Skill #33: Getting Started with Open Data

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馃摚 Special announcement: The Not-Boring Tech Writer team (Kate and Chad) will be at Write the Docs Portland in May. Thanks to KnowledgeOwl's sponsorship, they鈥檒l be wearing KnowledgeOwl and The Not-Boring Tech Writer t-shirts and giving out The Not-Boring Tech Writer stickers. If you're attending WTD Portland this year, please say hi to Kate and Chad, let them know what you think of the show, and swing by the conference swag table to grab some free stickers so you can flaunt your not-boring tech writer status with the world!_____________________________________________For the civically-mind technical writer, there鈥檚 a growing movement in cities across the world where technical writers can use their skills to better their community. It鈥檚 called Open Data Day: an annual celebration of open data groups around the world partnering with local governments to use open data to achieve a shared goal in the community.聽From analyzing environment data to tracking public money flows, open data day gives citizens鈥攆rom data folk to advocates鈥攁n opportunity to get the data they need to take action in their communities.As a tech writer, you may not initially see how your skills fit into open data. However, as you鈥檒l learn in this episode, success open data day鈥檚 need compelling narratives to complement outcomes, tutorials to teach people how to access the data for their own uses, and much more鈥攁ll areas in which the tech writer succeeds.聽That鈥檚 why, in this episode, I have Jesse Hamner and two-time guest on the podcast鈥攍ongtime open data advocates who鈥檝e seen first-hand the value of the tech writer.聽In this episode, Jesse and Kyle help us understand the value of open data and how the civically-minded technical writer can get plugged into this exciting movement. Show notes:聽Open Data DaySkill #14: Contributing to Open Source ProjectsJesse Hamner on TwitterKyle Taylor on Twitter

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