Month: November 2011

After visiting two Open Data related events in Amsterdam, Apps4nl and Open Innovation Festival, I found myself being afraid of what I had to conclude after these events. This might raise some eyebrows, coming from someone who claims to be a Linked Data enthusiast, and then blogging about being afraid for Open Data. The primary reason that got me started with Linked Data were the problems I saw with the lack of operational access to information. When I needed to explain this problem to the board of directors of the Fire Department Amsterdam I had to explain this in a…