making the most out of data, online

@mySociety

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Data is only worth collecting or using if it

solves a problem

1. can google users find clear answers to simple

questions?

e.g. ‘how much water gets leaked in the uk?’

1. can google users find clear answers to simple

questions?

Q2. When people who do know who you are want

answers to questions, can they get them?

•Can you show me any copies of WWI maps of Flanders you have?

•Which brands that Which? reviews have been getting steadily worse over time?

•What’s the trend in ‘Signals Passed at Danger’ on the East Coast line?

•Can you play me a stream of all the TV shows that won awards last year?

data browsers

User centered design process

Q3. Can advanced users get at your data to do amazing, unforseen

things?

Machine readable Data

•Who’s responsibility is it?

•Do they have the skills & resources they need?

•If not, what would have to change for them to have what they need?

•What is the business case for giving them what they need?

Good data use is aboutsolving problems

•Q1. Can Google users find clear answers to simple questions?

•Q2. When people who do know who you are want answers to questions, can they get them?

•Q3. Can advanced users get at your data to do amazing, unforseen things?