Project jPlayer Google Spreadsheets Highcharts hackathon Tarbell How We Made Finding Care

• By David Eads, Maria Ines Zamudio
• David Eads, Yana Kunichoff, Wilberto Morales, Lucio Villa, Maria Ines Zamudio
• The Chicago Reporter, The Chicago Tribune

The Chicago MigraHack, held earlier this month, focused on the use of technology and open data to produce innovative apps and information tools on immigration and related topics. Nine teams participated, and we spoke with two members of the team that produced Finding Care, winner of the prize for best storytelling with data visualization.

Project Google Spreadsheets Python Flask CMS Tarbell Meet Tarbell

• By David Eads
• Alex Bordens, David Eads, Abe Epton, Chris Keller, Ryan Mark, Ryan D. Murphy

Introducing a very simple content management system from the Tribapps team (and friends).

Learning ethics Public Info Doesn’t Always Want to Be Free

• By Matt Waite
• Matt Waite

Matt Waite on how using mug shots of recently arrested perps lead to a cascading set of ethical quandaries.

Roundup events Event Roundup, Feb 19

• By Erika Owens

Saturday is International Open Data Day, and there may be a hack event near year.