Viewing the GovHacks

Below is a list of GovHacks entries including links to their live or temporary prototype sites.

I've linked Hack names to their record in the GovHack site.

Note that live sites may not remain live for long, so some links may be broken.

• 100 Years by Code Cadets
• A day in the Life by The Outsiders - http://202.2.94.231:8080/ADITL/
• ABS Census 2011 Object-Relational Database Loader by SoloDeveloper - https://github.com/andrewharvey/ (code)
• AmbleMate by Acord Labs - http://amblemate.lambdacomplex.org/
• An Improved PhotoSearch for the National Archives of Australia by Digital Humanitarians - http://202.2.94.227/
• Aussie Chronology by $team = 'Fr-Agile'; - http://ac.enricosimonetti.com/
• Australia: The MMORPG by Something Gamerish
• Australis by Aram
• Bako.co by Polleniser - http://bako.co/
• Better PhotoSearch by Double Rainbows - http://photosearch.us.to/?q=rainbow&i=11407632
• Climate vis jewellery by Cranky Bot - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:24173 (code to generate jewellery)
• DeadFacebook by Nifty (under construction)
• Demographic Advisor by Terrible Team
• Environmental Sustainability in the ACT Web App (ESACT web) by Enviro Coders
• FOI Online by Freedom - http://saphe.com.au/
• GenderCrunch by Unicorn Logic - http://code.google.com/p/unicorn-gender-crunch/ (code)
• GeoArchive by The Code Monkeys
• Gov2Wiki by PlotaLot - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Batch_created_charts_by_User:99of9
• Happiness Index by HappinessMatters - https://www.google.com/fusiontables/embedviz?viz=MAP&q=select+col7%3E%3E1+from+1BVWLGlXnE561QyiAeQgDqSEKxlC8kyr2aA69zfY&h=false&lat=-29.13629667120401&lng=137.0152115625&z=4&t=1&l=col7%3E%3E1
• History in ACTION by History in ACTION - http://historyinaction.info/
• Is your Polly smarter than a 5th grader? by MovingForward - http://202.2.94.230/
• Locationalised by Locationallly - http://www.locationally.com/
• 3D Data on a mesh by Matrix Mania - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDtZcuukneI
• odata.au by Searchlight
• OKCapital by The Capatalists - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11HWby18Ik_dmjYL88-dkcfeVktj-_OfFv7PFMkXNZp0/edit#slide=id.p
• Old MacDonald's Farm by The Govness - http://thegovness.com/old-mac-donald/
• Photo Rummage by Terminator - http://www.electricpen.com.au/PhotoRummage/app.html (mobile prototype)
• Pictorian by Awesomo - http://pictorian.rushify.com/
• PictureSwipe by Porta Nerd- https://github.com/geobray (code)
• Repel the Invaders! by The Biodiverse
• Represent! by SPARQL Data Party - https://bitbucket.org/whatsthatweb/represent-conversation
• Route me by Timeless traveller - https://github.com/predominant/RouteMe (code)
• Safe Route by Hackeroos
• Solar Powered Train by Solar Powered Train
• State v State: FIGHT by The Govness - http://www.thegovness.com/fight/
• The Burbs by CodeNinja
• The Hot Seat by The Death Rays - http://thehotseat.info/
• The OpenBudget by 2 Guys 1 App - http://theopenbudget.org/
• Time Capsule by Laser Explosions - http://202.2.94.235/?share=9
• Walk My Way by Lonesome Dove
• watchr: open your all-seeing-eye by the All-Seeing-Eyes - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pXUOGecMgpxW6aPWXyr_oN2iqiWj-pRplFL41FWyLeY/present#slide=id.p (presentation)
• WeatherCrowd by The White Board Markers - http://www.weathercrowd.com.au:8080/app/
• WeatheredOak by NullReference - http://govhack.typ0.co/default.htm
• WotsGoingOn by WotsGoingOn - http://www.wotsgoingon.com.au/wgon/

GovHack presentations and judging liveblog

Hi, I'll be liveblogging the presentations and judging from GovHack in Canberra below as it happens.

All the tears and all the cheers as 42 entrants go head for head for around $40,000 in prizes and the street cred of being a GovHack winner.

You can view all the entrants on the GovHack website.

Vote and comment on them now at govhack.dialogue-app.com (your views will be taken into account by the judges).



Photos from the GovHack presentations

GovHack crowd in Canberra

GovHack crowd in Canberra

The big screen at GovHack

Watching the Sydney GovHack crowd

GovHack attracts 42 teams with projects

There's been a massive response to GovHack, with 42 teams registered to compete and their projects already well underway (note there are 45 groups listed which included a few which are not competing).

If you want to follow the event online, check out the GovHack website, or follow the action on Twitter using the #Govhack hashtag.

Below are a few photos I took this afternoon at the Canberra venue, Inspire at the University of Canberra.

Part of the main GovHack room in Canberra's Inspire centre

Part of the main GovHack room in Canberra's Inspire centre

The second room in the Inspire centre

A custom GovHack t-shirt, made for the day 

The back of the custom t-shirt.

Share in over $30,000 worth of prizes by participating in GovHack 2012

With a strong focus on government data, GovHack is inviting teams of programmers and designers to invent new and better ways of delivering government data to Australians and will be rewarding the best apps, data mash-ups, and data visualisations with a share of $30,000 in prize money.

The event, being held in Canberra and Sydney from 1st - 3rd June, will challenge teams to answer the question and develop solutions for 'how can government data be better used to benefit Australians?'

The organisers have secured over thirty thousand dollars in prize money through sponsorships, although Pia Waugh, the chief organiser is tight-lipped about the prize categories, "We want people to come with fresh ideas and concepts and to build them at GovHack using publicly released data from government agencies. To keep the playing field level, we won’t tell anyone the prize categories until the event."

In previous years GovHack winners have found ways to compare government lobbying with the results of successful tenders, and designed mobile apps to help people find the nearest public toilet.

"This is a unique opportunity to be a part of generating ideas for how government can better use and re-use the wealth of information hidden away in its databases. By being a part of this event the participants get to, in a small way, directly influence how government data managers will look at and manage their data stores" Pia said.

GovHack is being supported by organisations including Adobe, MailChimp, Palantir and some of the biggest data holders in the Australian Government are providing prize money and data, including the National Archives of Australia, the Australian Government Information Management Office (AGIMO), and the Bureau of Meteorology.

GovHack is an official part of 2012 APS Innovation week, with the support of the Department of Industry, Innovation, Science, Research and Tertiary Education.

You can now register to participate, review the competition rules, or see an outline of the data to be made available on the GovHack site (http://www.govhack.org).

Prize categories will be announced at the event's opening on Friday 1st June.