Saturday and Sunday, a bunch of developers wrapped up Seattle Geek Week by participating in an hackathon to build apps with government APIs and data. Here’s what you missed…
Posts Tagged ‘gnomedex’
OpenGov hackathon wrapup (and the winners!)
Monday, August 23rd, 2010Seattle 911 scanner on Tropo for the hackathon
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010For the Gnomedex hackathon we sponsored this weekend, I spent most of my time helping out teams who were building things using Tropo. But mid-morning today, inspiration struck for my own project. It’s not huge, so I was able to hack it together quickly and it’s a great sample app.
Tropo’s Open Government Tinkerstorm Halfway Point
Sunday, August 22nd, 2010
Approximately 20 passionate programmers participated in Tropo and Socrata‘s open government 24-hour Tinkerstorm (or Hack-a-thon) in conjunction with Chris Pirillo‘s GnomeDex 2010. We are currently at the half-way point of the competition. Bill Schrier (Seattle’s CTO) stopped by to check on the status of the projects and provide additional inspiration. Max Ogden and Reid Beels flew in from Portland, Oregon and Mark Silverberg flew in from Washington, DC just to participate in our Tinkerstorm!
Build an Open Government app at Gnomedex and win prizes
Friday, August 20th, 2010This weekend a number of the Tropo crew have descended upon Seattle for Gnomedex and Seattle Geek Week. We’re hosting the final geek week event, Gnomedex’s Tinkerstorm: an open government themed hackathon.
