[open-government] How to make apps contests more sustainable?

Sun Nov 4 18:43:54 UTC 2012

On 03/11/12 21:00, Laura James wrote:
> This is a really interesting question.
>
> [...]
>
> A fascinating topic - I'll be interested to see what comes out of it!

Just saw this on Twitter - I'm sure it's already the talk of the 
appsforx list, but for the benefit of anyone else here who's reached 
their mailing list limit:

http://brigade.codeforamerica.org/pages/race-for-reuse

Bests,
-r

> On 1 November 2012 08:29, Antti Jogi Poikola <antti.poikola at gmail.com 
> <mailto:antti.poikola at gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>     Hello,
>
>     By now we've seen many apps contests, in many forms, all around
>     world. In a way, this continuous sprawl is a success in itself. On
>     the other hand, critique [1] related to the lack of sustainability
>     of the apps contests is growing. There is a demand and a need to
>     learn from each other and design better and more sustainable
>     models for boosting the innovation around open data.
>
>     If you are interested in making better apps contests or have other
>     new ideas on how to boost the innovation around open data -- feel
>     free to join the discussion at the appsforx -email list [2]. The
>     list was established after a international Apps Contest Organizers
>     meetup which was organized during the Open Knowledge Festival 2012
>     in Helsinki (see also the meeting memo [3]).
>
>     Right now I am compiling a topic report with working title:
>     "Innovation Contests for Open Data Re-use". I would appreciate all
>     help in populating the listing of Apps contests [4], you can add
>     missing details directly to the Google spreadsheet or share this
>     email and the blogpost link [5] to relevant forums and people who
>     might know about other apps contests.
>
>     Best regards,
>     Antti Poikola (Apps for Finland coordinator 2009)
>
>     [1]
>     http://radar.oreilly.com/2011/08/app-contests-sustainability-usability.html
>     [2] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/appsforx
>     [3] http://okfestival.okfnpad.org/apps
>     [4] http://bit.ly/apps_contests_list
>     [5] http://poikola.fi/apps-contests-everywhere/
>
>     -- 
>     +358 44 337 5439 <tel:%2B358%2044%20337%205439>
>     about.me/apoikola <http://about.me/apoikola>
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