Hacks4Democracy – A hackday on opendata The Opendata Hackday is a two day barcamp-style meetup on 17/18 April 2010. The goal of the event is to demonstrate that it’s possible to progam creative and innovative prototypes and applications, in short time and on a low budget, that allow us to make data from politics and public administration accessible and usable.

1. Hacks4Democracy
a hackday on open government, open data and
transparency
17. & 18. April 2010, Berlin
by Daniel Dietrich, Berlin 2010
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2. Why an open data hackday?
Archive of the city of Toronto
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3. Why an open data hackday?
• more and more data...
Archive of the city of Toronto
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4. Why an open data hackday?
• more and more data...
• produced for public
purposes
Archive of the city of Toronto
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5. Why an open data hackday?
• more and more data...
• produced for public
purposes
• financed with our taxes
Archive of the city of Toronto
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6. Why an open data hackday?
• more and more data...
• produced for public
purposes
• financed with our taxes
• digitalisation makes access
and distribution so easy
Archive of the city of Toronto
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7. Why an open data hackday?
• more and more data...
• produced for public
purposes
• financed with our taxes
• digitalisation makes access
and distribution so easy
• there are No reasons for
any limitations on access, Archive of the city of Toronto
use, remix and distribution
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8. Open data & democracy
Tschernobyl
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9. Open data & democracy
• access to information is a
civil right
Tschernobyl
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10. Open data & democracy
• access to information is a
civil right
• informed decisions are only
possible with access to that
data
Tschernobyl
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11. Open data & democracy
• access to information is a
civil right
• informed decisions are only
possible with access to that
data
• responsible citizens are
good for democracy
Tschernobyl
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12. Access with 3-fold benefit
Visualisation travel times in London
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13. Access with 3-fold benefit
1. individual decision making
Visualisation travel times in London
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14. Access with 3-fold benefit
1. individual decision making
2. potential for innovation and
economy
Visualisation travel times in London
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15. Access with 3-fold benefit
1. individual decision making
2. potential for innovation and
economy
3. government, public sector
administration and social
change become more
transparent
Visualisation travel times in London
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16. The way we organise
information is rapidly changing
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17. The way we organise
information is rapidly changing
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18. The way we organise
information is rapidly changing
• websites become platforms
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19. The way we organise
information is rapidly changing
• websites become platforms
• transparency invokes interactivity
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20. The way we organise
information is rapidly changing
• websites become platforms
• transparency invokes interactivity
• consumers become people who make stuff
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21. The state as a service-maschine
Infrastructure:
- streets
- hospitals
- schools
- universities
- libraries
Our taxes > > - ...
Services:
- administration
- police
- public services
- ...
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23. but...
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24. but...
most government websites suck
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25. Three laws of open
government data
Source: http://eaves.ca/2009/09/30/three-law-of-open-government-data/
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26. Three laws of open
government data
Source: http://eaves.ca/2009/09/30/three-law-of-open-government-data/
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27. Three laws of open
government data
1. if it can’t be spidered or indexed, it doesn’t exist
Source: http://eaves.ca/2009/09/30/three-law-of-open-government-data/
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28. Three laws of open
government data
1. if it can’t be spidered or indexed, it doesn’t exist
2. if it isn’t available in open and machine readable
format, it can’t engage
Source: http://eaves.ca/2009/09/30/three-law-of-open-government-data/
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29. Three laws of open
government data
1. if it can’t be spidered or indexed, it doesn’t exist
2. if it isn’t available in open and machine readable
format, it can’t engage
3. if a legal framework doesn’t allow it to be
repurposed, it doesn’t empower
Source: http://eaves.ca/2009/09/30/three-law-of-open-government-data/
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30. population data opening hours
post codes road constructions
garbage pick-up times
environmental data maps
addresses press releases laws
statistics petitions
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31. It’s our data we are talking about, we
paid the taxes for it
population data opening hours
post codes road constructions
garbage pick-up times
environmental data maps
addresses press releases laws
statistics petitions
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32. What to do?

33. What to do?
hack the government

34. Why?
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35. Why?
• there are a lot of interesting things that can be
done with government data, but...
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36. Why?
• there are a lot of interesting things that can be
done with government data, but...
• it is often not publicly available and open
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37. Why?
• there are a lot of interesting things that can be
done with government data, but...
• it is often not publicly available and open
• access
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38. Why?
• there are a lot of interesting things that can be
done with government data, but...
• it is often not publicly available and open
• access
• license
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39. Why?
• there are a lot of interesting things that can be
done with government data, but...
• it is often not publicly available and open
• access
• license
• format
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40. What?
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41. What?
• this weekend + data + creative people (you!) =
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42. What?
• this weekend + data + creative people (you!) =
• explore data and make it accessible
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43. What?
• this weekend + data + creative people (you!) =
• explore data and make it accessible
• build apps & prototypes
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44. What?
• this weekend + data + creative people (you!) =
• explore data and make it accessible
• build apps & prototypes
• demonstrate what can be done with
government & public service data
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45. get ready - code!
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46. get ready - code!
• explore
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47. get ready - code!
• explore
• create
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48. get ready - code!
• explore
• create
• share
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49. get ready - code!
• explore
• create
• share
• diy
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50. Hack the Government
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51. open government?
-Tim O’Reilly
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52. open government?
It’s up to our community to respond,
with our ideas, with our voices, with
our creativity and
our code.
-Tim O’Reilly
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53. How?
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54. How?
• session planning
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55. How?
• session planning
• presentations part I
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56. How?
• session planning
• presentations part I
• lunch at 1pm
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57. How?
• session planning
• presentations part I
• lunch at 1pm
• presentations part II
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58. How?
• session planning
• presentations part I
• lunch at 1pm
• presentations part II
• presentations part III
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59. How?
• session planning
• presentations part I
• lunch at 1pm
• presentations part II
• presentations part III
• coffee
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60. How?
• session planning
• presentations part I
• lunch at 1pm
• presentations part II
• presentations part III
• coffee
• research / concepts / hacking /
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61. How?
• session planning
• presentations part I
• lunch at 1pm
• presentations part II
• presentations part III
• coffee
• research / concepts / hacking /
• closing session & presentation of first results
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62. hackday schedule
• Saturday, 17. April 2010 • 16:00 - 19:00 hacking in small groups
• 10:00 - 10:30 Welcome / Introduction: what to know? • 19:00 - 20:00 Closing Session and presentations
• 10:30 - 11:30 Session planning • Sunday, 18. April
• 11:30 - 12:30 1. Block Sessions 3 x 20 min. Sessions • 10:00 - 11:00
Coffee
• 12:30 - 13:30 Lunch break • 11:00 - 13:00
Hacking 1. Teil
• 13:30 - 14:30 2. Block Sessions 3 x 20 min. Sessions • 13:00 - 14:00
Lunch
• 14:30 - 15:30 3. Block Sessions 3 x 20 min. Sessions • 14:00 - 16:00
Hacking 2. Teil
• 15:30 - 16:00 Coffee • 16:00 - 18:00
Closing Session & presentation

63. about your session

64. about your session
• 15 minutes

65. about your session
• 15 minutes
• brief intorduction

66. about your session
• 15 minutes
• brief intorduction
• hack or other project

67. about your session
• 15 minutes
• brief intorduction
• hack or other project
• tech used

68. about your session
• 15 minutes
• brief intorduction
• hack or other project
• tech used
• looking for help?

69. about your session
• 15 minutes
• brief intorduction
• hack or other project
• tech used
• looking for help?
• skills needed

70. by Daniel Dietrich, Berlin 2010
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71. this is just the
beginning...
by Daniel Dietrich, Berlin 2010
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72. this is just the
beginning...
Open Democracy Camp 8. & 9. May 2010 Berlin
Open Data Camp, July 2010
Apps4Democracy Germany, September 2010
by Daniel Dietrich, Berlin 2010
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