Check out: http://www.govhack.org
Tweets (starting now): https://twitter.com/search?q=govhack&src=typd Pics: http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=govhack Video (not live, currently earlier events): https://www.youtube.com/user/GovHackAustralia About: What is GovHack and what can you expect? We fill a room with as many web and application developers, open data & visualisation gurus, user experience folk, accessibility peeps, augmented reality-ists, mobile maesters, user experience fanatics and anyone interested in open government as we can find and set them loose on government data sets to create new mashups, data visualisations and apps. We provide everything you’ll need to hack to your hearts content, for glory, or money, or both! On hand will be: Data “owners” and mentors from a range of technology backgrounds Facilitators to help teams focus, and move forward throughout the event Copious amounts of power, wifi, food and caffeine A range of developer tools and support throughout the 48 hours Governments collect and publish enormous amounts of data, but have limited resources to get it into the hands of their citizens in engaging ways. GovHack is an event to draw together people from government, industry, academia and of course, the general public to mashup, reuse, and remix government data. GovHack is about finding new ways to do great things and encouraging open government and open data. GovHack runs over 48 hours starting with drinks and the competition announcements on the night of the launch. Mentors in a range of areas will be on hand to help out. Teams work through the weekend and by Sunday 5pm you have to have submitted your team page, 3 minute video and any code/source materials. Steven Clift - http://stevenclift.com Executive Director - http://E-Democracy.org Twitter: http://twitter.com/democracy Tel/Text: +1.612.234.7072 ᐧ ----------------------------------------- Group home for Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire: http://groups.dowire.org/groups/newswire Replies go to members of Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire with all posts on this topic here: http://groups.dowire.org/r/topic/5uiXILZ5oUNI7KX3H5x5ku For digest version or to leave Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire, email [email protected] with "digest on" or "unsubscribe" in the *subject*. Newswire - Steven Clift's Democracies Online Newswire is hosted by Democracies Online - http://dowire.org.
