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Open Government Hackathon
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<p><b>Join us after <a href="http://portland.cyborgcamp.com">CyborgCamp Portland</a> on Sunday, October 3rd, for an 8-hour hackathon to see who can build the best open government application in just one day!</b></p>
<p>Participation is free and open to anyone, we just ask that you register in advance so we know how many individuals or teams we need to accommodate.</p>
<h3>Schedule</h3>
<ul><li>8:30am - Breakfast and coffee</li><li>12:00pm - Lunch</li><li>5:30pm - Teams and individuals demo their apps</li><li>6:30pm - Prizes awarded</li></ul>
<h3>Who should attend?</h3>
<p>Ruby, Python, PHP, web developers, coders and anyone who has a passion to code, hack or kluge applications that will free (or otherwise enhance) the accessibility and usefulness of government-shared data.</p>
<p><b>Although the sprint takes place On Oct 3rd after CyborgCamp Portland, you don't have to be attending the conference to join us!</b></p>
<h3>Location</h3>
<p>NedSpace Old Town, 117 NW 5th between Couch and Davis.</p><p>Backspace is right downstairs, Davis Street Tavern is right next door, there's a parking lot across the street, and it's right on the MAX line.</p>
<h3>What's going to happen?</h3>
<p>There will be organizers on-site to help get things rolling. At 5:30pm, each app will be evaluated by the Hackathon Partners and prizes will be awarded to those teams or individuals that develop the best applications in the 8 hour. Participants need not show up right at 8:30am, but those who do will have the most time to code!</p>
<h3>Hackathon Partners</h3>
<p>Partners are companies and organizations that provide tools or services that can enhance open government apps. They're also providing the prizes and will be choosing the winners.</p>
<ul><li><a href="http://tropo.com">Tropo</a> - Tropo is a powerful yet simple API that adds Voice, SMS, Twitter, and IM support to the programming languages you already know.</li><li><a href="http://geoloqi.com">Geoloqi</a> - A secure, real-time mobile and web platform for location sharing.</li></ul>
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2010-10-03 18:30:00 -0700 |
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Open Government Hackathon |
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http://loqi.me/hk2010 |
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