💬 "Academia is still very supportive of the singular hero scientist. But most things take teams"
🔬 Biostatistician and epidemiologist Travis Gerke is the 19th conversation of the #OKFN100 project.
👉🏾 Check it out: https://blog.okfn.org/2025/11/11/travis-gerke-academia-is-still-very-supportive-of-the-singular-hero-scientist-but-most-things-take-teams/
💡 @avdata99 has some great ideas on long-term visions for CKAN, particularly about integrations with #AI tools.
Learn more in the recent interview as part of the #OKFN100 project → https://blog.okfn.org/2025/08/26/andres-vazquez-90-of-technological-problems-can-be-solved-with-tools-that-have-been-around-for-decades/
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💬 "90% of tech problems can be solved with tools that have been around for decades"
Andrés Vázques (@avdata99), a senior developer and #CKAN expert, is the 18th conversation of the #OKFN100 project.
👉🏾 Check it out: https://blog.okfn.org/2025/08/26/andres-vazquez-90-of-technological-problems-can-be-solved-with-tools-that-have-been-around-for-decades/
💬“‘Know who runs your infrastructure”
Jaya Klara Brekke, CSO at Nym Technologies, is the 17th conversation of the #OKFN100 project. She explores decentralised trust and why diversity in infrastructure matters.
👉🏾Check it out: https://blog.okfn.org/2025/07/16/jaya-klara-brekke-know-who-runs-your-infrastructure/
The infrastructure researcher and CSO at Nym joins us for the seventeenth #OKFN100, a series of conversations with over 100 people about the challenges and opportunities facing the open movement
🦾🥀 “There is no evidence that more technology makes people better”
Ivana Feldfeber, co-founder of DataGénero, is the 15th conversation of the #OKFN100 project. She reflects on AI governance and advocates for critical digital literacy.
👉🏾 Check it out: https://blog.okfn.org/2025/05/20/ivana-feldfeber-there-is-no-evidence-that-more-technology-makes-people-better/
💻🌱 “We need concrete tech for the people who need it, and nothing else”
@okfn’s Tech Lead @pdelboca is the 14th conversation of the #OKFN100 project. He reflects on our #TheTechWeWant initiative and the road ahead.
👉🏾 Check it out: https://blog.okfn.org/2025/04/28/patricio-del-boca-what-we-need-is-concrete-tech-for-the-people-who-need-it-and-nothing-else/
The Open Knowledge Foundation's new Tech Lead joins us for the fourteenth #OKFN100, a series of conversations about the current challenges and the paths of action of the open movement.
🕵🏻♀️ 🌍 "Even though we have laws, it’s not always easy to #access #data" – Setu Bandh Upadhyay, Nikesh Balami, Tomoaki Watanabe, Thanisara Ruangdej, Nurunnaby Chowdhury and Apoorv Anand, from the Open Knowledge Asia Hub, are part of the 13th #OKFN100 conversation.
👉🏾 Check it out: https://blog.okfn.org/2024/08/22/open-knowledge-is-still-seen-as-very-technical-in-asia-which-excludes-a-lot-of-people/
Members of the Open Knowledge Network from the Asia Hub join us for the thirteenth #OKFN100, a series of conversations about the challenges and opportunities facing the open movement.
🏛️ 🌍 "The agenda of #DigitalPublicGoods and #DigitalPublicInfrastructure are being pushed in a very top-down way" – Members from the Open Knowledge Asia Hub are part of the 13th #OKFN100.
👉🏾 Check it out: https://blog.okfn.org/2024/08/22/open-knowledge-is-still-seen-as-very-technical-in-asia-which-excludes-a-lot-of-people/
Members of the Open Knowledge Network from the Asia Hub join us for the thirteenth #OKFN100, a series of conversations about the challenges and opportunities facing the open movement.
🔀 🌍 "The focus shifted towards thematic areas (climate, gender, etc), rather than general #opendata initiatives" – Members from the Open Knowledge Asia Hub are part of the 13th #OKFN100.
👉🏾 Check it out: https://blog.okfn.org/2024/08/22/open-knowledge-is-still-seen-as-very-technical-in-asia-which-excludes-a-lot-of-people/
Members of the Open Knowledge Network from the Asia Hub join us for the thirteenth #OKFN100, a series of conversations about the challenges and opportunities facing the open movement.
🤲🌍 "Investing time, energy and advocacy in the #openmovement is critical to its growth and development" – Setu Bandh Upadhyay, Nikesh Balami, Tomoaki Watanabe, Thanisara Ruangdej, Nurunnaby Chowdhury and Apoorv Anand, from the Open Knowledge Asia Hub, are part of the 13th #OKFN100 conversation.
👉🏾 Check it out: https://blog.okfn.org/2024/08/22/open-knowledge-is-still-seen-as-very-technical-in-asia-which-excludes-a-lot-of-people/
Members of the Open Knowledge Network from the Asia Hub join us for the thirteenth #OKFN100, a series of conversations about the challenges and opportunities facing the open movement.
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