Amy Sample Ward
MARCH 23, 2009
Social Actions’ Change the Web Challenge is about building innovative tools to help people find and share opportunities to take action on the websites, blogs, and social networks that we all visit everyday. Hack away on existing or new widgets, tools, and mashups. Test-drive submitted applications to the Change The Web Challenge.
Beneblog: Technology Meets Society
AUGUST 30, 2009
There were people already doing cool stuff, like InSTEDD and some great work around mashups of humanitarian data in Afghanistan, as well as folks discussing lauching cool new social enterprises (but we can't talk about them yet). The lawn outside the buildings (and the orchard behind the lawn) is covered with tents.
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Amy Sample Ward
JANUARY 27, 2010
With over a decade of web development experience, John channeled his skills into building something with social value. I remember leaving for Vegas and making a promise to Joe that I would submit a mashup to the 2009 Change the Web Challenge. The mashup was a map showing where people were volunteering in near-real-time.
Forum One
NOVEMBER 17, 2009
And they're doing it in ways that allow people to build web applications on top of the data. Independent programmers have used the data to develop a range of innovative mashups an mobile apps, which the city lists in its App Showcase. What are your favorite examples of government data applications and mashups? and valuable ?
Beth's Blog: How Nonprofits Can Use Social Media
APRIL 29, 2010
In addition, the Museum has taken those tips and created a mashup with the YELP api. Integrate with Foursquare by pulling their data into your primary database of record – building an even more holistic view of your constituents by adding the location and preference data from Foursquare.
NTEN
OCTOBER 28, 2009
Over 1,500 mashups later, and a first prize win in the contest, DataMasher is proving to be a great experiment in data transparency. Builds trust in your field. Honda: Online tools like DabbleDB or Google Spreadsheets also allow sharing data and even building simple charts or applications with them. Enhances your mission.
Amy Sample Ward
JANUARY 20, 2011
I wrote a blog post called, Mashups, Open APIs, and the Future of Collaboration in the Nonprofit Tech Sector. In Spring 2009, we were approached by a group that was building an advanced video + action platform and that wanted to draw on the Social Actions API. What role do API’s, and the people who build them, play in Linked Open Data?
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