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

[Adi Eyal]

Happy Open Data Day

For anyone who wants to join us virtually - you can find the questions
for the Easter Egg Hunt here:

http://bit.ly/dataeasteregghunt

and the datasets here:
http://bit.ly/easteregghuntdata

Adi

On Fri, Feb 20, 2015 at 2:16 PM, Adi Eyal <adi at code4sa.org> wrote:
> 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
>>
>> 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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>
>
>
> --
> 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.
> Register here: http://www.code4sa.org/newsletter



-- 
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.
Register here: http://www.code4sa.org/newsletter