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Alex Sadleir 1 - tools.disclo.gs - how to use data
Maxious 2 - developer tools inc. linked data
Alex Sadleir 3 - gephi -> neo4j
4 - neo4j lets you build on, do massive queries of who is friends with who
5 -
Maxious 6 - postgis/quantum gis
Maxious 7 - (google earth is alright but many limitations) NASA World Wind?
Alex Sadleir 8 - ABS statistical areas
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Maxious 10 - scraperwiki with new pytemplate libraries
Alex Sadleir 11 - makes an API for your data to get in sqlite/json/csv
Maxious 12
Maxious 13 - govhack library
Maxious 14 - https://graphics.stanford.edu/wikis/cs448b-12-fall/ data viz theory
Maxious 15 - http://drawingbynumbers.org/toolsandresources
Maxious 16 - http://wmbriggs.com/blog/?p=6465
Maxious 17 - http://ofps.oreilly.com/titles/9781449339739/k_00000002.html list of d3 alternatives
Maxious 18 - http://craigkerstiens.com/2012/10/01/understanding-postgres-performance/
Maxious 19 - https://github.com/clips/pattern for easy NLP/network analysis/data mining
Maxious 20 - https://github.com/theodi/open-data-tech-review/wiki othr cleanup/linked data toola
21 - http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ data viz tools catalog
Alex Sadleir 22 - manipulating data - grep/find replace/sed/regex
Maxious 23
Maxious 24 - data viz
Maxious 25 - http://k2company.com/blog/2012/09/06/toolbox-for-learning-machine-learning-and-data-science/
26 - http://williamparry.blogspot.com.au/2011/04/putting-data-into-google-fusion-tables.html google fusion tutorial
maxious 27
Maxious 28 - http://www.slideshare.net/maxdemarzi/etl-into-neo4j
Maxious 29
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Maxious 31 - http://dydra.com/
Alex Sadleir 32 - http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ data viz tools list
Maxious 33 - http://nodexl.codeplex.com/ network graphs for excel
34 - http://sunfoundation.tumblr.com/
maxious 35 - analysing - linked data tools
Maxious 36 - http://govcampau.wikispaces.com/useful+tools
37 - http://linkeddata.org/home
38
39
40 Welcome to the GovHack toolkit. This page provides all the information you need to prepare hackfest entries.
41 These tools can be used to make entries like: mobile apps, web apps, data visualisations/infographics
42
43
44 # General Data Hacking and Programming References {#general-data-hacking-and-programming-references}
Alex Sadleir 45 ## The basics of being a data scientist
46
47 * Have a hypothesis � even if you’re making a tool/api that helps people with their questions too, remember what the objective of that is.
Maxious 48 * Find the people and tools you need to prove/show/find. This rest of this page will help with the latter.
49 * Analyse and present results � were they what you expected? Do they help explain to others what you have found out? Can present as a interactive data visualisation or a web/mobile application or just a infographic/motion graphics video that tells a story.
50 Please note, there are a combination of Analysis and Visualisation tools in each of the major categories below.
51
Alex Sadleir 52
Maxious 53 [![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_m6a65720f-300x199.gif "Data Journalism Diagram")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_m6a65720f.gif)</dt>
Alex Sadleir 54 Illustration from Data Journalism Handbook, CC BY-SA 3.0</dd>
Maxious 55
56
57 The best high level reference is the �Understanding Data� and �Delivering Data� chapters of the Data Journalism Handbook which is available online for free at
Alex Sadleir 58
Maxious 59 [datajournalismhandbook.org](http://datajournalismhandbook.org/)
60
61 You can learn the technical skills from scratch in Visualize This: The FlowingData Guide to Design, Visualization, and Statistics by Nathan Yau or for more advanced
Alex Sadleir 62
Alex Sadleir 63 practical advice check out Data Analysis with Open Source Tools by Philipp K. Janert
Maxious 64
maxious 65 For further reading in this space
Alex Sadleir 66
Maxious 67 [http://flowingdata.com/2012/04/27/data-and-visualization-blogs-worth-following/](http://flowingdata.com/2012/04/27/data-and-visualization-blogs-worth-following/)
Alex Sadleir 68
Maxious 69
Maxious 70
Maxious 71 **Statistics**
Maxious 72
73 [http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html](http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html)
Alex Sadleir 74
Maxious 75 **Programming**
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77 Programming is valuable skill for manipulating and displaying data.
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79 Basic tutorials for a variety of languages are available for free online or you can learn
Maxious 80
81 interactively with websites like [http://www.codecademy.com/](http://www.codecademy.com/#!/exercises/0\. for JavaScript or [http://www.learnpython.org/ ](http://www.learnpython.org/)or [http://tryruby.org](http://tryruby.org/)
Maxious 82
83 [https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript](https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript) &#8211\. especially for web applications and visualisations, you&#8217;ll need a basic understanding of JS. Common libraries like prototype or jQuery can help
Maxious 84
Alex Sadleir 85 **Accessibility/User Experience**
Maxious 86
Alex Sadleir 87 WCAG guidelines not only make a web app accessible but make it a better experience for all users! Even if not making an app, good to consider these things to do and not do: [http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/](http://www.w3.org/TR/WCAG/)
Maxious 88
Maxious 89 ## Who can be a hack day participant
90 - roles; coder, designer UX/graphics
91
92 ## Definitions
93 - definitions, open licence reuse permissive hacker hack data journalism data bis UCX etc.
94
95
96 ## key datasets
97 - key datasets, directory.gov.au gazetter/AEC electorates/suburbs/postcodes/LGAs
98
99 ## examples
100
101 ## The Open Budget
102
103 ## WeatherTree weather API
104
Alex Sadleir 105 ## PlanningAlerts
Alex Sadleir 106
107 [![Planning Alerts Screenshot](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_2f0199ff1-300x221.png "Planning Alerts Screenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_2f0199ff1.png)Description: Planning Alerts takes data from local government development applications and sends alerts to users based on what applications are lodged in their area.
Alex Sadleir 108
Maxious 109 Programming Language: Ruby
110
Alex Sadleir 111 Source Control: [Git](https://github.com/openaustralia/planningalerts-app)
112
113 Issue Tracking: [Atlassian JIRA](http://tickets.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/browse/PA/)
114
115 ## LobbyLens
116
117 [![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/129-Screenshot-LobbyClue_-_Chromium-300x180.png "LobbyLens screenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/129-Screenshot-LobbyClue_-_Chromium.png)
118
119 Description: Displays connections between government contracts, business details, politician responsibilities, lobbyists, clients of lobbyists, political donors and the location of these entities.
120
121 Programing Language: PHP
122
123 Source Control: SVN (Subversion)
Maxious 124
125 Issue Tracking: A whiteboard
Maxious 126
Alex Sadleir 127 ## Bus.lambdacomplex.org
Maxious 128
Alex Sadleir 129 [![](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_3789acae-300x253.jpg "Bus.lambda screenshot")](http://www.govhack.org/wp-content/uploads/How-to-participate-in-GovHack_html_3789acae.jpg)
maxious 130
Maxious 131 Description: Online Canberra Bus Timetables and Trip Planner.
Alex Sadleir 132
Maxious 133 Programing Language: PHP/Ruby
134
Alex Sadleir 135 Source Control: Git
Alex Sadleir 136
137 Issue Tracking: Github
138
139
140 ## Developer Tools For Your Computer {#developer-tools-for-your-computer}
maxious 141
142 server admin / technical tools
Maxious 143 many projects will require some kind of internet presence, webpage etc.
144 - css framework like bootstrap or zurb foundation
145 video tools, youtube video editor/slideshow, FOSS video editing tools
146 - http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/11/11/relaying-postfix-smtp-via-smtpgmailcom/
147 - amon
Maxious 148
149 ### Source Control &#8211\. Git / Subversion