ODI Tech

it can be hard to show *all of the things* we’re working on in the data institutions programme @ODIHQ, so thought I’d try with a thread..

COVID-19 models have driven a lot of the decision-making about how to respond to the pandemic. Here's what they are, how they work, what they say, and why to be somewhat skeptical of them. With @jenkatesdc and @joshmich kff.org/coronavirus-po…

“Doppelgänger and digital twins, urban glimpses and drawing data” (A recent piece, on understanding and visualising cities, including urban data, from which I carved the foreword for After the Flood’s excellent new book on their Cities Squared project) link.medium.com/Lj9zAQsns3

We are working with @LDN_data on the future of the London Datastore. If you use, publish, need, or are interested in data for and about London, please fill in the survey at surveygizmo.eu/s3/90180283/LD…

We're hiring: Open Source Node.js Developer & Technical Writer on the @openactiveio initiative, in partnership with @Sport_England. Apply here: hubs.ly/H0l8CDH0 #hiring #jobs #techjobs

It's #DataEthicsDay at @RSS2019Conf in Belfast. Catch our own @RooMarcus talking about data ethics in practice, and no doubt mentioning our #DataEthicsCanvas. If you can't catch Miranda's talk, you can find our downloadable #DataEthicsCanvas here: hubs.ly/H0kB2Gf0

.@ODIHQ have updated the Data Ethics Canvas. A canvas so beautiful, it wouldn't look out of place in a gallery 👩‍🎨👨‍🎨 #DataEthicsCanvas theodi.org/article/data-e…

Next week's #ODIFridays talk is 'Digital mental health: finding signals, respecting noise and dealing with uncertainty' with @Dr_Inkster. Still some spaces available: theodi.org/event/odi-frid…

Pssst do you know @ODIHQ have updated Data Ethics Canvas*? There’s a new user guide **? That they listen to feedback ***? & that there’s paid courses if you want moar ****? * theodi.org/article/data-e… ** docs.google.com/document/d/1ug… *** policy@theodi.org **** theodi.org/event/introduc…

V.happy to see @odihq team doing three data ethics workshops in last week - for commercial, academics and public sector audiences; & no ethicswashing in sight! twitter.com/PhilliNaz15/st… twitter.com/Stephan_Lo/sta… twitter.com/trolleytweet/s… More info: theodi.org/article/data-e…

.@olivierthereaux and his team at @ODIHQ have been working on how we can increase access to data while managing risk and maintaining trust. This led his team to the dual topics of anonymisation and synthetic data Read more: bit.ly/2DhaC84

If you've received several emails about our pre-sale ODI Summit tickets, here's which offer applies to you: 1) #TheWeekinData subscribers get the £30 off 2) ODI Supporters (pay what you can) get £80 off 3) ODI Members get £105 off Apologies for the confusion!

Data Curator, a simple desktop editor to help describe, validate, and share usable #opendata, was launched today. Thanks @OpenDataQld @ODIAUNetwork @qcifltd @ODILabs @OKFNLabs theodi.org.au/data-curator/

Poorly portal? Lice in your licence? Trust issues with data trusts? This #OpenDataDay, Dr Dave is here to answer your open data questions, however embarrassing… Ask using #OpenDataDave hubs.ly/H0gKB890 #ODD19 @davetaz #data #tech @OKFN

.@okfn is excited to announce the 2019 #FrictionlessData for #ReproducibleResearch Tool Fund grants! These $5k grants are for developing a tool for reproducible science using Frictionless Data tooling, specs or software. More info & apply here bit.ly/2GxCRCV #openscience

Looking for stories about digital identity. Things that have worked and those that haven't and how people's lives were affected. Bonus points for links / citations #digitalidentity

What we found when we asked organisations about their understanding and attitudes to open data, personal data and anonymisation: theodi.org/article/how-do… (by our own @soniaddr )

Please share: exciting job opportunity for a passionate Data Standards and Technical Lead to work with both @ODIHQ and @openactiveio. Deadline 15th January #JobOpportunity #TechJobs #DataStandards Check out #lifeattheodi theodi.org/job/openactive…

And gems. So. many. gems.

*Invitation to tender klaxon* We’re looking for an organisation or individual to perform user research on a technical prototype: theodi.org/article/invita… #userresearch #UX #tender #userexperience #research #ITT