Smart Chicago + Local Developers + Tweets = Better Public Health

Smart ChicagoOctober 29, 2012

The Smart Chicago Collaborative provided server space on our Amazon Web Service account so that a local developer to develop an algorithm to classify tweets in the service of public health. Here’s how Joe Olson of Tracklytics describes the work: Tracklytics…

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Smart Chicago Hosts Flu Shot App for Local Developer Using Civic Data

Smart ChicagoOctober 29, 2012 3 Comments

Today the Mayor’s Office and the Chicago Department of Public Health (CDPH) announced the launch of a new interactive web map that pinpoints CDPH’s citywide flu shot clinics based on location and hours of operation. Here’s a snip from the press release: The…

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Center for Neighborhood Technology Urban Sustainability Hackathon

Smart ChicagoOctober 28, 2012

Recently I helped out in judging for the Urban Sustainability Hakathon hosted by the Center for Neighborhood Technology (CNT). The event focused on a subset of the data available from the City of Chicago data portal under sustainable development, energy, transportation, water, buildings,…

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The Launch of the Illinois Open Technology Challenge

Smart ChicagoOctober 28, 2012 1 Comment

Illinois Governor Pat Quinn announced the Illinois Open Technology Challenge last week. Here’s an excerpt: The State of Illinois Open Data site, Data.Illinois.Gov, is a searchable clearinghouse of information from state agencies that is helping inform residents about the operation of state…

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Smart ChicagoOctober 26, 2012

Learn Read more » Digital skills training has been an important part of the Chicago technology landscape for many years. A comprehensive strategy for digital excellence was laid out in the 2007 report, “The City that NetWorks: Transforming Society and…

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Smart ChicagoOctober 26, 2012

About Read more » Connect Chicago is a loose network of more than 250 places in the city where internet and computer access, digital skills training, and online learning resources are available—for free. The work of these people in libraries, colleges, community centers, workforce development centers, and public…

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Smart Chicago + Local Developers + Tweets = Better Public Health

Smart Chicago Hosts Flu Shot App for Local Developer Using Civic Data

Center for Neighborhood Technology Urban Sustainability Hackathon

The Launch of the Illinois Open Technology Challenge

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