In the previous post, we outlined the dashboard and key insights. In this post, we provide a tutorial on how to build it. The process follows the following steps:

A few weeks ago, I found out that Pokémon GO has taken over Barnsdall Art Park, our flagship community arts center in East Hollywood. Apparently, 1000+ (daily!) GO players have been flooding the premise of our historic art park. Bloggers have…

Last month, Data Science and Robots Blog featured an article titled Which Tool Should I Use? It is a key question to ponder throughout any data project as you often need different tools in different stages. So I thought I would add my…

Before I started working in City Hall as Open Data Coordinator, I read a report by the USC Annenberg Center on Communication Leadership and Policy titled Empowering the Public Through Open Data: Findings and Recommendations for City Leaders in…

New LAWA Datasets on data.lacity.org

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The Practicality Frame

Stacey Higginbotham’s recent post neatly summarizes a challenge every smart city faces: How do we introduce new…