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<title>blogTO Recent Comments: City of Toronto Ready to Get its Web 2.0 On</title>
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<title>Joe Clark</title>
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This seems like quite the wrong way of going about things. And the Web site is itself rather atrocious.]]>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:21:46 PST</pubDate>
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<title>hey</title>
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They should hire 2 separate teams.  One team does a backend that provides APIs for everything.  The other team uses the API to make a pretty site.   The backend team maintains a Wiki that describes the API but does not communicate to the frontend team in any other way.  This means creative independent developers will be able to present the info in different ways.  The API should be plain and sensible like REST returning JSON or XML.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/11/city_of_toronto_ready_to_get_its_web_20_on/#c330285</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:23:28 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Barry Martin</title>
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@chris. I'd say 2-way communication channels?what social media ("web 2.0") is all about, will help those "many other things" too.

Making the people, policies and processes that run our city (more) accessible will enable the ignorant to get better educated, organizers to collaborate better, and activists to arm themselves.

We've already seen the results in the marketing world. People powered sharing makes information travel faster whether it's delivering good news or bad.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/11/city_of_toronto_ready_to_get_its_web_20_on/#c330282</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:13:37 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Christopher King</title>
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Just how much money is this going to cost, when there are so many other things right now that need more attention?]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/11/city_of_toronto_ready_to_get_its_web_20_on/#c330266</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 11:09:39 PST</pubDate>
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<title>John Leschinski</title>
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Does Toronto really need to try and emulate NYC more? NYC.gov isn't a great example of modern web practices or design, and despite brushing it aside design is a huge component in developing a usable website.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/11/city_of_toronto_ready_to_get_its_web_20_on/#c330170</link>
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<pubDate>Tue, 25 Nov 2008 03:34:26 PST</pubDate>
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<title>Sameer Vasta</title>
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I'll be at the summit, so if any of you plan on showing up, come say hullo! (I'll have a blogTO button on my jacket.)

Also, a draft of Mark Surman's presentation is here:
http://www.slideshare.net/msurman/draft-a-city-that-thinks-like-the-web-presentation]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/11/city_of_toronto_ready_to_get_its_web_20_on/#c330105</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 20:14:04 PST</pubDate>
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<title>seemsArtless</title>
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How about an e-mail subscription and/or RSS feed of all the comments my City Councillor makes at City Hall, in any committees, etc...]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/11/city_of_toronto_ready_to_get_its_web_20_on/#c330084</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:08:38 PST</pubDate>
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<title>uSkyscraper</title>
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In general, I would try to emulate nyc.gov as closely as possible.  Under Bloomberg, NY has done a terrific job of putting information and requests online.  I can report graffiti in a park or pull a building certificate of occupancy, all with a few clicks.   New York has one of the best online representations of city government and Toronto would to well to emulate it, no matter what the graphic design looks like.]]>
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<link>http://www.blogto.com/tech/2008/11/city_of_toronto_ready_to_get_its_web_20_on/#c330066</link>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:52:04 PST</pubDate>
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