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Fri Mar 28 11:01:13 UTC 2014

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On 27 March 2014 21:13, TLMCN <thomas at enventeco.co.uk> wrote:

> Have set up a event page for our first meetup
> http://attending.io/events/product-open-data - still needs a date and
> location, suggest a time in the next two weeks.
>
> Looking forward to hearing all of your ideas for the festival Katelyn has
> kindly started a pad for everyone to post ideas.
> http://okfnpad.org/p/Product_OKFestival
>
> Think we could start by considering;
> - A hack which combines the Sourcemap API<http://free.sourcemap.com/info/api-docs>with our own database to link their information to ours.
> - Activity in which we provide people with a basket of goods to find out
> as much as they can about the products
> - Find a shop near the festival venue and turn them into our model shop
> - Get together with one of the certification bodies to put something
> together for them and open new data sets
> - There is a trend in Germany at the moment towards the share-economy,
> perhaps we can do something around that, so people are not buying things
> they can borrow from their friends; http://whyownit.com/
>
> Still would like to hear from anyone that can help with the financial
> background of the project; current running costs, cost projections, funding
> routes and all the stuff mentioned above.
>
> Lastly; would like to massively thank- as I am sure we all would- Philippe
> for putting this whole thing together in the form it is right now with such
> a great depth of understanding and consideration for the possibilities the
> project holds.
>
>
>
>
>
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> On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Katelyn Rogers <katelyn.rogers at okfn.org>wrote:
>
>> Thanks Thomas,
>>
>> I second Rufus - this all sounds excellent. You are correct to note that
>> the OKFestival session submission deadline is fast approaching. I have
>> booted a etherpad (http://okfnpad.org/p/Product_OKFestival) where we can
>> start to gather submission ideas. The call for proposals is very
>> lightweight so we could easily submit multiple session ideas! The main
>> thing to keep in mind is that we want to make sure that sessions are
>> participatory!
>>
>> For more information about OKFestival see here:
>> http://2014.okfestival.org/  <http://2014.okfestival.org/>
>>
>> I'll start adding ideas!
>>
>> All the best,
>> Katelyn
>>
>>
>> On 26 March 2014 19:46, Rufus Pollock <rufus.pollock at okfn.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Just saying this all sounds *excellent*, especially more technical plans
>>> etc.
>>>
>>> Rufus
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, 25 March 2014, TLMCN <thomas at enventeco.co.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Have completed a document outlining the POD project as far as I can
>>>> without more input from people familiar with the project. So if you can
>>>> help with any of the following or would like to discuss the project more
>>>> generally please get in touch.
>>>>
>>>> - Proposals for the OKFn Festival in Berlin (less than a week left to
>>>> submit)
>>>> - Give plans more technical character
>>>> - Make mockups of information templates
>>>>
>>>> One of the most advanced projects I came across in the market research
>>>> was https://theopenlabel.com/#!/ - 5 million products in their
>>>> database with crowdsourced information and they also have quite a range of
>>>> products from electronics to food.
>>>> http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/10/openlabel-exits-stealth-raises-80k-to-turn-barcodes-into-public-labels/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Would really like to hear more from the list about how you see the
>>>> project progressing.
>>>>
>>>> Proposal for the OKFn Festival- we build some sort of competition
>>>> around collecting information or create challenges around the data from POD
>>>> ie how far someone can track a product down the supply chain.
>>>>
>>>> Looking forward to hearing from you
>>>>
>>>> --
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