Hacking the Government and other stories: how coders and developers have helped the UK Government on its open data journey and how Young Rewired State is helping to educate kids to code.
5. National Hack the Government Day
Saturday March 7th 2009
Rewired State held
“National Hack The
Government Day”
80 developers created
30 working projects
in 8 hours
RewiredState.org
Photo Credit: Paul Clarke
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13. The final 20 hacks included:
• a system to alert drivers to nearby cyclists,
Honda: Power of Minds hack
• an anti-GPS that encourages you to visit new places;
• an experiment to see if you could connect to the
internet using chicken wire - You can!
14. MIP: How to make TV more sociable
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15. Release data, let devs play
Free your data
Engage developers
Create sandboxes
R&D
Prototype
Ideas and execution
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16.
17.
18. Isabell Long
Age: 16
Open University student. French
speaker. Passionate about the
English language, code, technology
and open data.
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31. Thank you, let’s keep talking…
Tiffany St James
Social Media Strategist
tiffany@stimulationltd.co.uk
bit.ly/tiffanybio
bit.ly/yrs4ted
Slideshare.net/tiffanystjames
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32. Digital: • strategy • training programmes • social engagement • amplification