Thursday, September 8, 2011

Viz: USA.gov Hackathon results

via bitly blog on 8/8/11

Many thanks to everyone who came out to our 1.USA.gov hackathon! It was great to see so many friendly hackers and open data enthusiasts collaborating and sharing ideas (and devouring 11 pizzas in about as many minutes).

Our friends at USA.gov posted a summary of the hacks created at all four nationwide hackathons, including an awesome visualization of NASA’s popularity worldwide created by Adam Laiacano at our New York office. Here are a couple more hacks that came out of the New York hackathon:

* A fascinating set of data visualizations by Harlan Harris.

* Sonification of 1.USA.gov data by Niki Yoshiuchi.

Want to hack on the 1.USA.gov data? It’s still publicly available on the USA.gov website. We’ll be hosting another hackathon soon — keep an eye on the hackabit Meetup group for more information!

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