oscon Sunlight Keynote Slides
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This document is a presentation by Clay Johnson, director of Sunlight Labs, promoting open data and government transparency. It encourages following him on Twitter, announces a hackathon competition around the theme of open data and government, and promotes joining the Sunlight Labs community. Key details include a deadline of August 7th for the hackathon and prizes totaling $10,000, $5,000 and $1,000 for the top winners.
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oscon Sunlight Keynote Slides
- 1. Hello I’m Clay Johnson I direct Sunlight Labs You should follow me on Twitter. I’m @cjoh
- 2. Open Source + Open Data = Better Government
- 3. Source: opensecrets.org and usaspending.gov 20,000,000 15,000,000 10,000,000 5,000,000 0 BarackObama.com WhiteHouse.gov
- 4. $9,516,324
- 5. THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS THAT IS OUTRAGEOUS
- 6. Can I get in on that?
- 7. Heck No!
- 9. I’m here to recruit you
- 15. 10 $500 Honorable Mentions
- 16. 1 $2,500 Visualization Prize
- 17. Top Prize Winners come to DC
- 18. Use Any OSI Approved License
- 19. Use Anything Linked From Data.gov
- 20. Deadline: August 7th. SunlightLabs.com for More Information
- 21. PEOPLE NOT COMPETING IN APPS FOR AMERICA 2 SCO, MPAA, Cylons with a plan, Kim Jong Il, Al Qaeda, Freedom- Haters, Khan, Megatron, RIAA, Cigarette Smoking Man That girl in the sixth grade who asked me if I shaved my legs and made it so I wouldn’t wear shorts for 10 years.
- 22. Political Opportunity for Transparency 90.0 Don't Stop 'til You Get Enough 67.5 Wanna Be Startinʼ Somethinʼ 45.0 Leave me Alone 22.5 Beat it (smooth criminal) 0 Jan 09 May 09Sept 09 Jan 10 May 10Sept 10 Jan 11 May 11 Sep 11 Jan 12
- 23. The Problem
- 25. +1 Our Community
- 28. Be an Organizer
- 29. Convene a Hackathon in Your Area photo: grrrr.org
- 30. You should really follow me on twitter: cjoh Thank You! SunlightLabs.com/presentations
Editor's Notes
- Join Sunlight Labs. We need you to be an active part of our community If you’re a developer, a designer, a writer, or just an all around good human being We would love your participation
- Most of our action goes on on the sunlight labs mailing list. We’re doing a contest right now called “Apps for America” 15,000 goes to the person who can make the best app using our API and the APIs of our partners. Ends on March 31 so there’s still time. The list is abuzz with new open source apps in this field.
- Our wiki is where we list our project ideas and things you can help out on. Our big problems like name standardization, data intake And projects like the 50 state project are all coordinated on our wiki
- Finally it is time for the web development community to stand up and organize Get people involved in their government again And start convening in the local space.
- Invite friends together, and champion an idea using our projects, data or API methods. Post to the list servs your on and try and get people connected You’ll build friendships and partnerships that last forever.
- You guys have been great Follow me on Twitter Send me an email And again, you can see the slides and notes from the slides at sunlightlabs.com/ignitepresentation Thanks so much.