OpenCon 2014 – Erin McKiernan – The Open Access Pledge
In this interview, I talk with OpenCon 2014 Keynote Erin McKiernan about her talk and about open access advocacy in...
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OpenCon 2014 – Meredith Niles – Open Access Policy Advocacy
In this interview with Meredith Niles, I talk with her about receiving the Right to Research Coalition award moments...
OpenCon 2014 – Lauren Maggio on the Open Knowledge MOOC
In this interview (conducted before OpenCon 2014), I talk with Lauren Maggio about the Open Knowledge MOOC: Changing the Global...
OpenCon 2014 – Audrey Watters’ Keynote – From “Open” to Justice
Audrey Watters’ Keynote Audrey is the blogger behind hackeducation.com and in this keynote, she addresses the problem of what counts as...
OpenCon 2014 – Karin Purshouse – Open Access Advocacy in Medicine
In this OpenCon 2014 pre-interview, I talk with Karin Purshouse about her open access advocacy in work in medicine, and...
OpenCon 2014 – Interview with Juan Pablo Alperin: Open Access Advocacy
In this OpenCon 2014 pre-interview, I talk with Juan Pablo Alperin, (now former) activist for open access at Stanford...
OpenCon 2014 – Interview with Penny Andrews: Inclusive Open Communities
In this interview I talk with Penny Andrews, activist and advocate for inclusion in Open Knowledge communities. Penny does...
Episode #21 – Resistance, Activism and Hope in the Age of Big Data and Surveillance with Alison Powell
In this episode, I talk with Alison Powell, Assistant Professor at the London School of Economics, where she researches digital media...
Essential Problems with Masculinity and Mansplaining in Tech
New article in The Baffler takes on “The Dads of Tech.” An important and growing discussion we best pay attention to....
Episode #20 – What Lies Beneath the Surface: Infrastructure Groundtruth with Ingrid Burringon
This is The OKCast Episode 20. In this episode, I talk with Ingrid Burrington, a researcher and artist using technology and...
Episode #19 – Sensor Journalism and Citizen Science with Lily Bui
Lily Bui, Copyright Lily Bui, Used with Permission of Author In Episode 19 of the podcast, I talk with Lily...
Episode #18 – Citizen Science and Open Source Beehives with Tristan Copley-Smith
In Episode 18, I talk with Tristan Copley-Smith of the OpenSource Beehives project. Open Source Beehives is a network of citizen scientists saving bees and...
Episode #17 – Hacking Public Infrastructure with Alexandre Vallette
In episode 17 of the OKCast, I talk with Alexandre Vallette of ANTS. ANTS is an open knowledge company focused on building applications...
Civil Rights and Big Data
A new report by Robinson + Yu follows-up on Civil Rights Principles for the Era of Big Data with a...
Episode #16 – Web Literacy with Mozilla Webmaker’s Doug Belshaw
In this episode, I () talk with Doug Belshaw () of Mozilla . Doug is the Web Literacy Lead for...
Beginning a Public Open Data Infrastructure: An Interview with OpenAddresses
We caught up this week with Ian Dees, founder of the OpenAddresses project. OpenAddresses is trying to collect address information...
Episode #15 – Code for Miami: A Code for America Brigade Does Open Civic Technology
In this episode, we discuss the work of Code for Miami with Rebekah Monson and Ernie Hsiung. You can...
Episode #14 – The Student Net Alliance with Alec Foster and Rob Davis
In this episode, we discuss the work of the Student Net Alliance with Alec Foster and Rob Davis. You...
OKFestival 2014 – Patrick Alley of Global Witness – Post-Keynote Interview
Here’s our follow-up interview with Patrick Alley of Global Witness after his keynote presentation at OKFestival 2014 in Berlin....
Mushon Zer-Aviv () of Public Knowledge Workshop and Tin Geber () of the Engine Room – OKFestival Interview
In this interview, I speak with Mushon Zer-Aviv (, www.mushon.com) of the Public Knowledge Workshop and Tin Geber (, at...