[iRail] GentM && Apps For Ghent - Message to the iRail NPO

Fri Apr 22 16:43:23 UTC 2011

Hey Pieter,

I'm totally useless for all the other points, but I'll be there next tuesday
and at apps4ghent. Can't wait to load the data they have into a DWH and do
some analysis on it.

cheers,
cedric

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 6:34 PM, Pieter Colpaert
<pieter.colpaert at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear iRail people,
>
> It has been a while since I wrote to the list and some may be thinking
> that I'm slacking off due to my thesis and the examinations coming up.
> Nothing is more false however!
>
> 1. Gent M
> ----------
>
> http://gentm.be
>
> Consider this the next place to be as a member of the iRail NPO. In a
> pop-up bar in the Sint Pietersnieuwstraat 13 in Ghent there are sessions
> about innovation and creativity each Tuesday at 8pm. This Tuesday it
> will be about «open data» and I will talk for 10 minutes (after Bart
> Rosseau from City Ghent and Dimitri from Ghent Web Valley) about iRail.
> I will very shortly tell our history (yes... again... I will keep it
> short, I promise) and tell what we're about today. Afterwards I will
> announce Apps For Ghent and I hope to evoke a discussion about the event
> as such and open data. I have heard some iRailers and they will be
> represented, it would be cool to have the Ghent-gang as well (Bart, Jan,
> Tim, Hannes...) and of course if you feel like doing the trip if you're
> from far you're more than welcome!
>
> 2. Apps For Ghent
> ------------------
>
> http://appsforghent.be
>
> Apps for Ghent is organized by me as part of my thesis and more
> importantly by people from Stad Gent, IBBT, Ghent Web Valley, Peter
> Dedecker, Zeus... They will be at Gent M as well so feel free to talk to
> them! I want the iRail NPO to have a role as well, but then of course,
> we need you to help! (~14th of May probably, will be announced Tuesday)
>
> What do we(appsforghent) need from us (iRail):
> 0. Server and wordpress hosted. (done)
> 1. A widget for the contact page of the wordpress site appsforghent.be -
> It has to show show a form or detect your location (html5) and show the
> best connection to Gent with the iRail API
> (http://github.com/iRail/newline might be a nice start)
> 2. In the afternoon we will do a hackaton. This means different groups
> from different organisations will be coding against each other using
> data that has something to do with Ghent. The coolest application will
> get a nice price for its organisation. This is a good way to finally get
> us some financial momentum because... as we all know... we have the
> finest coders of Ghent. (Other coding groups may be: In the pocket,
> hackerspace Ghent, IBBT, Zeus...)
> 3. Is there someone who's willing to create a nice logo for Apps for
> Ghent?
>
> If anyone wants to do one of these three things that will be greatly
> appreciated. Of course your name will be on the "apps for ghent is made
> possible by..." list ;)
>
> Thank you in advance,
>
> Pieter
>
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>
>

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Cedric De Vroey

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E: cedric.devroey at gmail.com
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