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Reviews from
Campaign Funding Analysis Workshop with New York Times Journalists on Saturday Jan 14, 2012
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Felt privileged to be there, even on an awful, cold, windy Saturday in January, and inspired as to what can be done with FEC data. Thanks much to the journos for doing this. -
Informative and interesting. It gave me some ideas for doing more with the campaign finance material we're posting. -
It was a good combination of technical knowledge and journalism -- neither was neglected which is hard to pull off -
The split format (one half about the FEC and its data and the other about Ruby/Rails and how to leverage that data in web apps) made good sense, and the people speaking in both halves made the time go quickly. I would recommend it to anyone interested, but if you are not already fairly familiar with campaign funding data or Ruby/Rails, prepare to be a bit overwhelmed in one section. (Probably to be expected - neither is trivial.) -
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Terrific speakers, and really good questioning from the audience. -
I would have liked the presenters to spend a little more time on the nitty-gritty. But otherwise, one of the more interesting meetups. -
Great presentations, great crowd.— Dave J
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It was very informative and Nujobi.com will be taking the suggestions and implementing. The whole idea that redis and mongodb work so efficiently as well as wordpress ... the detail of the system config was enlightening to say the least. Really enjoyed the presentations -
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Really interesting meetup and nicely structured, i.e. simple tools first, then more complicated mapping technologies second. -
I liked how the presentation was set up to demo mapping techniques ranging from simple stuff that non-programmers can use, to more complex methods for the the coding set. -
Range of what was covered and the pace of the information exchange was lean and mean -- not a minute wasted. -
Loved the multilayered approach to mapmaking -- less technical, more technical, etc.— Shaya
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This meeting was particularly good. It was an excellent showcase of the different outcomes that are possible with different levels of complexity. As always, the event organization was great. -
Great event for those who could understand it. -
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Always fun hanging out with the cool kids showing off their shiny new toys. -
Very interesting as usual!
— Dave J
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Reviews from
Data visualization & The Guardian: Reporting big stories through small details on Monday Sep 19, 2011
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chrys wu rocks the house!
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Funny presentation, well done. -
Really good presentation.
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Fantastic presentation. Hacks/Hackers never fails to please! -
Reviews from
Health innovation & open data with DHHS CTO Todd Park and Health 2.0 NYC on Friday Aug 12, 2011
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Todd was great!
— Dave J
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Well-worth attending. Interesting topic and thoughtful perspective from the two speakers. -
interesting, insightful, little too much ambient sound coming from the food area during the talks/q-a. looking forward to next time.
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Always good to see how others, especially experts from the big leagues, approach problem-solving where technical+creative+people considerations intersect. Great venue, excellent instructor. Housekeeping with dinner was a life-saver. Thanks!— John
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Excellent workshop, learned alot! -
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Excellent event and presentation by Hong Qu! Would be great to have an additional workshop section for those of us who missed it.— Rene
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I didn't quite know what to expect, but I thought that Hong Qu's presentation was excellent. He introduced a lot of unfamiliar topics in a very accessible way, and he got me thinking about web development in a completely new light. I highly recommend his lecture.
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It didn't quite answer the question in the meetup description ("How can journalists and technologists build platforms that transform our content to become engaging, evergreen features?") But I guess it did offer tools and resources for answering that question, and it was great anyway! -
Great, useful information from an experienced player in the field (vs a theoretician).
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