White House... Hackathon?!

 

The White House Blog:

.... We're inviting a small group to join us in Washington, DC on February 22, 2013 for the White House Open Data Day Hackathon. In the weeks before the event we'll give participants access to We the People's Read API methods so they can use them, ask questions, provide feedback, and build cool stuff. For the hackathon, participants will come to the White House to share their work, talk with the API developers, and submit examples to be included in a software development kit (SDK).

Want to take part? If you have the skills necessary to work with APIs and develop visualizations, tools, or other services that rely their data, we want to hear from you.

Click here to apply

for the White House Open Data Day Hackathon.

 

If you are selected to attend,

you will be notified no later than Friday, February 8, 2013. To learn more about Open Data Day or find other ways to take part, visit  OpenDataDay.org.

 

Comments

[Mannie Sherberg]

Evidently, Obama's staff has run out of serious work to do. Is there any gimmick that these people won't exploit to make it appear they're doing serious work? Is there any gibberish they won't write to cover up their lack of seriousness? Speaking of gibberish, since when is "rely" a transitive verb ("services that rely their data")? And is there any meaning -- any intelligible content -- to the phrase "build cool stuff"? This non-semantic waste of pixels is nothing more than the postmodern way for the White House staff to twiddle their thumbs. And for this the taxpayer pays taxes?