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NTEN Member Buzz Round-Up: September 4th 2009

NTEN

Michaela Hackner and an amazing team from ForumOne worked to create a mashup tool for the Sunlight Foundation 's Sunlight Labs Apps for America 2 contest. The Rhode Island 501 Tech Club is launching! Tags: community buzz NPTech NTEN nten members. Voting's open till Monday! See the case-study here.

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6 Governments Who Set Their Data Free

Forum One

Rhode Island's Open Data : Yet another site only a programmer could love, RI.gov's data library is as deep and wide as Newport Harbor, for which you can download tidal 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.

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Urban Curators: Exhibit Your World

Museum 2.0

The project achieves its goal by elevating common, overlooked objects and spaces within the city of Providence, Rhode Island to the level of high art. Hooray for the use of google maps mashups to locate their "exhibits." Tags: Museums Engaging in 2.0 Hats off for including white foamcore "labels" on the "pieces."