[Chicago] Brief Apps for Metro Chicago talk at the next ChiPy meetup

[Joshua Herman]

Its being held at google chicago right?

On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 10:59 AM, Geoffrey Hing <ghing at mcic.org> wrote:
> Here's more information about the Google-hosted hack day that is on July 16
> that Kumar mentioned in his last e-mail. I think it's going to be really
> awesome!
> Best, Geoff
> 8<--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Summary: We’re looking for engineers and developers in the Chicago area to
> come together to build some amazing apps in one day.
>
> John Tolva (CTO) and Brett Goldstein (CDO) over in the Mayor's office have
> been working night and day to get some amazing datasets out to us (and in
> useful formats, no less!), so what better way to celebrate than get together
> and do some Really Cool (TM) stuff with that data.
>
> I'm happy to announce that Google Chicago is going to be hosting a hackathon
> on July 16th from 9:00AM to 7:00PM to see what kind of cool things we can do
> with the city’s open datasets (from visualizations to mashups to analysis to
> whatever you can think of).  Oh, and did I mention that there will be food
> and prizes?
>
> Actually the prizes come if you enter the Apps for Metro Chicago
> competition. The city, county, state and CMAP have come together to offer
> prizes in multiple categories for app submissions using their data. You
> certainly don’t have to enter, but why not if you build something cool?
>
> We’ve already got some all-star guests coming:
>
> Harper Reed (from Harper Is Awesome, LLC)
> David Beazley (of Python fame)
> Daniel X. O'Neil (Everyblock)
> Dan Sinker (Of www.chicagomayoralscorecard.com/ and, ahem, Twitter fame)
> Scott Robbin (of Weightshift and wasmycartowed.com fame)
> Blagica Bottigliero (Motorola)
>
> Unfortunately, we’ve got limited space, so if you’re interested in
> attending, please fill out this form ASAP with your information and if we
> wind up with an overwhelming number of people, we’ll pick the best ideas :-)
>
> https://spreadsheets0.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&formkey=dHptWEprWHRMVnl5V19ENXdRNlBPQkE6MQ#gid=0.
> -Fitz
> Brian Fitzpatrick
> The Data Liberation Front
> Google Chicago
> On Fri, Jul 1, 2011 at 10:40 AM, Kumar McMillan <kumar.mcmillan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> On Thu, Jun 30, 2011 at 3:30 PM, Geoffrey Hing <ghing at mcic.org> wrote:
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I'm a developer at the Metro Chicago Information Center.  We're helping
>> > to
>> > run the Apps for Metro Chicago competition
>> > (http://www.appsformetrochicago.org/) that's happening now.
>>
>> If this is interesting to folks and you have an idea for an app, I'd
>> recommend signing up now:
>>
>> https://spreadsheets0.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?hl=en_US&hl=en_US&formkey=dHptWEprWHRMVnl5V19ENXdRNlBPQkE6MQ#gid=0
>>
>> The hack day is July 16 (2 days after the chipy meeting) and it looks
>> like it might run out of space.  Be sure to jot down an idea or two
>> because on another mailing I'm on it was announced that when they run
>> out of space they will pick attendees by the best ideas.
>>
>> > As part of my
>> > work, I'm trying to drop by as many Chicago developer meetups as
>> > possible to
>> > do a quick presentation about the competition, answer any questions that
>> > developers may have and help link developers with community
>> > organizations or
>> > the legacy business community (the judging rubric for the competition
>> > favors
>> > apps that come out of these partnerships).
>> >
>> > I'm wondering if it would be possible for me to give a brief talk about
>> > the
>> > competition at the next ChiPy meetup?
>> >
>> > Also, If any of you has any questions about Apps for Metro Chicago,
>> > please
>> > feel free to post a question to http://apps4chicago.zendesk.com/ and
>> > I'll do
>> > my best to get you a prompt answer.
>> >
>> > Best,
>> > Geoff
>> >
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