[chbot] Reminder: Christchurch DigitalNZ API HackFest (this Saturday, September 12)

[jimmy allen]

Sorry for some reason the email appeared as a new message in my inbox
so i thought it was new.

On 9/25/09, follower <follower at rancidbacon.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 25, 2009 at 6:29 PM, jimmy allen <jimmy1248 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Is that the right date?
> You mean for the HackFest? Yes, it was a couple of weeks ago.
>
>>
>> On 9/11/09, follower <follower at rancidbacon.com> wrote:
>>> Remember, the first DigitalNZ API HackFest in Christchurch is this
>>> Saturday,
>>> September 12.
>>>
>>> DigitalNZ is a publicly funded, not-for-profit initiative that aims to
>>> make NZ digital content easier to find, share and use.
>>>
>>> We're running it from Cii/powerHouse, thanks to their kind
>>> sponsorship!
>>>
>>> 10am-5pm, Saturday 12 September 2009
>>> Canterbury Innovation Incubator/powerHouse
>>> 200 Armagh St, Christchurch
>>>
>>> Come along and
>>>
>>>    * Make nice stuff using the DigitalNZ API
>>>    * Whip up some code samples to help other developers kick-start
>>> their own DigitalNZ API creations
>>>    * Consume pizza, beer and sugary confections
>>>
>>> DigitalNZ Search aggregates information about NZ digital content from
>>> more than 40 content providers and makes them available via an API. You
>>> can get a glimpse of what’s inside at search.digitalnz.org
>>>
>>> Here are just a few examples of what you could get up to:
>>>
>>>    * Image analysis of thumbnails and search by colour
>>>    * Build an advanced search based on DigitalNZ facets
>>>    * Example mashup with Eventfinder
>>>    * Road-test the Ruby Gem
>>>    * Extend the DigitalNZ Timeline app from MIT's Simile project
>>>
>>> Bring yourself and your laptop. We'll provide the WiFi. This is a
>>> low-key event - feel free to come along for however long you can, even
>>> just a couple of hours.
>>>
>>> RSVP (optional) to jo.eaton AT natlib.govt.nz
>>>
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