๐ Have you read our latest field guide? '#TheTechWeWant | Read This Before You Build' is particularly useful if you are developing, or intend to develop, technology for the public interest.
๐๐พ https://blog.okfn.org/2025/09/23/our-new-field-guide-the-tech-we-want-read-this-before-you-build/
๐ต We've all been there: opening a spreadsheet only to find a mess of missing values, weird formats, and inconsistent entries.
๐คฉ There is a better way. โ Meet the #OpenDataEditor
๐ปโค https://okfn.org/opendataeditor/
๐ ยกPor un mayor impacto y aprendizaje a travรฉs de los datos abiertos!
Para saber mรกs, el proceso de desarrollo de #OpenDataEditor y sus lecciones estรกn documentados en nuestra reciente guรญa prรกctica:
๐ #TheTechWeWant | Read This Before You Build
https://blog.okfn.org/2025/09/23/our-new-field-guide-the-tech-we-want-read-this-before-you-build/
๐๏ธ๐ฏ๏ธ Democracy happens โ and is lost โ locally. That's why discussing an open, people-centred, sovereign #LocalStack is so urgent!
We kicked off our participation in #OGPSummit today facilitating this discussion with local government representatives.
โ๏ธโจ Thank you very much Knight Center for Journalism in the Americas for your thoughtful report on how #OpenDataEditor is helping journalists tell better stories with data!
โจ Tomorrow: #TheTechWeWant | Read This Before You Build โจ
Are you on public interest tech? This is a chance to take part in an open conversation about learning and unlearning ways of building with communities.
๐๏ธ 30 Sep
๐ 15:00 CEST
๐ Online
๐ https://blog.okfn.org/register-for-the-tech-we-want-read-this-before-you-build/
๐ฉ Are you getting ready to build public interest tech?
Join us to celebrate the launch of our new field guide, "#TheTechWeWant | Read This Before You Build"
๐๏ธ 30 September 2025
๐ 15:00 CEST
๐ Online
๐๐พ Details & Registration: https://blog.okfn.org/register-for-the-tech-we-want-read-this-before-you-build/
Are you getting ready to build public interest tech? Join us to celebrate the launch of the Open Knowledge Foundation's field guide, 'The Tech We Want | Read This Before You Build.' This is an opportunity to engage in an open conversation with the Open Knowledge team, the publication's editors, and representatives from organisations part
โจ Announcing Our New Field Guide: #TheTechWeWant | Read This Before You Build โจ
๐๐พ Access it here: https://blog.okfn.org/2025/09/23/our-new-field-guide-the-tech-we-want-read-this-before-you-build/
It is not a manual with all the answers, but rather a field guide on how to build public interest tech ๐ฌ๐๐ฉ๐ communities.
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๐ฏ On 19 August, @okfn is bringing together #AI experts and #digitalliteracy practitioners to discuss the challenges of building AI capacity for civil society organisations, activists, and the open movement.
๐๐พ Register here: https://blog.okfn.org/register-for-ai-literacy-workshop/
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