http://www.zylstra.org/blog/ en-us 2012-01-10T18:19:37+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2012/01/looking_back_on_2.html Last year following my client-turned-friend Ernst Phaff's lead, I posted a list of things that in 2010 gave me a sense of accomplishment, the Tadaa!-list. As I wrote then "As a 'knowledge worker' the boundaries of work have become all... misc Ton 2012-01-10T18:19:37+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2011/11/going_dutch_wit.html The Digital Agenda for Europe is going local across Europe. To translate the high level goals and actions to tangible steps and projects locally, connecting to, interacting with and getting feedback of citizens and stakeholder groups 'on the ground' is... Innovation Ton 2011-11-04T12:03:58+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2011/10/making_local_op.html At the Open Government Data Camp in Warsaw on 20 and 21 October I hosted a workshop on 'making open government data work for local government'. If open government data is here to stay then only because it has become... conferences Ton 2011-10-24T08:31:36+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2011/09/data_is_a_socia.html In the Open Data arena people often ask if 'the people' are actually 'ready' to deal with the availability of data. Do we have the statistical skills, the coding skills, to make data useful? In my presentations over the past... Learning Ton 2011-09-23T09:29:05+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2011/09/how_to_unconfer.html Last year, when I turned 40, Elmine and I organized an unconference to celebrate (of course we also had a bbq party!), and we invited people from our various circles. The topic was 'Working on Stuff that Matters', 'WSTM'.... book review Ton 2011-09-20T12:39:22+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2011/06/open_government_4.html This video has been created by the Open Knowledge Foundation, based on interviews taped during the Open Government Data Camp in London, November 2010. It has been released for a while already, but I had not mentioned it here. So... conferences Ton 2011-06-27T11:34:28+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2011/06/your_input_need.html In the context of the collaborative production in eGovernment study (more information on www.ourservices.eu) that a consortium I am part of is carrying out for the European Commission, we have prepared an online survey that is focused on innovators -... Innovation Ton 2011-06-22T13:36:21+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2011/06/ogd_austria_201.html Last week I visited the Open Government Data Austria 2011 conference in Vienna. It was a great meet-up of the very active and lively Austrian open government data community. I spoke at the conference on the change management aspects and... conferences Ton 2011-06-22T13:27:46+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2011/04/attitudes_in_de.html Last week I gave a presentation at the second international conference on digital citizenship CICD in Donostia/San Sebastian, Spain. During two days topics like on-line political communication, e-government, grassroots activism, open government, open government data, transparency and participation were discussed.... conferences Ton 2011-04-18T16:10:56+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2011/03/enschede_open_d.html The city of Enschede declared itself 'Open Data City' Monday night by adopting a motion in the City Council. The motion was the result of cooperation between civil servants, at the information management department and the city council's administrative staff,... opendata Ton 2011-03-15T22:50:01+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2011/03/fablab_opens_in.html It took over two years, but this week a FabLab opened right in my own home town, to both my and Elmine's considerable joy. FabLab Enschede has been a long time in the making, with the lead of the project... fablab Ton 2011-03-11T20:54:04+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2011/02/spice_up_your_c.html Last weekend the Cognitive Cities conference took place in Berlin. It was very well organized and a inspiring event. Over 300 participants looked at how our digital networked era and cities can co-evolve. One of the organizers, Igor Schwarzmann, approached... conferences Ton 2011-02-28T21:49:32+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2011/01/epsi_platform_2.html Just before Christmas I and several partners have signed a contract with the European Commission to run the European PSI platform from March 2011 tot March 2013. The work will aim at four things: Run the already existing website epsiplatform.eu... communities Ton 2011-01-25T20:39:30+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2011/01/looking_back_on_1.html With this post I am following the example of my friend Ernst Phaff who created a "TaDaa!" list of the things he did in 2010 that gave him a feeling of accomplishment. As a 'knowledge worker' the boundaries of work... Learning Ton 2011-01-23T20:05:14+01:00 http://www.zylstra.org/blog/archives/2011/01/some_thoughts_o_1.html In the past week a report was published by the University of Strasbourg and APIE on charging policies for government data re-use. Its conclusion was that charging for commercial re-use of government data can make sense if the price point... opendata Ton 2011-01-16T19:58:35+01:00