This past weekend has been very productive for the Developing Latin America (#DAL2013) Apps Challenge; there was movement in person and on social networks in almost all locations of the participating countries. In this post we bring you a brief summary of what happened.
In México [es] they share some of the challenges they have raised and the activities they have organized to find solutions:
Retos #DAL2013 sobre #educación en México, derechos de los niños y más checa http://t.co/vop4d7ygkW
— OpenDataMX (@OpenDataMX) October 19, 2013
#DAL2013 challenge about education in Mexico, children's rights and more.
Reto @Infancia Cuenta: Visualiza el estado de la infancia en México http://t.co/PgbHoYaX1o
— OpenDataMX (@OpenDataMX) October 19, 2013
Challenge ‘Infancy Counts': Visualizes the state of infancy in Mexico.
Video: Expedición de datos con @Mexicanos1o para #DAL2013 http://t.co/wYUGUfGE81
— OpenDataMX (@OpenDataMX) October 19, 2013
Video: Data expedition with @Mexicanos1o for #DAL2013
Reto #DAL2013 Información sobre la calidad y servicio en las clínicas http://t.co/59ZajoZrEt ¿Ya escogiste el tuyo?
— OpenDataMX (@OpenDataMX) October 19, 2013
#DAL2013 Challenge: Information about quality and service in health clinics. Have you picked yours?
Reto #DAL2013: Ayuda a jóvenes a identificar situaciones de riesgo para ser víctimas de trata http://t.co/4IUq9BiD2S
— OpenDataMX (@OpenDataMX) October 19, 2013
#DAL2013 Challenge: Help youth identify risky situations that can turn them into victims of trafficking.
Participants in Guatemala [es] have shown their excitement about a series of scheduled conferences:
#DALGt #DAL2013 empieza el sabado de conferencias pic.twitter.com/ERZnPsMrJs
— JorgeGabriel Jimenez (@bebejimenez) October 19, 2013
Saturday conferences begin.
Red socio-tecnica de una pantalla flexible #DALGt #DAL2013 pic.twitter.com/OQ1idyWHBL
— JorgeGabriel Jimenez (@bebejimenez) October 19, 2013
Socio-technical network of a flexible screen
“Las ideas son fáciles de copiar, las ideas de negocios, las ideas socio técnicas son más difíciles“ Alvaro Figueredo #DALGt #Dal2013
— guate cambia (@guatecambia) October 19, 2013
“Ideas are easy to copy; business ideas, socio-technical ideas are harder” Alvaro Figueredo
Se debe lograr que el proyecto tome vida propia y que tenga inercia para que se mantenga-Javier Álvarez #DALGt
— guate cambia (@guatecambia) October 19, 2013
The project has to take on a life of its own and have momentum to keep going- Javier Álvarez
La presentación de Hacking cívico está disponible aquí –> http://t.co/Y3PzA489T5 @guatecambia #dalgt #dal2013
— SocialTIC (@socialtic) October 19, 2013
The presentation on civic hacking is available here –> http://t.co/Y3PzA489T5
Civic hackers from Costa Rica [es] took some time off this weekend, but the previous weekend they held their hackathon:
Los expertos co-creando con los participantes ¡En Costa Rica #DAL2013 acaba de comenzar! pic.twitter.com/XQRFNdbr0b
— DAL (@DesarrollaLatAm) October 12, 2013
Experts co-creating with participants. In Costa Rica #DAL2013 has just begun!
24 horas después, 10 equipos, 34 jóvenes, mucho talento #DAL2013 #CostaRica pic.twitter.com/vYp0LwlszB
— Maikol Porras (@maikolporras) October 13, 2013
24 hours later, 10 teams, 34 young people, a lot of talent.
Muchas cosas han pasado en #DAL2013 ¿Quieres saber cómo fue la hackathon en Costa Rica? http://t.co/WANBTgQf03
— DAL (@DesarrollaLatAm) October 15, 2013
A lot has happened at #DAL2013 Do you want to learn about the hackathon in Costa Rica?
Ganadores de #DAL2013 Costa Rica premiados por la Presidenta Laura Chinchilla http://t.co/G8kwCfJmW5
— Luis Diego Oreamuno (@ldiego_oreamuno) October 16, 2013
#DAL2013 Costa Rica winners awarded by President Laura Chinchilla
@nacion trae una nota sobre todos los equipos ganadores de Desarrollando América Latina Costa Rica 2013 #DAL2013 http://t.co/TJv80PPYKE
— GobiernoDigitalCR (@GobDigitalCR) October 17, 2013
@nacion brings us an article about all the winning teams of Developing Latin America Costa Rica 2013
Colombia [es] also held its hackathon earlier:
#DAL2013 Colombia @williamgomezg presenta proyectos #mochilapp, salud y tecnología, veeduría política ¡buenas ideas! pic.twitter.com/mFicokxSfe
— Camilo Andrés Suárez (@KAMIAN) October 5, 2013
@williamgomezg presents #mochilapp projects, health and technology, political oversight. Great ideas!
En #DAL2013 @DesarrollaLatAm @TheColombist nos presenta este interesante proyecto #RutaCiudadana base de activistas. pic.twitter.com/g6JVxe0GuC
— Centro de Innovación (@Idea2Lab) October 5, 2013
@TheColombist presents this interesting project #RutaCiudadana
@sibcolombia muestra en primicia su api dinámica y libre para explorar datos georreferenciados @DesarrollaLatAm, pic.twitter.com/IHoqUHdLhO
— Camilo Andrés Suárez (@KAMIAN) October 5, 2013
@sibcolombia shows for the first time their dynamic and open app to explore georeferenced data
Colombia tambien desarrolla soluciones en #DAL2013 http://t.co/55oj1Mk8Nc @campuspartyco @DesarrollaLatAm pic.twitter.com/jnPhqDMaH1
— GobiernoAbiertoCol (@GobAbiertoCol) October 11, 2013
Colombia also develops solutions at #DAL2013
Hackers and other specialists in Ecuador [es] are working towards Demo Day on October 26, but they've also been sharing some tweets about their activities:
Inicia #DAL2013 Ecuador en la ESPAE, Espol Campus Las Peñas pic.twitter.com/gAwHebLNLF
— Fundapi (@fundapi) October 5, 2013
#DAL2013 kicks off in Ecuador at ESPAE, Espol Campus Las Peñas
#DAL2013 Ecuador busca resolver problemas en transporte, medio ambiente, democracia, salud y educación. pic.twitter.com/luw3I8E9YP
— David Chang (@DavidFernandoC) October 5, 2013
Ecuador seeks to find solutions to problems related to transportation, environment, democracy, health and education.
Total integración entre participantes en el DAL Ecuador #DAL2013 pic.twitter.com/l8mboDfRrh
— Fundapi (@fundapi) October 5, 2013
Complete integration between participants at DAL Ecuador
Se presentan los premios del DAL Ecuador #DAL2013, gracias a @McDonalds_Ecu pic.twitter.com/v02jolUcpg
— Fundapi (@fundapi) October 5, 2013
Awards at DAL Ecuador are being presented, thanks to @McDonalds_Ecu
Se le agradece a la Universidad Santa María (@USMgye) por la acogida en el Data Scraping realizado la noche de ayer #DAL Ecuador #DAL2013
— Fundapi (@fundapi) October 10, 2013
We thank Santa María University for hosting the data scraping event last night.
And in Peru [es] there's been a lot of activity in the past two weekends, with the hashtags #datamaskay (data search) and #dataminka (work with data) becoming quite popular on Twitter:
#DAL2013 todo Octubre! [mes de hackatones, temblores y milagros] > @IPAE_Innova y @escuelab te invitan! #innovape > http://t.co/x0GlPwH59V
— escuelab (@escuelab) October 10, 2013
#DAL2013 throughout October! [month of hackathons, earthquakes and miracles!] > @IPAE_Innova and @escuelab invite you!
Las soluciones están en los #DatosAbiertos ¡En Perú las ideas se convierten en soluciones! #DAL2013 | #Datamaskay pic.twitter.com/lYr0V98ydn
— DAL (@DesarrollaLatAm) October 13, 2013
Solutions are found in open data. In Peru ideas become solutions!
#tenemosdata!!! última encuesta sobre corrupción 2013. v/ @srotta #DatosAbiertos CSV SPSS XLS —> http://t.co/hieNAZvQwz #dal2013
— escuelab (@escuelab) October 13, 2013
We have data! Latest poll about corruption 2013
¡ideas discutidas en #dataminka! #dal2013 #perú c/ @guillerp @yonsy @cslucano @bobsparz @cynthiax_y @eldecimohombre pic.twitter.com/CY4fPX5tjn
— escuelab (@escuelab) October 20, 2013
Ideas discussed at #dataminka!
Una vez decidida qué app sería ideal realizar los concurrentes al #dataminka debaten sobre los insumos #DAL2013 http://t.co/VhVydxYerY
— Centro de Innovación (@IPAE_Innova) October 20, 2013
Once participants decided which app would be ideal to develop, they debated which resources they will use.
In the next post we will continue reporting about activities in the other countries participating in Developing Latin America 2013!
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