We are a citizen initiative that promotes open access to civic information for the region of Montreal.
We believe open access to civic information and data increases civic engagement, makes services more accessible, and creates opportunities for innovation.
Through this space we hope to initiate and sustain a productive dialogue on open access between stakeholders for the benefit of all Montréalers.
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Montréal Ouvert
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Classic Album Artworks Reinvented
33.3 Art Show: “thirty three and a third artists and designers reinterpret and reimagine existing album covers”.
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Fly Bikes’ Tres
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/18155973 w=640&h=360]
A film presented by Fly Bikes. Featuring Ruben, Sergio, Naran, Chris, Dylan, Kevin P, Kevin K, Stefan, Pitu, Luke, Javi and Perico. Filmed and edited by Lee Turner. -
Twitter’s Response to WikiLeaks Subpoena Should Be the Industry Standard
Twitter introduced a new feature last month without telling anyone about it, and the rest of the tech world should take note and come up with their own version of it.
Twitter beta-tested a spine.
Via Twitter’s Response to WikiLeaks Subpoena Should Be the Industry Standard.
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Why Can’t We Walk Straight?
[vimeo http://www.vimeo.com/17083789 w=640&h=420]
Short video by NPR on the mystery that is humans’ inability to walk in a straight line for more than a short distance, when no point of reference is in sight.
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Brian Behlendorf Becomes New CTO of World Economic Forum
Brian Behlendorf, primary developer of the Apache Web Server, co-founder of the world’s first dedicated commercial web site creation company and a member of the Mozilla board has joined the World Economic Forum as the organization’s CTO, he announced on Twitter this morning.
Via Apache Co-Founder, Mozilla Board Member, Becomes New CTO of World Economic Forum.
I like the sound of that!
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Leash Verbosity
This does not reflect my personal views on cats. 😉Found on Break.com.
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Shanghai 5
[vimeo http://vimeo.com/17700447 w=640&h=360]
A 20+ minutes documentary about skateboarding in Shanghai. Directed, Filmed, produced and edited by Charles Lanceplaine.See also, Legion of Sorts.
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Google Megastore: The Data Engine Behind GAE
Megastore is the data engine supporting the Google Application Engine. It’s a scalable structured data store providing full ACID semantics within partitions but lower consistency guarantees across partitions.
via Perspectives – Google Megastore: The Data Engine Behind GAE.
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Giant Robot Famicom Scion XB
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tXU3ZKpQmM&w=640&h=385]
Brilliant Nintendo-inspired concept car. Designed by Eric Nakamura, editor and publisher of Giant Robot Magazine. You can see the car at the Zen Garage in LA, until February 13th.