David Eaves

"Geoffrey, Great question. I think at the moment, the answer is no (although there may be free parking after a certain hour) but the capability to do more precise or even real time adjustment to parking fees is built into the system. It also seems as though the system is working - at least from a revenue perspective - more revenue from fees, less from fines according to this article." - David Eaves

"Hi Duff, Thank you for the comment. Let me start by answering your first question. I am not presently, nor have ever been paid by the Conservatives, Tony Clement or Treasury Board to consult on their Open Government initiatives. I have given talks to the government on technology, open innovation and public policy - most often with the Information Commissioner - which I list on my public speaking page. Second, none of what you write refutes what I posted in my piece. The meeting in which the commitments need to be presented was not the the one that took place, this meeting is happening in April, also in Brazil. I'm happy to let readers refer to both our pieces and draw their own conclusion, I've nothing to add there and believe I am factually correct. Democracy Watch - which has done a great deal of good advocacy work - was, in this instance, offside in its press release. The only other part of your comment that concerns me is the charge that I "...would applaud the federal..." - David Eaves

"Thanks! These are great links - it is great to see this stuff. The ArXiv preprint server is particularly cool..." - David Eaves

"+1 Mostly agree. While I think the publishers aren't busy trying to solve any problems the real issue lies with the dynamics in the academy..." - David Eaves

"Hi CJMacquarrie, Thank you for reading and commenting! Part of me agrees with you and part of me disagrees... I believe and should acknowledge there is a lot of variation around data publishing. Some disciplines have a culture (and technical issues resolved like agreed on data schemas) that mean more data is published and shared. Others, share less. So as a blanket statement, I agree there are a number of readers who may feel it doesn't reflect their experience. However, I still stand by the underlying point for two reasons. First, my suspicion is that as the combination of the competitiveness and likelihood of valuable patents in a field both increase, data sharing diminishes. For example I once met a grad student who marveled at how collaborative fruit fly researchers were with one another compared to their own research community focused on a human specific disease. Part of this is likely cultural, but part of it too, I believe, relates to the two variables described above...." - David Eaves

"New update. Apparently the post office data is in Googles Places API which draws the data from... Yellow Pages! That yellow pages is publishing Post Office address data that is over a decade out of date - well that is plain awesome and speaks volumes about the company. Fortunately Google allows users to state where there are errors in the data and then corrects them, so we can make both wherepost.ca and google maps more accurate." - David Eaves

"Well Bill, what is great is that your unhappy comments have made the site better. I've let Steve know that 1901 Hastings st is no longer there. There is however, no such address as 475 Macdonald St. in Vancouver. A word of advice: if you are going to crap on someone's fun project - especially because you don't think they are being accurate - please be sure that you are accurate yourself." - David Eaves