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Getting your feet wet with Open Data

10 May

This weeks Guelph Coffee and Code event will be focused on starting up the @OpenGuelph Project.  John Rockefeller will be leading the efforts this week as Cory Fowler will be presenting on Windows Azure at the Toronto Visual Basic User Group [TVBUG].

John will be leading a PHP application to bring an open data feed from Vancouver, or Edmonton and overlaying it on a Google or Bing Map.

If you’d like to join in on the PHP Project here are the details:

Venue: The Albion Hotel
Location: 49 Norfolk St. Guelph, Ontario
Date: Thursday May 13, 2010
Time: 5:00pm – 8:00pm

Witness the Power of OpenData

If you’re not too sure what OpenData is watch this TEDTalk, “The Year Open Data went World Wide” by Tim Berners-lee on how Open Data helped the search teams in Haiti after the earthquake.

 
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Southern Ontario Developer Round-Up

02 May

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Are you a Software Developer in Cambridge, Guelph, Kitchener, Waterloo or from another City/Town in the Golden Triangle?  Are you interested in learning new skills, sharing your experiences, or contributing to Community based Software projects?

We want to see you out at our next Guelph Coffee and Code Session!

Our next meeting will be a round table discussion on learning objectives that the group has and how they can be incorporated into up coming Community Projects.

Venue: The Albion Hotel
Address: 49 Norfolk St. Guelph, Ontario, Canada
Date: Thursday May 6th, 2010
Time: 5pm – 8pm

 
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Guelph Coffee and Code: April 15

14 Apr

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Welcome Technology Community members, I apologize for the delay in this weeks post.

Please Note: the Time and Location change in this weeks event. 

To appeal to the technology hub in Downtown Guelph this weeks event will begin shortly after the work day ends. We hope that this will attract some people that have been meaning to come out, but haven’t gotten the chance to make it to an event.

To reiterate, Guelph Coffee and Code is a very relaxed environment in which you can show up when you please, and leave when you wish.  We enjoy the flexibility of this model as we like to encourage community building through networking, but also try to promote the ability to work on projects [Community based, or Personal]. We are also a great resource of help, just incase you are stuck on some code.

This week come out to work or relax with some like minded individuals. Cory is hoping to show off some of the Open Data Applications and Feeds that he has come across. If you want to gather some resources on Open Data check out the Focused twitter account @OpenGuelph.Drawing of Downtown Guelph

Without further ado….

Venue: Coco Latte
Address: 55 Wyndham Street N. Guelph, Ontario
Date: Thursday April 15, 2010
Time: 6pm – 8pm

 
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Ring, Ring, Ring, Bring out your Data

10 Apr

Cory FowlerCory Fowler, Founder of Guelph Coffee and Code, decided to rally the community to create a movement to get Guelph to open up its data. The movement began with creating a social presence on Twitter, under the username @OpenGuelph which provided a channel to tweet the benefits that OpenData could bring.

From there Cory went on to respond to a recent blog entry “Let’s Talk – about Guelph” by Honourable Mayor Karen Farbridge.

The City of Guelph informed Cory that they are currently working on an Open Data plan, and are open to suggestions on what to include in their documents. Cory hopes that he will be able to sit on an advisory board to help mold the open data initiative that is underway. He will be looking to the Guelph Coffee & Code members for their suggestions and ideas.

OData-logo With Cory’s background in Microsoft’s Cloud Computing Platform, Windows Azure, and the recent release of the Open Data Protocol, he hopes that he will be a great asset to the City in their task.

Once the City releases the data publicly, Guelph Coffee and Code will be starting a number of projects that will consume the data using various technologies. Our goal with these projects is to enrich the Community of Guelph, while we teach new skills to our growing Information Technology sector.

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