Ep. 10: Unpopular Opinion World

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Matt and Vass are joined by Bianca Wylie, head of the Open Data Institute Toronto, for a big nerdy talk about Open Data and Canadian cities.

Just what is Open Data? Can it really make cities better places to live? Which Canadian cities are doing a great job with it, and which deserve to be relentlessly shamed? And most critically, how do you pronounce the word “data”? Is it like the Star Trek character?

Bianca has answers, and also introduces us to Unpopular Opinion World, which quickly becomes Vass’ favourite vacation destination.

Luke Simcoe will return.

Show links

Open Data

·         Bianca Wylie on Twitter

·         Open Data Institute Toronto

·         How New York’s Fire Department Uses Data Mining

·         Toronto lagging behind in global technology race

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