Comments on: DataSF: Mayor Officialy Kicks Off the Data Mining Gold Rush of Aught-Nine http://sfappeal.com/2009/08/datasf-mayor-officialy-kicks-off-the-data-mining-gold-rush-of-ought-nine/ SF Appeal: San Francisco's Online Newspaper Sun, 06 May 2018 15:59:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.24 By: Eve Batey http://sfappeal.com/2009/08/datasf-mayor-officialy-kicks-off-the-data-mining-gold-rush-of-ought-nine/#comment-355 Thu, 27 Aug 2009 21:38:34 +0000 http://example.org/datasf-mayor-officialy-kicks-off-the-data-mining-gold-rush-of-ought-nine#comment-355 was just thinking about other things I’d like to see open. My choices: 311 calls, MTA complaints, mug shots…what else?

]]> By: Eve Batey http://sfappeal.com/2009/08/datasf-mayor-officialy-kicks-off-the-data-mining-gold-rush-of-ought-nine/#comment-354 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:52:23 +0000 http://example.org/datasf-mayor-officialy-kicks-off-the-data-mining-gold-rush-of-ought-nine#comment-354 Jackson, where do texts to sfpd fall in this?

]]> By: Eve Batey http://sfappeal.com/2009/08/datasf-mayor-officialy-kicks-off-the-data-mining-gold-rush-of-ought-nine/#comment-353 Fri, 21 Aug 2009 14:49:00 +0000 http://example.org/datasf-mayor-officialy-kicks-off-the-data-mining-gold-rush-of-ought-nine#comment-353 Jackson, where do texts to sfpd fall in this?

]]> By: sfmike http://sfappeal.com/2009/08/datasf-mayor-officialy-kicks-off-the-data-mining-gold-rush-of-ought-nine/#comment-352 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:19:46 +0000 http://example.org/datasf-mayor-officialy-kicks-off-the-data-mining-gold-rush-of-ought-nine#comment-352 That’s a wonderful article, and it’s nice to see your byline again. I particularly loved your Leland Stanford railroad baron analogy which is completely apropos.

As for Chris Vein, I don’t feel for the man at all. Having watched him in action over the years, I can’t decide if he’s incompetent or just mendacious. In any case, he’s a disasterous head of Technology. Your quote is a perfect example: “What I’ve been tasked to do is try to figure out how to make that work in a different way, in a more efficient way, and I just, I haven’t been able to figure it out yet,” Vein lamented afterwards. And people wonder why government tech is so screwed up.

]]> By: sfmike http://sfappeal.com/2009/08/datasf-mayor-officialy-kicks-off-the-data-mining-gold-rush-of-ought-nine/#comment-351 Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:19:10 +0000 http://example.org/datasf-mayor-officialy-kicks-off-the-data-mining-gold-rush-of-ought-nine#comment-351 That’s a wonderful article, and it’s nice to see your byline again. I particularly loved your Leland Stanford railroad baron analogy which is completely apropos.

As for Chris Vein, I don’t feel for the man at all. Having watched him in action over the years, I can’t decide if he’s incompetent or just mendacious. In any case, he’s a disasterous head of Technology. Your quote is a perfect example: “What I’ve been tasked to do is try to figure out how to make that work in a different way, in a more efficient way, and I just, I haven’t been able to figure it out yet,” Vein lamented afterwards. And people wonder why government tech is so screwed up.

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