Alex wrote:
Sorry about that Mark. I meant to add it after you had confirmed, and I forgot
to. Are you sure you don't want it on the calendar?
No, I've decided for my own sake to take advantage of it being missed
and not do it.
For everyone's info, here's the kick-off email I just got
(personal tracking links replaced with generics)
(Wow, state sponsored uses of the words "liberate" and "happy hacking".
Minus points for them plugging evil controlling iThings. And I wonder if
I can get away with using the the $100 in AWS time for cryptocoin
mining... )
-------- Original Message --------
Subject: CODE Kick Off & Theme Announcement
Date: Fri, 28 Feb 2014 20:53:01 +0000
From: CODE – Canadian Open Data Experience <[email protected]>
Reply-To: CODE – Canadian Open Data Experience <[email protected]>
To: Mark Jenkins <[email protected]>
CODE Kick Off & Theme Announcement
The day is finally here: CODE officially kicks off!
*Today's the day! CODE is finally here! *
Over 850 participants have registered to take part in Canada’s first
national open data hackathon to liberate the data available on data.gc.ca.
“The Canadian Open Data Experience is finally here. Coders get ready! We
can’t wait to see how you mash up and re-purpose the federal government
data available through data.gc.ca to create some fantastic results that
will benefit Canadians and showcase our great Canadian talent.”
— The Honourable Tony Clement, President of the Treasury Board and
Official Facilitator of CODE
Before you start hacking, here’s some important information you should know:
+ If you have questions for our tech support or would like to learn more
about data sets available on data.gc.ca, we have experts that can help!
Just shoot us an email: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
+ Click
https://canadianopendataexperience.com/pages/coding-resources
to check out the free coding resources on the CODE website.
+ Tweet, tweet and tweet some more using #CODE2014 or @CODE_Hackathon!
We hope for a real tweet-fest with lots of pics and vids from all the
850 registered participants across the nation!
+ Participants building for iOS: make sure to check out the FAQ on how
to create and sign an IPA
https://canadianopendataexperience.com/pages/sign-an-ipa
+ All submissions must be made using GitHub. Please login to your GitHub
account (you can register for free here https://github.com/join)
then visit http://github.com/redeem and
enter the coupon code CODE2014 to redeem a Micro Account upgrade for 1
month. Instructions on how to set up a GitHub account and add XMG as a
collaborator can be found here
https://canadianopendataexperience.com/pages/code-instructions
+ And last but certainly not least, our amazing friends at TriNimbus
http://www.trinimbus.com/ and AWS http://aws.amazon.com/
are giving participants the opportunity to access $100USD of AWS credits
to help build and grow their apps and business on AWS. Simply click here
http://aws.amazon.com/activate/events/code/
follow the instructions. These are first come first serve.
*And finally, the theme for the CODE is: *
https://gallery.mailchimp.com/4c54d1c7becc14777a4db0dc9/images/CODE_Website_Banner_3_2_.png
"Solving problems and increasing productivity through the use of open data"
*We can’t wait to see what you build. Happy hacking!*
/Copyright © 2014 XMG Studio Inc., All rights reserved./
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Canada's first national Open Data Hackathon: the Canadian Open Data
Experience (CODE)
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