09 hacking a #cleanweb application: a testimonial from apps4italy prize winner
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Giovanni Maggini, DoveSiButta.com Presentation from "Launching Cleanweb Italy: Open Meeting" in Luiss University Rome 19/9/2012.TRANSCRIPT
Hacking a #cleanweb application: a testimonial
from Apps4Italy prize winner
Giovanni Maggini, www.dovesibutta.com
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Who we are
• Giovanni, Flavio, Daniele
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What we built
• DoveSiButta
Loosely translates to WhereToThrowIt
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What is DoveSiButta?
appplatformproject{ }
for geolocalizing recycling bins based on #OpenDatawww.dovesibutta.com
It’s an Open Source #crowdsourcing
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What is it made of?
• Web application (find)
• iOS App (find, take picture, add)
• WP7 App (find, will-add)
• Android App (will-find)
• More platforms!
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How does it work?
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What we did with it
• We entered the Apps4Italy contest
• Idea / App / Dataset
• And we won a prize!
www.apps4italy.org
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What is Apps4Italy
• Apps4Italy: a contest of ideas for creatively reusing (Italian) open datahttp://www.dati.gov.it/content/apps4italy-concorso-di-idee-il-riutilizzo-creativo-dei-dati-aperti
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Where are we now
• Here at #Cleanweb ;)
• Working to improve mobile apps
• Contacting similar projects and Administrations
• Working on top-secret projects behind the curtains
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Where will we go
• Hopefully make our voice heard
• Enrich dataset with open data from local administrations
• Show that data can be unified instead of fragmented
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Where did we start from
• A simple idea, an everyday problem
“Where do we recycle correctly?”
• That was related to environment
• ... but it may also be also an Industry problem
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Have a look around first!
• Is your app/website/whatever already on the market?
• If so, can you contribute instead of “fighting” it? (Maybe it’s even open source!)
We are against fragmentation
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Open Source or not?
• You choose
We are open source
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Paid or not?
• You choose
We are free
(But consider that you’ll have some costs)
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Which platform?
• The one you can “hack” best
But don’t forget the rest
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Is it a startup?
• Maybe (why not?)
We aren’t...
for now.
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Think of the future
• What will happen of the app later on ?
Don’t focus only on the contest
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Look for inspiration
• @cleanweb
• @sxsweco
• @apps4italy...
and many others
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Hack! Hack! Hack!
• Open Data in #Italy just started (Dati.gov.it is from October 7th 2011 (http://www.dati.gov.it/content/datigovit-il-portale-dei-dati-aperti-della-pa)
• So hack the hell out of it!
• It’s getting more mature as time passes...
• ...and we may allow clumsy attempts.
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Believe in what you do!
... and print a t-shirt with the logo of your project!
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and most important...
HAVE FUN!
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Thanks
• Follow the speaker
@maggix
• Follow the project
@dovesibutta
www.dovesibutta.com