Hi, CNRA! I'm David.

I'm really excited to speak with you all about the nitty gritty in-the-weeds way down deep details on opening data.

Slides for my talk

My slides are freely available on Google Slides. Feel free to take a look at them later and share them. If you find them useful and want to copy/fork them, go ahead and do that too.

Many thanks to the friends and colleagues who helped me prep for this talk.

Questions? Feedback? Want to say hi?

Please, hit me up. Send me an email (davidrobertleonard@gmail.com) or say hi on Twitter (@davidleonardii).

Also... say hi in person too. :)

Description for my talk

Let's talk details: How to sort, prepare and publish the data you work with every day

The movement by public agencies to publish their data in the open without ever being asked for it has changed the way residents understand and relate to government.

Despite the growing conversation about opening data, the nitty-gritty details are often neglected: How can officials identify useful data to publish? What format should they choose? What context should they add? Where does publishing fit into existing workflows? We'll talk about the specifics of doing all this with real examples, and discuss what comes after data is put out in the world.

My bio

Right now, I’m building a design system for web applications that gobble up data from huge, industrial machines at GE Digital.

In the past, I’ve worked with some amazing people also debugging huge systems (mostly human ones):

I spent a few years at Code for America helping governments build systems that work for real people. We worked to simplify the criminal justice system so people could get out of jail and stay out of jail, to remove barriers for people who want to improve their home, but don’t understand the permits and inspections required before they start, and on some other complex problems.

Long ago, in a far-off land (… Kentucky), I worked in media designing digital news apps and newspaper pages for Gannett. I was even a reporter for a bit, with a pen and a skinny notepad and everything.

This page is for attendees of keynote I gave at Cal GIS Day on November 7, 2016 in Sacramento, Calif.