Tech Community Gearing Up For Big Apps

By Joe Pompeo | Friday, August 14, 2009 at 12:14 pm

When we last checked in on the city's Gov 2.0 movement, the tech community was talking about rallying around Mayor Bloomberg's Big Apps contest, which will open up certain city data sets for programmers to create Web applications out of.

The first step of the contest, which is being administered by the NYC Economic Development Corporation, is a request for expressions of interest to determine what data the city decides to release:

Respondents to this RFEI are requested to submit written descriptions of City-related data they would like to see made public. These descriptions should provide as much detail as possible about the type and level of data desired. In addition, respondents are requested to describe how they envision the data being used in software applications that provide a useful service to City residents, visitors and government. The information gathered from this RFEI will be used to help the City decide how to prioritize the release of City data to the public in a format easily utilized by application developers. City data will be released or reformatted in connection with a related software application competition where contestants will develop applications that make it easier to live, work and play in New York City.

To help people navigate this process, a few members of the OpenGovNYC meetup will be hosting BigAppsDevCamp the next two Saturdays, Aug. 15 and 22.

Topics covered will include:

Why the city is RFPI'ing this process and how to format your proposal.

How you can make money by coordinating future Big Apps campaigns.

Brainstorm ideas for apps with other developers and city dwellers.

How your app can change the city.

They've also created a Big Apps ideas board and are encouraging people to promote the contest on Twitter using the #BigApps hash tag. The deadline for responding to the RFEI is Sept. 1.

Comments

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