The document discusses the philosophy and principles of the Chicago School of Data. It advocates for using technology and being open. The School believes in the power of technology and the internet to transform lives and the economy. It works in an open manner and seeks to involve everyone in using and developing open source technology. The focus is on using data to benefit the entire city of Chicago.

1. Let the (data)
come to you
Collecting Data
Chicago School of Data
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@danxoneil @smartchicago

2. Points
@danxoneil @smartchicago
• Let’s hear from you
• This is our day
• Smart Chicago
• Let the game come to you
• The World Wide Web is a series of files
• Some unlikely places
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3. Our Principles
Technology
Open
Everyone
Chicago
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4. @danxoneil @smartchicago
Philosophy: technology; open
• We are about technology
– Everything we do relates to technology. We are of and
about the Internet
– We believe in the transformative power of the Internet to
change lives and build the economy for all
• We are open
– We are a small organization looking to make the biggest
impact possible. We can’t do that by being tight or closed
– We work in the open, using & publishing open source
technology
– We have methods for others allowed “in”, whether as
contributors, observers, users, whatever
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5. @danxoneil @smartchicago
Philosophy: everyone; Chicago
• We seek to be of use to everyone
– We believe in the power of the network
– The network needs everyone in it to be
powerful
– We work on solutions that cover the entire city
• We focus on Chicago
– Our middle name
– We do seek to scale our solutions, but not
without serving Chicago
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6. “Let the game come to you”
-- Earl “the Pearl” Monroe
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7. @danxoneil @smartchicago
Data is everywhere
• Listen best you can
• Use existing dumb tools
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8. @danxoneil @smartchicago
Data is everywhere
• Listen best you can
• Use existing dumb tools
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9. @danxoneil @smartchicago
Right there
• With some fun language
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10. @danxoneil @smartchicago
Citypayments
• Database for one purpose
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11. @danxoneil @smartchicago
Citypayments
• Used for another
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12. @danxoneil @smartchicago
What data do you want to collect?
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13. @danxoneil @smartchicago
What collection method you got?
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14. Moar
@danxoneil @smartchicago
• There’s always more
• @danxoneil
• (773) 960-6045
• doneil@cct.org
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