[okfn-za] Scraping Workshop

[Adi Eyal]

Hi Rufus

It looks like tomorrow won't happen - lots of people have said that
they aren't able to make it so unfortunately I don't think it makes
sense to host it. The School of Data course is great, though it would
be nice if it were expanded a little. import.io might be a good tool
to add because it pushes the boundaries of what non-coders are able to
scrape without learning to actually code.

My plan was to scrape parliament's website which is always a fun
topic. Hopefully we may be able to reschedule for another time. If we
do end up running the workshop, I'll submit an addition to the School
of Data page.

Adi

On 13 November 2013 12:04, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
> Sounds awesome and I'd highlight this School of Data resource which could be
> useful:
>
> http://schoolofdata.org/handbook/courses/scraping/
>
> Do also have any idea of specific data you're going to want to scrape to
> give non-techies a sense of what's involved?
>
> Rufus
>
>
> On 12 November 2013 20:16, Adi Eyal <adi at code4sa.org> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All
>>
>> We're hosting a scraping workshop for non-developers on Thursday night
>> at CodeBridge. We've limited attendance to 10 to make the workshop
>> easier to manage. Head to
>> http://www.meetup.com/Code-for-South-Africa-Hackers/events/150536092/
>> to register.
>>
>> Adi
>>
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Adi Eyal
Director
Code for South Africa
Promoting informed decision-making

phone: +27 78 014 2469
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web: http://www.code4sa.org
twitter: @soapsudtycoon

For more information on how to participate in the open data community
in South Africa, go to: http://www.code4sa.org/#community