[wdmmg-discuss] Greetings data gurus

Thu Mar 24 17:12:33 UTC 2011

Hey, thanks for the welcome and the comments.  I think that sounds like a
good place to start.

Unfortunately I can't make it to tonights community meetup as I'm heading
out the door right now to go to my first traditional Azeri wedding!

I will keep in touch tho.

All the best,

Tim

On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org>wrote:

> Welcome Tim!
>
> This is really interesting (more comments below) but also wondered if
> you can make the online community meetup [1] this evening so we can
> starting planning :) ?
>
> [1]: <http://wiki.openspending.org/Meetups>
>
> On 22 March 2011 09:29, Tim McNaught <timmcnaught at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I have just joined the mailing list after meeting Jonathan and Friedrich
> at
> > a training in Budapest last week.  My name is Tim McNaught and I am an
> > American working with the Center for Economic and Social Development in
> > Baku, Azerbaijan.
> >
> > I have not worked a lot with data, but I am very interested in getting
> lost
> > and found again in the field of data visualization. I'm also interested
> in
> > using multimedia software to help tell stories with data.  I recently
> > created a podcast called AzerEconomics
> > (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUmHXnhp9oY) which is currently only
> audio,
> > but I'd like to use data visualization to liven things up.
>
> Great stuff!
>
> > I'd also be intrigued with working with you all to help create new
> videos.
> > So if you have any new story ideas please let me know!
>
> It's really good to hear from you as we've got a huge need here on
> Open Spending to create simple videos and screencasts both around
> 'spending stories' but also to illustrate how open spending works,
> what the goal is. I've stubbed a wiki page where we can list ideas:
>
> <http://wiki.openspending.org/Videos_and_Screencasts>
>
> We can also take the discussion forward here. My first idea would be
> to have a simple: 'What is open spending and why does it exist?' video
> and a 'Here's how your budget breaks down' video.
>
> > As far as spending data in Azerbaijan, this is the government data that
> I've
> > found for state budget revenues and expenditures (2005-2010):
> >  http://www.azstat.org/statinfo/finance/en/002.shtml
>
> What you should do is convert into our CSV schema:
>
> <http://wiki.openspending.org/CSV_Schema>
>
> BTW: we're working to make the page clearer (summary: we want a simple
> csv file with id, date, amount, from info).We're writing up an
> introductory blog post.
>
> > I'd love to make some cool visualizations with this data so let me know
> when
> > the openspending.org upload feature is fully up and operational.
>
> We're aiming for the next week or so.
>
> Rufus
>
> > It was great to meet Jonathan and Friedrich and I just want to say how
> > impressed and inspired I am by all of your work.  Great stuff!
> > All the best,
> > Tim McNaught
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> >
>
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