Webjam8 presentation (done in 3 mins) A bit of humour with a message.

1. How I build cool stuff for government
(and I’m not a back-ender)

2. A year ago

3. LEARNING COOL STUFF
no meetups
40
30
20
10
0
2005 2006 2007 2008

4. Then I went to:
• Web Directions
• Jelly
• Webjam
• WSG

5. Then I went to:
• Web Directions
• Jelly
• Webjam
And met lots of cool people

6. LEARNING COOL STUFF
meetups no meetups
100
75
50
25
0
2005 2006 2007 2008

7. and learnt new dance moves
(FAIL)

8. One of the cool things I learnt...
one day I decided to build an
RSS feed for our news
(CMS still didn’t have one)

9. but I didn’t know how to build a feed
(properly)

10. (So I used apps)
Dapper
RSS feed Twitterfeed Twitter
Feedburner Email
subscriptions
Stats

11. (So I used apps)
Dapper
RSS feed Twitterfeed Twitter
Feedburner Email
subscriptions
Stats
iGoogle Gadget
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(So my Boss knew this stuff was cool)

12. Then I got other people
to build cool stuff for me

13. like this widget that shows
water savings in real-time
(The Man In Blue)
Saving water is good
Widgets look cool
(its like watching a lava lamp)

14. and the Cultural Awards 2008
(Agency Rainford)
If you want to know why
it’s cool,
come and see my presentation
tomorrow at WDS08
(11.45am)

15. I want more people in local government
to build cool stuff

16. Reem Me
So me and Reem started the
Local Government Web Network
and organised a conference
So we could talk to other gov web peeps
about building cool stuff

17. John Allsopp opened the conference

18. He showed
this slide

19. I thought...
How
inconvenient!

20. I thought...
How
inconvenient!
that she had to stop
her bike and get
out her phone

21. Better!
- Voice updates
- (i)Phone mounted
to handlebars
Location based info:
Official bike routes
Weather
Parks
Water fountains
Bike racks
Bike lockers
Bike shops

22. Better!
- Voice updates
- (i)Phone mounted
“Old drain covers to handlebars
grrrrrr.
The slots run same way Location based info:
as wheels Official bike routes
- really dangerous”
Weather
Parks
Water fountains
Alerted to their location Bike racks
Bike lockers
Report them to council Bike shops

23. Useful

24. That stuff has already been built, or will be soon.
So what would be really cool?

25. IRON MAN

26. cool tracking system

27. cool tracking system So you don’t have to
look down at the
phone

28. Can someone build and Iron Man style bike helmet
with in built location targeting system
that you can talk to?

29. But then hey, why would you be riding a bike?
(but that’s not the point)

30. There’s lots of cool stuff you AND government
could do with public data
I want to help

31. You can help:
• Keep building cool apps (cos I can’t),
so I and other (gov) people can use them :)
• Tell me if you’ve built something cool
(especially if its using public data)
• Tell me if you want to work with us
• Or, if you want to teach us
www.lgwebnetwork.org

32. Some wise words

33. Some wise words
Take all your 40,00 PDFs
and put it on a web page

34. Some wise words
Take all your 40,00 PDFs
and put it on a web page
Find someone who
rides a bike
so they’ll support
your idea

35. Some wise words
Take all your 40,00 PDFs
and put it on a web page
Just Build It.
Find someone who
rides a bike
so they’ll support
your idea

36. Build stuff
that your boss will use
and that makes people go
ooh like a lava lamp

37. This is my dream

38. Want to help?