[okfn-za] Open Data Day - Save the Date

[Adi Eyal]

Just a reminder of International Open Data Day tomorrow. As mentioned
before we are hosting an open data easter egg hunt where you are given
20 questions that you need to answer using data. You don't need to be
a techie to participate. The event is almost fully subscribed so if
you're planning on coming, please RSVP here:
http://www.meetup.com/Code-for-South-Africa-Hackers/events/219954480/

Regards
Adi

On Tue, Jan 20, 2015 at 11:32 AM, Adi Eyal <adi at code4sa.org> wrote:
> Hi All
>
> Open Data Day is on the 21st of February this year at 9am. Following
> the hugely successful event last year, Code for South Africa is
> hosting a data easter egg hunt competition. It will be at held at the
> Codebridge Civic Tech Lab in Cape Town.
>
> We're going to be setting up 20 data exercises ranging from easy to
> difficult and asking participants to try to answer them. An example of
> an easy question might be, "How many flush toilets are there in
> Bela-Bela?".
>
> We'll also have a data visualisation component for those who like graphs.
>
> You don't need to be a programmer to participate. If you've ever seen
> a spreadsheet then you're welcome to come. We're looking for
> academics, journalists, activists, accountants, lawyers, plumbers,
> builders, kite builders and anyone else who has an interest in
> learning more about data.
>
> There will be prizes in various categories, more details to follow.
>
> You can find more details here: http://www.code4sa.org. I'll put up
> more details soon.
>
> For those who can't make it physically, we'll open the competition up
> online as well.
>
> Please RSVP ahead of time at the link below. We have space for around
> 40 people at Codebridge. If you're going to participate online, please
> indicate that when you RSVP.
>
> http://www.meetup.com/Code-for-South-Africa-Hackers/events/219954480/
>
> Adi
>
> --
> Adi Eyal
> Director
> Code for South Africa
> Promoting informed decision-making
>
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>
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-- 
Adi Eyal
Director
Code for South Africa
Promoting informed decision-making

phone: +27 78 014 2469
skype: adieyalcas
linkedin: http://za.linkedin.com/pub/dir/Adi/Eyal
web: http://www.code4sa.org
twitter: @soapsudtycoon

Follow us on twitter at @code4sa
For more information on how to participate in the open data community
in South Africa, go to: http://www.code4sa.org/#community
Sign up for Naked Data, our weekly round-up of what's happening
locally and internationally in data journalism and data visualisation.
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