The Center for Investigative Reporting's California Watch project, Spot.Us, MAPLight.org, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, and the Sunlight Foundation have teamed up to sponsor the first California Data Camp & DataSF App Contest on November 7, 2009.
The one day gathering is open to developers, journalists, community
organizers, policy wonks, students and others interested in working
with government data to provide insights and information into
California and its communities. A variety of issues will be tackled
including computer-assisted reporting, data visualization, data access,
data transparency, and data management.
You can read the CIR take here, the Spot.us take, here, and get the deets here.
I am superexcited about putting this together; data transparency and data visualization/reporting are all very vital issues and this event should bring some wonderful people together to teach and learn.
The event will be held at Citizen Space, 425 Second Street, San Francisco and runs from 9:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m., followed by dinner. To register, visit http://datacamp.eventbrite.com/. The cost is $10.
Are they continuing this contest? If so does anyone know when the next one begins? - Chuck Broes
I am sure that the first California Data Camp & DataSF App Contest must have been a huge success considering the topics that were included! It must have been the ideal platform for people interested in working with government data to meet and interact with each other to exchange and learn new information! I read that had discussions about data colocation and the pros and cons about data management. I am very disappointed that I could not make use of the great opportunity and hope that it is going to be an annual event!!