A reminder that the first DigitalNZ HackFest in Christchurch is coming
up in a couple of weeks. You can check out the details at this link or
read more below:

   <http://digitalnz.org/blog/news/article-digitalnz-hackfest-christchurch>

Jo Eaton who is organising the day would appreciate a RSVP to
jo.ea...@natlib.govt.nz to give her an idea of numbers.

Pizza, beer, sugary confections and hackery is on offer...

--Philip.

The first DigitalNZ HackFest in Christchurch is coming up soon. We're
running it from Cii/powerHouse, thanks to their kind sponsorship!

10am-5pm, Saturday 12 September 2009
Canterbury Innovation Incubator/powerHouse
200 Armagh St, Christchurch

Come along and

* Make nice stuff using the DigitalNZ API
* Whip up some code samples to help other developers kick-start their
own DigitalNZ API creations
* Consume pizza, beer and sugary confections

DigitalNZ Search aggregates information about NZ digital content from
more than 40 content providers and makes them available via an API.
You can get a glimpse of what’s inside at search.digitalnz.org

Here are just a few examples of what you could get up to:

* Image analysis of thumbnails and search by colour
* Build an advanced search based on DigitalNZ facets
* Example mashup with Eventfinder
* Road-test the Ruby Gem
* Extend the DigitalNZ Timeline app from MIT's Simile project

Bring yourself and your laptop. We'll provide the WiFi. This is a
low-key event - feel free to come along for however long you can, even
just a couple of hours.

RSVP to jo.eaton AT natlib.govt.nz