[okfn-labs] Labs newsletter: 7 November, 2013

[Emanuil Tolev]

Hm, this newsletter is a good idea.

Thanks for putting it together,
Emanuil


On 7 November 2013 15:07, Neil Ashton <neil.ashton at okfn.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> There was lots of interesting activity around Labs this week, including
> two launched projects, a new initiative in the works, and an Open Data
> Maker Night in London.
> ## Webshot: online screenshot service
>
> webshot.okfnlabs.org, an online service for taking screenshots of
> websites, is now live, thanks to Oliver Searle-Barnes<https://github.com/opsb>and Simon
> Gaeremynck <https://github.com/simong>.
>
> Try it out with an API call like this:
>
> http://webshot.okfnlabs.org/?url=http://www.google.com&width=640&height=480
>
> Read more about the development behind the service here<https://github.com/okfn/ideas/issues/63>
> .
> ## Product Open Data Android app
>
> The first version of the Android app<https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.okfn.pod>for Product
> Open Data <http://www.product-open-data.com/> has launched, allowing you
> to conveniently look up open data associated with a product on your phone.
>
> The source code <https://github.com/okfn/product-browser-android> for the
> app is available on GitHub.
> ## CrowdCrafting for Public Bodies
>
> PublicBodies.org <http://publicbodies.org> aims to provide "a URL for
> every part of government". Many entries in the database lack good
> description text, though, making them harder to use effectively. Fixing
> this would be a good use of CrowdCrafting.org<http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/okfn-labs/2013-October/001117.html>,
> the crowd-sourcing platform powered by PyBossa <http://dev.pybossa.com/>.
>
> Rufus suggests this start small and begin with EU public bodies. It should
> be easy to build a CrowdCrafting app<http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/okfn-labs/2013-October/001120.html>to cover those, says Daniel Lombraña González. Friedrich Lindenberg thinks
> this approach could work for other datasets<http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/okfn-labs/2013-November/001125.html> as
> well.
>
> Discussion of this idea is still happening on the list, so jump in and say
> what you think—or help build the app!
> ## Open Data Maker Night #6
>
> The sixth Open Data Maker Night<http://okfnlabs.org/events/open-data-maker/>took place this past Tuesday in London. Open Data Maker Nights are informal
> events where people make things with open data, whether apps or insights.
>
> This night's focus was on adding more UK and London data to OpenSpending<http://openspending.org>,
> and it featured special guest Max Ogden <http://maxogden.com/>. It was
> hosted by the Centre for Creative Collaboration.
>
> Our next Open Data Maker Night will happen in early December. If you want
> to organize your own, though, it's super easy: just see the Open Data
> Maker Night website <http://okfnlabs.org/events/open-data-maker/> for
> help booting, promoting, and running the event.
>
> --
> Neil Ashton
>
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