February 23 is International Open Data Day! Let's have an impromptu hack day at 1 p.m., February 23, 2013 -- Cafe Racer
Stuff we worked on:
- localwiki api ruby gem
- localwiki api node module
- seattle lobbyist scripting and website
- code for seattle website - created codeforseattle.org!
Feel free to add info about what you worked on.
Also: a Code for Seattle ideas page.
At the meetup we'll be:
- Finding open government data sets.
- Identifying types of data we can request using FOIA.
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Starting to build apps using open data.
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Planning future meetups and other events.
The event on meetup.com.
Initial list of government data resources:
http://seattlewiki.net/Data
Learn more about open data day:
http://opendataday.org/
Code for America is organizing a national weekend-long event around this. More info here:
http://brigade.codeforamerica.org/pages/codeacross