Month: December 2014

Reflections on Four Years of Open Data

It has been a pleasure working on “open data” at the World Bank the past four years. Open data brought together many of my professional and personal interests including data, technology, transparency, citizen engagement, social good, and innovation. In fact, despite experiencing both boundless potential and disappointing limitations, I am even more passionate about both […]

mission statement: an ode to the internet

So what exactly am I doing here? What do I hope to accomplish with this site and newly re-minted digital presence? There is something about this venture that reminds me of my very first experiences of the web- namely, the fun of setting up my own personal site (Geocities, baby!) back in 1995. Even in […]