Hi all, I'm writing to invite you to a hack weekend we (MiniBar London) are running on behalf of Hackney Council on 15&16 November at the newly opened Trampery Old Street. We are working closely with council staff to release some data via GitHub in advance and on the day we will have some APIs and tools from tech partners Mongo DB and Twilio. It's shaping up to be a really fun and interesting event and it would be great to see some of you there.
Here's the link to RSVP: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/hack-ney-thon-24-hours-to-hack-for-hackney-tickets-13752641521 And here is a link to the GitHub: https://github.com/LBHackney and for a bit of information, an adjoining Wiki https://github.com/LBHackney/Hack-ney-thon/wiki Very best Caroline Hack-ney-thon 24 Hours To Hack For Hackney **Call for participation and ideas** 15 November & 16 November The Trampery Old Street, home of the Publicis Drugstore On behalf of Hackney Council, MiniBarLabs invite you to take part in a special hackathon and be in with the chance to be crowed the 'Hackney Hacker'. The borough is the proud home of much celebrated tech talent and so we are reaching out to you – tech start up, software developer, or tinkerer - for creative and innovative ideas, hacks and software solutions. We’re want to hear your thoughts or current projects that you’d like to work on during the hack. Ideas can range from council processes, to the use of data, the overall design and usability of the council’s website, or other hacks that contribute to life in Hackney borough. Please send any ideas you have to hello [at] minibarlabs.com and to participate please make sure you have registered here. In preparation for the hack, we have gathered together a list of issues, tools and datasets that could be worked on / used: - One strand of focus for the council is in mapping the local area. The council is committed to meet the specifications of the EU’s INSPIRE Directive (Infrastructure for Spatial Information in the European Community – http://inspire.ec.europa.eu/). Through their work they have developed several tools such as; Map.Hackney2.0; MapGallery; Plan Web and the resident facing Find My Nearest ( http://www.map.hackney.gov.uk/Find-My-Nearest/) – an interactive mapping tool using council, OpenStreetMap and Ordnance Survey data. For our hack the council’s Geographical Information Systems (GiS) <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hackney.gov.uk%2Ffg-gis-hackneygis.htm%23.VFjpaRalnyw&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNE231rqQDTXu_qTiRRRceHN9JY3Xg> team have put together a special GitHub <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FLBHackney%2FHack-ney-thon&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNGPT1K2LiB_57_nRIT2b8u0ppIl0Q> with lots of data on local services and planning. You can find out more about their interactive map projects <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hackney.gov.uk%2Ffg-gis.htm%23.VFjpoxalnyw&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHYSIeKSMhM1sUx9CS3itxo6dNkLQ> here. - To go along with this data the planning department have written up a special challenge for astatutory notices app <http://minibarlabs.com/hack-ney-thon-new-challenge-statutory-notices-app/> . - Also council staff in Registrars and Commercial Properties have drawn up another few threads listed here <http://minibarlabs.com/hack-ney-thon-24-hours-to-hack-the-council-better/> that they would like to work on, Namely; a wedding community site (‘Hitched in Hackney’), an email management system and a booking system - Richard Pope from Government Digital Services has kindly put together a great list of interesting guides, tools and related projects for Hack-ney-thon <http://minibarlabs.com/richard-popes-top-tips-for-hack-ney-thon/>, all of which are available to use. - Tech partners Mongo DB and Twilio will provide APIs and access to tools during the hack. The council is committed to adopt working solutions, to commission, or to promote them. To register for the event RSVP and if you have specific ideas and proposals please send them to hello [at] MiniBarLabs.com Hack-ney-thon Schedule 15 November 2014 09.30 Registration 10.30 Welcome from Hackney Council and event partners 11.30 Break and set up of groups 12.00 Hack-ney-thon starts - groups will work in sets of 4 or 5 on specific challenges. Note: where fitting we will match groups with council personnel 13.00 Our City <https://ourcityproject.wordpress.com/> will make a short presentation to the group on their ‘Give a day for Hackney’ <http://ourcityproject.wordpress.com/2014/10/20/give-a-day-for-hackney-tech-mentoring-pilot-launches/> pilot; a mentoring programme that aims to support third sector organisations to identify and address their tech and business needs 16 November 2014 12.00 Hack-ney-thon ends 13.00-15.00 Presentations 15.00-16.00 Day concludes with group presentations and the best solution will be awarded the grand title of ‘Hackney Hacker’. Drinks to follow. Delivery Partners: Publicis Drugstore, Poke, The Trampery Old Street Tech Partners: Twilio, Mongo DB (More TBC) Outreach Partners: TechCity UK (More TBC) -- Caroline Heron Event Co-ordinator *MiniBarLabs*w: http://minibarlabs.com/ e: [email protected] m: 07769977216
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