Tulsa Data Platform?
Our Hackathon went very well – thanks to everyone who came and helped out! The TRIF project in particular inspired lots of follow-up discussion and an idea – create an online platform for open/public...
View ArticleTulsa Data Platform options
This weekend I’ve been hacking on one of the data ideas we’ve had – scraping the Tulsa Health Department’s Restaurant Inspection data. I’m evaluating a few options for Open Data site/hosting. I’m...
View ArticleTulsa, Oklahoma Data Hack Day #1
Where: Fab Lab Tulsa When: Saturday January 28th, 10am – 5pm We’re doing our first Hack Day to prepare for the Hackathon in April. Anything and everything is “in bounds” for the Hack Day, but a couple...
View ArticleScraping data at home and in the cloud
After evaluating some open data platforms and continuing to work on my scraper for Tulsa Health Department Restaurant Inspections, I’ve changed my approach a bit. Problems with ScraperWiki My scraper...
View ArticleCity of Tulsa Open Source Policy
This morning I met with councilor GT Bynum, Amy Brown, and Tom Golliver (thanks for the hookup Matt). I shared and summarized the policies of some cities powered by open source – esp. Vancouver on...
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