In November of 2008 the City of Toronto hosted an internal Web 2.0 conference and invited Mark Surman - executive director of the Mozilla Foundation and long time participant in the Toronto social tech space - to deliver the keynote entitled “A City that Thinks like the Web“.
This marked a turning point in the history of the city. It was the moment when the Mayor, Council, City Staff and an increasing number of citizens collectively understood the power and potential of architecting a city to be open and participatory.
This site is dedicated to propagating that idea. To provide resources to help enable citizens of cities around the world to get their local governments to open up and to track what data sets cities have opened up so citizens can use them.
Below is the talk Mark gave. Encourage others to watch it. And then edit it. Create “a city that thinks like the web” presentation for your town, city, metropolis, or mega-region.