I was really honoured when invited to be on the “Four Perspectives in data.gov.uk” panel at Gov2.0 expo. The chance to be on a panel talking about a subject dear to my heart, like UK public data and what The Guardian has been doing in this space, with three people I respect deeply was too good an opportunity to miss. As you can see from the photo above we all took our responsibility deeply and were preparing diligently for the panel. 

The panel was fascinating with four very different but very complementary perspectives. Sir Tim gave us the philosophical view and historical view. John Sheridan gave us the deep dive into process behind the data being placed into data.gov.uk and on the technology used, and showed (despite us confusing him by making him use my Mac in a funky “dual monitor where has my cursor gone” mode) off some of the great data and tools that are already there. Dominic Campbell talked about the political and governmental landscape and about the cultural and organisational change needed for and caused by data. That left me to talk about what The Guardian and I have been doing; talking about Open Platform, Rewired State and showing the examples of what is happening around app economies and environmental pressure in the micro climate of BART iPhone apps. 

The presentation is below and I hope you find it interesting. 

A year in public data, a view from within…

View more presentations from The Guardian Open Platform.

It was such a great way to round out a very busy, but incredibly exciting and rewarding trip to the US and Canada around the Open Platform launch and Google I/O. More tomorrow!