datafest ottawa - hacking migration - intro about open data and hackathons
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Presentation to Datafest Ottawa: Hacking Migration in the Capital on April 12, 2014. https://www.facebook.com/events/662157270515723TRANSCRIPT
OPEN DATA
Datafest Ottawa: Hacking Migration in the Capital
April 12, 2014
Richard Akerman
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Open Data - practically
open data is behind the scenes of many services you may use every day, such as weather forecasts and bus arrival times
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Open Data - practically
NOT JUST APPS – can power websites, voice response telephone systems and text messages
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For Researchers and Journalists
computer-assisted reporting
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Open Data - Technically
data (e.g. temperature measurements, bus times, immigrants per neighbourhood)
free to use, free to share, for any purpose (including commercial)
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Open Data - technically
http://data.ottawa.ca/en/dataset/2014-draft-budget-operating-summaries
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Open Data - community
Actually using Open Data, turning spreadsheets into charts, maps, websites, analysis – this is a group effort
Many skillsets:codingstorytellingvisualizationanalysis
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Open Data Ottawa
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmacaulay/4562376940/
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Hackathon A hackathon is an intense effort to think
about how the available data and tools might produce interesting results, and do quick demos
Expect:discussions, brainstorming, creativitysketches, storiesvery basic proof-of-concept code (e.g. a web
page) experimenting with an ideamaking amazing connections for future projects
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Hackathon
Don’t expect:free consultantsproduction-ready, fully-completed, industrial-
strength complex software
https://www.flickr.com/photos/steve_lynx/5454042231/
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Pitch
small problems with a compelling story are best
remember you’re trying to attract people to volunteer to work on your idea – what will motivate them?
make it fun
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