Comments on: What digital citizens should expect from president Obama

By: Bente Kalsnes

Bente Kalsnes — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 10:28:26 +0000

Dag Otter, veldig godt poeng! Det går rett i kjernen på dette med å tilgjengeliggjøre offentlig data. Jeg antar at Statens Vegvesen har oppdaterer disse tallene til intern bruk mye oftere, men hvorfor blir da ikke de offentlig excel-arkene oppdatert tilsvarende?

By: Dag Otter Johansen

Dag Otter Johansen — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 19:47:31 +0000

Det er interessant at du nevner Budstikkas hendelseslogg.
Vi opplevde akkurat det samme med vår oversikt over trafikkulykker i Asker og Bærum http://diverse.budstikka.no/trafikkulykker/

Denne er basert på et excel-ark som Statens Vegvesen oppdaterer en gang pr. år, og Budstikkas tjeneste ble utviklet av Espen Andersen.

Det er helt opplagt at vi kunne laget en mye mer spennende tjeneste, og Vegvesenet kontinuerlig hadde oppdatert dette og vi kunne oppdatert vår tjeneste ved f.eks. å hente data herfra en gang pr uke.

Dag Otter/Budstikka.no

By: Bente Kalsnes

Bente Kalsnes — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:15:30 +0000

That’s more like it jazzyhal! Let me know about the results.
I think a prize for best mashup or eGov tool would be a brilliant idea, a natural follow up on the eBorger report for the Ministry of Government Administration (fornyingsdep). Such a competition could also be run by a media company.

By: Jazzyhal

Jazzyhal — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 09:06:50 +0000

I really hope I’m wronge

Going to try myself this winter to gather some young web geeks to play around with .xml files from a mobile web app from UNGweb.no. Don’t know if the young and good web geeks are aware of all the public information out there they can play around with and present in a better way. Maybe a good pirze for the best mashup can help….

By: Bente Kalsnes

Bente Kalsnes — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:40:48 +0000

Jazzyhal, that’s an interesting comment. Especially what you say about Norway being too small and has too few web geeks. You know, if you have the right combination of people (talent, passion, knowledge), 4 geeks can do incredible things. And you don’t have to live in the US to find that.
I’m sure someone will challenge you on that remark and try to prove you wrong:-)

By: jazzyhal

jazzyhal — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:51:21 +0000

Good article. I am afraid Norway, as an example, is too small and has too few web-geeks to make citizens partners and contributers of public information. The simple way is of course to make public information easy to share on Facebook, Twitter and so on. But getting a good public/citizen-wiki on its feet, as the eBorger-report talks about, can be hard.

By: Bente Kalsnes

Bente Kalsnes — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:46:42 +0000

Petter, takk for kommentaren. Jeg jobber med en oppfølgningssak på rapporten deres nå:-)

By: Bente Kalsnes

Bente Kalsnes — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:45:49 +0000

Minday, I've seen that, it is totally paradoxical. The first internet president has to leave the technology behind (even though he'll be allowed a lap top). NY Times has a good article about the same topic. There must be some way to allow for use of "new" tools as a Blackberry and still follow the Presidental Records Act?

By: Mindy

Mindy — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:35:38 +0000

what about the Obama having to give up his blackberry at the front door of the WH? Does he have to use the technology to be part of the techno presidency???
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122722381368945937.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

By: Petter Bae Brandtzæg

Petter Bae Brandtzæg — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:47:13 +0000

Heisann, takk for tipset om budstikka og nedrelied

God artikkel

Petter