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.

1. Hack the Government and Other Stories @TiffanyStJames

2. Find GPs – 11,000 0f them
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3. Or dentists
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4. Or pharmacies
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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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7. Data can be local
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8. Postcode Newspapers
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10. Crowdspeak – Parliamentary candidates
AirTEXT
Compare the Care
Home
Day Nurseries
Where did my tax go?
UK Climate projections
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11. Justice & Home Affairs, March 2010 @TiffanyStJames

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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18. Isabell Long
Age: 16
Open University student. French
speaker. Passionate about the
English language, code, technology
and open data.
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22. Redesign of mobile site, SMS and Facebook
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23. Redesign of family story ID
Father’s role in the
community?
Previous local Imam?
Sub-clan membership?
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24. Young Rewired State 2012
http://bit.ly/YRS2012 @TiffanyStJames

25. Winning Hacks 2012
http://hacks.rewiredstate.org/events/yrs2012 @TiffanyStJames

26. Best example of coding YRS2012
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27. Code a Better Country YRS2012
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28. Best in Show YRS2012
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29. Should Exist YRS2012
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30. Wish I’d thought of that YRS2012
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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