[okfn-be] Introducing myself + Open Data Hackathon in Brussels

Fri Oct 28 00:45:52 UTC 2011

Hi Pieter,

just a stupid question: Does the said Tour & Taxis room has internet
access?  I guess that yes but I just have to be sure. Furthermore, how
big is it ?

To get an idea, which number of people could I expect from the iRail
community ? On my side, right now, I only know for sure about 4 people
who would like to join (notably, Jonathan Van Parijs, from
HackDemocracy who I did the G1000 website with).

Martin

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 11:35 PM, Pieter Colpaert
<pieter.colpaert at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Martin,
>
> I think that Brussels would be a better idea. The people from Ghent had
> already to deal with apps for Ghent 1 and we are organising apps for Ghent 2
> next year.
>
> I will ask for the Tour & Taxis room on the third of December and invite the
> entire iRail community. Is that okay for you? Can you take care of the
> organisation?
>
> Maybe it's a good idea to talk this over on the phone?
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Pieter
>
> On 10/27/2011 11:42 AM, Martin De Wulf wrote:
>>
>> Hello Pieter,
>>
>> thanks for your answer, I am glad that you have seen those projects.
>>
>> I am interested by the room in Tour&  Taxis. That said, I could also
>> perfectly join your event, I do not think there are so many people
>> willing to to take part in the Open Data Hackathon in Belgium that two
>> events would make so much sense. Furthermore, my goal is more about
>> meeting people than having my own event.
>>
>> What do you think ?
>>
>> Martin
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Pieter Colpaert
>> <pieter.colpaert at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi Martin!
>>>
>>> On 10/27/2011 11:06 AM, Martin De Wulf wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> my name is Martin De Wulf. I'm joining this mailing list because I
>>>> live in Belgium and I am really interested by open data.
>>>>
>>>> This year, in the field of open data, I realized
>>>> http://migrationsmap.net  (based on the world bank api data) and
>>>> http://populationpyramid.net (based on UN data).
>>>
>>> Very nice to hear about you! I've seen these projects before and I was
>>> quite
>>> impressed.
>>>
>>>> I hold a PhD in Computer Science and I am currently working in a web
>>>> agency. My weapons of choices when programming are Python, javascript,
>>>> raphael.js and lately, objective-c (for iPad/iPhone).
>>>>
>>>> I would like to organize the Brussels event for the open data
>>>> hackathon in Belgium on the 3rd of december. I am still waiting to be
>>>> sure to have a place to organize this (I contacted the ULB, my alma
>>>> mater, and the ICAB and I am waiting for a response). I would be
>>>> interested to know if there are people in this mailing list who would
>>>> like to participate.
>>>
>>> Great! I think I would be able to get a room in Tour&  Taxis. It's where
>>> we
>>> (iRail npo) do our general assemblies. It's a nice location :)
>>>
>>> As I live in Ghent I might organise a small event over here together with
>>> Bart Rosseau (the best civil servant you'd ever meet). If this doesn't
>>> happen, I will come over to Brussels to join you though.
>>>
>>> Pieter
>>>>
>>>> Martin
>>>>
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