for a number of reasons:. 1 There needs to be more time and energy invested in analyzing and using the data that has been published. 3 Experimentation: this is very tied to the above two reasons, but is important enough to be a distinct point. We need more experime...
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Ian Froude's Blog: An article on our foreign aid data hackathon in iPolitics
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Friday, August 23, 2013. An article on our foreign aid data hackathon in iPolitics. We've received some media attention for our hackathon this weekend. Check out this article by Michelle Zilio at iPolitics. The link for the whole article is below, you will need a subscription to view it. First-ever foreign aid hackathon to be held in Ottawa this weekend. But for [.]". Http:/ www.ipolitics.ca/2013/08/22/first-ever-foreign-aid-hackathon-to-be-held-in-ottawa-this-weekend/. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Ian Froude's Blog: October 2012
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Tuesday, October 23, 2012. Afghanistan and Canada's Role. Afghanistan and Canada's Role:. If you haven't been following this, check out the series of stories on Canada/CIDA's work in Afghanistan. Its really interesting to see this debate and a valuable read:. In chronological order (oldest at the top). 1: http:/ news.nationalpost.com/2012/10/12/canadas-1-5b-afghanistan-aid-effort-divorced-from-reality-according-to-damning-previously-unreleased-documents/. The Unexpected War: Canada in Kandahar. We are al...