09 hacking a #cleanweb application: a testimonial from apps4italy prize winner

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

giovanni@dovesibutta.com

• Follow the project

@dovesibutta

www.dovesibutta.com