Below is a an email that I got from the Open Data and Democracy Initiative about a hackathon they are organising that I thought some of you might be interested in knowing about. Everyone is invited to attend.
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"The Open Data and Democracy Initiative
(ODADI) is inviting Cape Town's top programmers, designers, journalists, and
social activists to their inaugural event, the "Coding for Democracy"
Hackathon on 3-5 August, Cape Town CBD. R25,000 in prizes will be awarded to
winning solutions.
ODADI is an open, non-partisan community of citizens, technologists,
journalists, and activists dedicated to developing and applying practical open
technology and promoting open data. ODADI is committed to working with
Government and the private sector to promote transparency and accountability in
South Africa. We believe that greater public access to government and
non-government data can help make that happen.
The purpose of the hackathon is to generate widespread interest and awareness
among programmers, the media, activists, and other constituencies in South
Africa and begin developing of a wide range of open data solutions to help make
government services more open and efficient. Any solution developed will be
non-proprietary and made available on the event’s website and/or other
channels, and free for anyone to use, adapt or apply. Submissions may be any kind
of software application, be it for the web, a personal computer, a mobile
handheld device, console, SMS, or any software platform broadly available to
the public. Participation is free.
Please visit the website www.codingfordemocracy.org for
more information and to RSVP to the event."
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Douglas Ian Scott
司道格
Skype: douglas0scott
UK mobile number: +44 (0)755 452 5277
Chinese mobile number: +86 1 364 330 7351
South African mobile number: +27 (0)79 515 872
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