This past weekend has been very productive for the Developing Latin America (#DAL2013) [2]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 [3] [es] they share some of the challenges they have raised and the activities they have organized to find solutions:
Retos #DAL2013 [4] sobre #educación [5] en México, derechos de los niños y más checa http://t.co/vop4d7ygkW [6]
— OpenDataMX (@OpenDataMX) October 19, 2013 [7]
#DAL2013 [4] challenge about education in Mexico, children's rights and more.
Reto @Infancia [8] Cuenta: Visualiza el estado de la infancia en México http://t.co/PgbHoYaX1o [9]
— OpenDataMX (@OpenDataMX) October 19, 2013 [10]
Challenge ‘Infancy Counts': Visualizes the state of infancy in Mexico.
Video: Expedición de datos con @Mexicanos1o [11] para #DAL2013 [4] http://t.co/wYUGUfGE81 [12]
— OpenDataMX (@OpenDataMX) October 19, 2013 [13]
Video: Data expedition with @Mexicanos1o [11] for #DAL2013 [4]
Reto #DAL2013 [4] Información sobre la calidad y servicio en las clínicas http://t.co/59ZajoZrEt [14] ¿Ya escogiste el tuyo?
— OpenDataMX (@OpenDataMX) October 19, 2013 [15]
#DAL2013 [4] Challenge: Information about quality and service in health clinics. Have you picked yours?
Reto #DAL2013 [4]: Ayuda a jóvenes a identificar situaciones de riesgo para ser víctimas de trata http://t.co/4IUq9BiD2S [16]
— OpenDataMX (@OpenDataMX) October 19, 2013 [17]
#DAL2013 [4] Challenge: Help youth identify risky situations that can turn them into victims of trafficking.
Participants in Guatemala [18] [es] have shown their excitement about a series of scheduled conferences:
#DALGt [19] #DAL2013 [4] empieza el sabado de conferencias pic.twitter.com/ERZnPsMrJs [20]
— JorgeGabriel Jimenez (@bebejimenez) October 19, 2013 [21]
Saturday conferences begin.
Red socio-tecnica de una pantalla flexible #DALGt [19] #DAL2013 [4] pic.twitter.com/OQ1idyWHBL [22]
— JorgeGabriel Jimenez (@bebejimenez) October 19, 2013 [23]
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 [19] #Dal2013 [24]
— guate cambia (@guatecambia) October 19, 2013 [25]
“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 [19]
— guate cambia (@guatecambia) October 19, 2013 [26]
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 [27] @guatecambia [28] #dalgt [29] #dal2013 [30]
— SocialTIC (@socialtic) October 19, 2013 [31]
The presentation on civic hacking is available here –> http://t.co/Y3PzA489T5 [27]
Civic hackers [32] from Costa Rica [33] [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 [4] acaba de comenzar! pic.twitter.com/XQRFNdbr0b [34]
— DAL (@DesarrollaLatAm) October 12, 2013 [35]
Experts co-creating with participants. In Costa Rica #DAL2013 [4] has just begun!
24 horas después, 10 equipos, 34 jóvenes, mucho talento #DAL2013 [4] #CostaRica [36] pic.twitter.com/vYp0LwlszB [37]
— Maikol Porras (@maikolporras) October 13, 2013 [38]
24 hours later, 10 teams, 34 young people, a lot of talent.
Muchas cosas han pasado en #DAL2013 [4] ¿Quieres saber cómo fue la hackathon en Costa Rica? http://t.co/WANBTgQf03 [39]
— DAL (@DesarrollaLatAm) October 15, 2013 [40]
A lot has happened at #DAL2013 [4] Do you want to learn about the hackathon in Costa Rica?
Ganadores de #DAL2013 [4] Costa Rica premiados por la Presidenta Laura Chinchilla http://t.co/G8kwCfJmW5 [41]
— Luis Diego Oreamuno (@ldiego_oreamuno) October 16, 2013 [42]
#DAL2013 [4] Costa Rica winners awarded by President Laura Chinchilla
@nacion [43] trae una nota sobre todos los equipos ganadores de Desarrollando América Latina Costa Rica 2013 #DAL2013 [4] http://t.co/TJv80PPYKE [44]
— GobiernoDigitalCR (@GobDigitalCR) October 17, 2013 [45]
@nacion [43] brings us an article about all the winning teams of Developing Latin America Costa Rica 2013
Colombia [46] [es] also held its hackathon earlier:
#DAL2013 [4] Colombia @williamgomezg [47] presenta proyectos #mochilapp [48], salud y tecnología, veeduría política ¡buenas ideas! pic.twitter.com/mFicokxSfe [49]
— Camilo Andrés Suárez (@KAMIAN) October 5, 2013 [50]
@williamgomezg [47] presents #mochilapp [48] projects, health and technology, political oversight. Great ideas!
En #DAL2013 [4] @DesarrollaLatAm [51] @TheColombist [52] nos presenta este interesante proyecto #RutaCiudadana [53] base de activistas. pic.twitter.com/g6JVxe0GuC [54]
— Centro de Innovación (@Idea2Lab) October 5, 2013 [55]
@TheColombist [52] presents this interesting project #RutaCiudadana [53]
@sibcolombia [56] muestra en primicia su api dinámica y libre para explorar datos georreferenciados @DesarrollaLatAm [51], pic.twitter.com/IHoqUHdLhO [57]
— Camilo Andrés Suárez (@KAMIAN) October 5, 2013 [58]
@sibcolombia [56] shows for the first time their dynamic and open app to explore georeferenced data
Colombia tambien desarrolla soluciones en #DAL2013 [4] http://t.co/55oj1Mk8Nc [59] @campuspartyco [60] @DesarrollaLatAm [51] pic.twitter.com/jnPhqDMaH1 [61]
— GobiernoAbiertoCol (@GobAbiertoCol) October 11, 2013 [62]
Colombia also develops solutions at #DAL2013 [4]
Hackers and other specialists in Ecuador [63] [es] are working towards Demo Day on October 26, but they've also been sharing some tweets about their activities:
Inicia #DAL2013 [4] Ecuador en la ESPAE, Espol Campus Las Peñas pic.twitter.com/gAwHebLNLF [64]
— Fundapi (@fundapi) October 5, 2013 [65]
#DAL2013 [4] kicks off in Ecuador at ESPAE [66], Espol Campus Las Peñas
#DAL2013 [4] Ecuador busca resolver problemas en transporte, medio ambiente, democracia, salud y educación. pic.twitter.com/luw3I8E9YP [67]
— David Chang (@DavidFernandoC) October 5, 2013 [68]
Ecuador seeks to find solutions to problems related to transportation, environment, democracy, health and education.
Total integración entre participantes en el DAL Ecuador #DAL2013 [4] pic.twitter.com/l8mboDfRrh [69]
— Fundapi (@fundapi) October 5, 2013 [70]
Complete integration between participants at DAL Ecuador
Se presentan los premios del DAL Ecuador #DAL2013 [4], gracias a @McDonalds_Ecu [71] pic.twitter.com/v02jolUcpg [72]
— Fundapi (@fundapi) October 5, 2013 [73]
Awards at DAL Ecuador are being presented, thanks to @McDonalds_Ecu [71]
Se le agradece a la Universidad Santa María (@USMgye [74]) por la acogida en el Data Scraping realizado la noche de ayer #DAL [75] Ecuador #DAL2013 [4]
— Fundapi (@fundapi) October 10, 2013 [76]
We thank Santa María University for hosting the data scraping event last night.
And in Peru [77] [es] there's been a lot of activity in the past two weekends, with the hashtags #datamaskay [78] (data search) and #dataminka [79] (work with data) becoming quite popular on Twitter:
#DAL2013 [4] todo Octubre! [mes de hackatones, temblores y milagros] > @IPAE_Innova [80] y @escuelab [81] te invitan! #innovape [82] > http://t.co/x0GlPwH59V [83]
— escuelab (@escuelab) October 10, 2013 [84]
#DAL2013 [4] throughout October! [month of hackathons, earthquakes and miracles!] > @IPAE_Innova [80] and @escuelab [81] invite you!
Las soluciones están en los #DatosAbiertos [85] ¡En Perú las ideas se convierten en soluciones! #DAL2013 [4] | #Datamaskay [78] pic.twitter.com/lYr0V98ydn [86]
— DAL (@DesarrollaLatAm) October 13, 2013 [87]
Solutions are found in open data. In Peru ideas become solutions!
#tenemosdata [88]!!! última encuesta sobre corrupción 2013. v/ @srotta [89] #DatosAbiertos [85] CSV SPSS XLS —> http://t.co/hieNAZvQwz [90] #dal2013 [30]
— escuelab (@escuelab) October 13, 2013 [91]
We have data! Latest poll about corruption 2013
¡ideas discutidas en #dataminka [79]! #dal2013 [30] #perú [92] c/ @guillerp [93] @yonsy [94] @cslucano [95] @bobsparz [96] @cynthiax_y [97] @eldecimohombre [98] pic.twitter.com/CY4fPX5tjn [99]
— escuelab (@escuelab) October 20, 2013 [100]
Ideas discussed at #dataminka! [79]
Una vez decidida qué app sería ideal realizar los concurrentes al #dataminka [79] debaten sobre los insumos #DAL2013 [4] http://t.co/VhVydxYerY [101]
— Centro de Innovación (@IPAE_Innova) October 20, 2013 [102]
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!