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Contents 1 Ann Arbor Open Data Day Hackathon 1.1 Details 1.2 Post Event Writeups 1.3 Resources

Ann Arbor Open Data Day Hackathon

Wanna learn about Open Data and what it can do for you?

Wanna find interesting data that could be used creatively?

Wanna hack on some data sets and make pretty apps/graphs?

Wanna meet others who also want to see more and better information?

Then come to the Open Data Day Hackathon in Ann Arbor TOMORROW from 10am-6pm at the Ann Arbor District Library's downtown branch!

We'll have wifi and electricity, knowledge about where to find useful datasets, and good humor. You bring your laptop, your ideas, and your natural desire to discover.

Tell your friends, warm up your favorite data crunching software, and come make this the best Open Data Day Hackathon in the midwest.

Details

• What? http://www.opendataday.org/
• Date: Saturday December 4th
• Time: 10am to 6pm
• Place: Ann Arbor District Library's downtown branch
• Room: Freespace Room on the 3rd floor
• Provided: Wifi and electricity
• Needed: your laptop, power strip, enthusiasm
• hashtag: #odhd
• IRC channel: #odhd on irc.oftc.net

Post Event Writeups

• Blog post by Greg Grossmeier
• Blog post by Jamie Pitts

Resources

• http://blog.okfn.org/2010/12/02/open-data-hackathon-this-saturday-4th-december/
• http://www.data.gov/
• http://ckan.org
• http://www.yqlblog.net/blog/2009/06/02/getting-stock-information-with-yql-and-open-data-tables/ Tutorial on Yahoo Stock data
• http://code.google.com/apis/gadgets/docs/legacy/finance.html Google Stock data API page
• Please add more!