Livestream of tweets from GovCamp Canberra 2012

I'm not liveblogging today, but am capturing tweets via the liveblog below.

To follow GovCamp online visit http://www.govcampau.org/



Photos from GovCamp

Information Commissioner John McMillan's opening address as a cartoon at GovCamp

The first two presenters in the Leading Case Studies panel at GovCamp

GovCamp's resident cartoonist hard at work

The third presenter from the Leading Case Studies panel 

A crowd shot from GovCamp

Monique Potts of ABC innovation presenting on the panel

Julia Harris from the ABS presenting on the panel

Code Cadets - presenting their GovHack app

Full leading case studies panel

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For all online community managers - register now for Swarm 2012

Last year was the first Swarm in Sydney- part conference and part peer support network for online community managers.

The event is returning this year in Melbourne on 13-14 September, bigger and friendlier.

The website is now live, with early bird rates to attend.

One of the highlights of Swarm this year will be the presentation of the results from the first ever Australian and New Zealand Online Community Managers' Survey.

I'll also be presenting on quite a controversial topic.

See you all there!

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Viewing the GovHacks

Below is a list of GovHacks entries including links to their live or temporary prototype sites.

I've linked Hack names to their record in the GovHack site.

Note that live sites may not remain live for long, so some links may be broken.

• 100 Years by Code Cadets
• A day in the Life by The Outsiders - http://202.2.94.231:8080/ADITL/
• ABS Census 2011 Object-Relational Database Loader by SoloDeveloper - https://github.com/andrewharvey/ (code)
• AmbleMate by Acord Labs - http://amblemate.lambdacomplex.org/
• An Improved PhotoSearch for the National Archives of Australia by Digital Humanitarians - http://202.2.94.227/
• Aussie Chronology by $team = 'Fr-Agile'; - http://ac.enricosimonetti.com/
• Australia: The MMORPG by Something Gamerish
• Australis by Aram
• Bako.co by Polleniser - http://bako.co/
• Better PhotoSearch by Double Rainbows - http://photosearch.us.to/?q=rainbow&i=11407632
• Climate vis jewellery by Cranky Bot - http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:24173 (code to generate jewellery)
• DeadFacebook by Nifty (under construction)
• Demographic Advisor by Terrible Team
• Environmental Sustainability in the ACT Web App (ESACT web) by Enviro Coders
• FOI Online by Freedom - http://saphe.com.au/
• GenderCrunch by Unicorn Logic - http://code.google.com/p/unicorn-gender-crunch/ (code)
• GeoArchive by The Code Monkeys
• Gov2Wiki by PlotaLot - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Batch_created_charts_by_User:99of9
• Happiness Index by HappinessMatters - https://www.google.com/fusiontables/embedviz?viz=MAP&q=select+col7%3E%3E1+from+1BVWLGlXnE561QyiAeQgDqSEKxlC8kyr2aA69zfY&h=false&lat=-29.13629667120401&lng=137.0152115625&z=4&t=1&l=col7%3E%3E1
• History in ACTION by History in ACTION - http://historyinaction.info/
• Is your Polly smarter than a 5th grader? by MovingForward - http://202.2.94.230/
• Locationalised by Locationallly - http://www.locationally.com/
• 3D Data on a mesh by Matrix Mania - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDtZcuukneI
• odata.au by Searchlight
• OKCapital by The Capatalists - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/11HWby18Ik_dmjYL88-dkcfeVktj-_OfFv7PFMkXNZp0/edit#slide=id.p
• Old MacDonald's Farm by The Govness - http://thegovness.com/old-mac-donald/
• Photo Rummage by Terminator - http://www.electricpen.com.au/PhotoRummage/app.html (mobile prototype)
• Pictorian by Awesomo - http://pictorian.rushify.com/
• PictureSwipe by Porta Nerd- https://github.com/geobray (code)
• Repel the Invaders! by The Biodiverse
• Represent! by SPARQL Data Party - https://bitbucket.org/whatsthatweb/represent-conversation
• Route me by Timeless traveller - https://github.com/predominant/RouteMe (code)
• Safe Route by Hackeroos
• Solar Powered Train by Solar Powered Train
• State v State: FIGHT by The Govness - http://www.thegovness.com/fight/
• The Burbs by CodeNinja
• The Hot Seat by The Death Rays - http://thehotseat.info/
• The OpenBudget by 2 Guys 1 App - http://theopenbudget.org/
• Time Capsule by Laser Explosions - http://202.2.94.235/?share=9
• Walk My Way by Lonesome Dove
• watchr: open your all-seeing-eye by the All-Seeing-Eyes - https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1pXUOGecMgpxW6aPWXyr_oN2iqiWj-pRplFL41FWyLeY/present#slide=id.p (presentation)
• WeatherCrowd by The White Board Markers - http://www.weathercrowd.com.au:8080/app/
• WeatheredOak by NullReference - http://govhack.typ0.co/default.htm
• WotsGoingOn by WotsGoingOn - http://www.wotsgoingon.com.au/wgon/

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GovHack presentations and judging liveblog

Hi, I'll be liveblogging the presentations and judging from GovHack in Canberra below as it happens.

All the tears and all the cheers as 42 entrants go head for head for around $40,000 in prizes and the street cred of being a GovHack winner.

You can view all the entrants on the GovHack website.

Vote and comment on them now at govhack.dialogue-app.com (your views will be taken into account by the judges).



Photos from the GovHack presentations

GovHack crowd in Canberra

GovHack crowd in Canberra

The big screen at GovHack

Watching the Sydney GovHack crowd

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GovHack attracts 42 teams with projects

There's been a massive response to GovHack, with 42 teams registered to compete and their projects already well underway (note there are 45 groups listed which included a few which are not competing).

If you want to follow the event online, check out the GovHack website, or follow the action on Twitter using the #Govhack hashtag.

Below are a few photos I took this afternoon at the Canberra venue, Inspire at the University of Canberra.


Part of the main GovHack room in Canberra's Inspire centre



Part of the main GovHack room in Canberra's Inspire centre



The second room in the Inspire centre

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