Open[Upstate] Data Day
OpenDataDay is an anual, world-wide open data hack-a-thon. OpenUpstate is hosted our 2nd incarnation of OpenDataDay in Greenville at OpenWorks on Saturday, February 21st.
You'll get the opportunity to:
- learn about Open Data and data licensing
- discover open projects and data sources
- code your own (or help other) project using Open Data
Data sources include topics ranging from bus routes to comics, from government spending to video games.
RSVP and bring friends!
We're collecting info and ideas on the event wiki at GitHub.
Published on February 5, 2015 at 12:54 pm | Permalink
Greenville Game Developers Meet-up
Our last OpenUpstate Game Developer meet-up was huge (for us)! We're excited to have another go at it, and hopefully make this a regular thing.
Presenters
- BigBlueHat will be presenting on a week and a half with RPG Maker VX Ace and the creation of "She Don't Believe in Talking Bears"--which can be downloaded and played at BigAnne.com.
- Mike Gowan will be presenting his experience building Puzzix which just released on Google Play!
- Ryan Szrama will be presenting "Dominionoes" and iterating on game design with pen and paper before putting code in an IDE.
If you have a game, and would like to present, please ping BigBlueHat on Twitter or in the #greenville channel on irc.freenode.net
Published on July 8, 2014 at 10:52 am | Permalink
Filed under meetup, game development
May 22nd - Web & Wifi; Security & Privacy
Tim Fowler will be presenting "WTF Wifi?!" and exposing common misconceptions about our safety, security, and privacy when using Wifi--both public and private. If you do work from a coffee shop, you'll want to hear this talk.
Jason Neal will be presenting "How the heartbleeds" covering the recent OpenSSL security hole. Other than the heartbleed logo...it's not pretty.
Join us at OpenWorks @ 2 N Main St. Greenville, SC. Talks start at noon. Discussion continues until we've solved all known problems...or until we need to get back to fixing them.
Bring your lunch, a friend, and some ideas for the next meet-up.
See you Friday!
Published on May 22, 2014 at 11:14 am | Permalink
OpenUpstate/OpenDataDay2014 on Github
We now have an OpenDataDay2014 repo ready on Github. We'll we using that before, during, and after the event to share data, docs, designs, and code. Grab a ticket (they're free!) and we'll get you added as a Team member.
We're actively looking for open data--especially related to South Carolina or the Upstate (or the cities therein) specifically. If you've got some--or are up for making some!--we'd love to have you join us on the Wiki even if you can't make it to the event.
See you Saturday!
Published on February 21, 2014 at 8:41 am | Permalink
#greenville channel on irc.freenode.net
Looking to connect with other Greenville, South Carolina area developers? Checkout the #greenville channel on irc.freenode.net.
You can pop in and say "hi" via WebChat (also provided by Freenode). If you want to hang out for a while, we highly recommend IRCCloud.com.
Check us out on InnoVenture.com
Stay up to date with our schedule and plans at the OpenUpstate.org Idea Page on InnoVenture.com. If you'd like to be a part of what we're doing, follow us there and Introduce OpenUpstate.org to others you know who'd enjoy being apart of this idea.
About OpenUpstate
OpenUpstate exists to foster collaboration in the tech community of Upstate South Carolina.
We are a loosely federated group of software and web developers in Upstate South Carolina who meet semi-regularly to discuss and hack on problems. Typically, we solve problems using open standards, open source, and open APIs.
For questions ping @bigbluehat or @openupstate on Twitter.