“Ad universos homines”. A hackathon on archaeological open data and how it connects to European Capitals of Culture

I am the director of an Italian government project called OpenPompei, trying to encourage a culture of transparency, open data and civic hacking in the Pompei area. Modern-day Pompei, of course, contains the ruins of the ancient Roman city of Pompeii; it also contains many other things, including an aggressive presence of organized crime, so […]

Photo: Marco Giacomassi

Setting the agenda: how the open data community entered the radar of European political leadership

On July 17th 2014, addressing the Open Knowledge Fest crowd in Berlin, EU Commissioner Neelie Kroes made the following statement: We want to work with you, and see you work together across borders and languages. We have set up Erasmus for Open Data to support this. Starting with an event in Nantes, France, in September. […]

Photo: Marco Giacomassi

Dettare l’agenda: come la comunità open data è entrata nel radar delle politiche europee

Il 17 luglio, intervenendo all’Open Knowledge Fest a Berlino, il commissario europeo Neelie Kroes ha fatto la seguente affermazione: Vogliamo lavorare con voi, e vedervi lavorare insieme attraverso i confini geografici e linguistici. Abbiamo messo in piedi Erasmus per gli Open Data per sostenere questo, e cominciamo da un evento a Nantes, Francia, in settembre. […]