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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
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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
20 - https://github.com/theodi/open-data-tech-review/wiki othr cleanup/linked data toola
Alex Sadleir 21 - http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ data viz tools catalog
Maxious 22 - manipulating data - grep/find replace/sed/regex
Maxious 23
Maxious 24 - data viz
25 - http://k2company.com/blog/2012/09/06/toolbox-for-learning-machine-learning-and-data-science/
maxious 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
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Maxious 30
Alex Sadleir 31 - http://dydra.com/
Maxious 32 - http://selection.datavisualization.ch/ data viz tools list
33 - http://nodexl.codeplex.com/ network graphs for excel
maxious 34 - http://sunfoundation.tumblr.com/
Maxious 35 - analysing - linked data tools
36 - http://govcampau.wikispaces.com/useful+tools
37 - http://linkeddata.org/home
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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
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Alex Sadleir 44 # General Data Hacking and Programming References {#general-data-hacking-and-programming-references}
45 ## The basics of being a data scientist
46
Maxious 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.
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.
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Maxious 52
Alex Sadleir 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>
Maxious 54 Illustration from Data Journalism Handbook, CC BY-SA 3.0</dd>
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Alex Sadleir 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
Maxious 58
59 [datajournalismhandbook.org](http://datajournalismhandbook.org/)
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Alex Sadleir 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
Maxious 63 practical advice check out Data Analysis with Open Source Tools by Philipp K. Janert
maxious 64
Alex Sadleir 65 For further reading in this space
Maxious 66
Alex Sadleir 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/)
Maxious 68
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Maxious 70
Maxious 71 **Statistics**
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Alex Sadleir 73 [http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html](http://greenteapress.com/thinkstats/html/index.html)
Maxious 74
75 **Programming**
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77 Programming is valuable skill for manipulating and displaying data.
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Maxious 79 Basic tutorials for a variety of languages are available for free online or you can learn
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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/)
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Maxious 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
Alex Sadleir 84
Maxious 85 **Accessibility/User Experience**
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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/)
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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.
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96 ## key datasets
97 - key datasets, directory.gov.au gazetter/AEC electorates/suburbs/postcodes/LGAs
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99 ## examples
100
101 ## The Open Budget
Alex Sadleir 102
103 ## WeatherTree weather API
Alex Sadleir 104
Maxious 105 ## PlanningAlerts
106
Alex Sadleir 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.
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109 Programming Language: Ruby
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111 Source Control: [Git](https://github.com/openaustralia/planningalerts-app)
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113 Issue Tracking: [Atlassian JIRA](http://tickets.openaustraliafoundation.org.au/browse/PA/)
114
115 ## LobbyLens
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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)
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119 Description: Displays connections between government contracts, business details, politician responsibilities, lobbyists, clients of lobbyists, political donors and the location of these entities.
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Maxious 121 Programing Language: PHP
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Maxious 123 Source Control: SVN (Subversion)
Alex Sadleir 124
Maxious 125 Issue Tracking: A whiteboard
Alex Sadleir 126
maxious 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
131 Description: Online Canberra Bus Timetables and Trip Planner.
Alex Sadleir 132
Alex Sadleir 133 Programing Language: PHP/Ruby
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135 Source Control: Git
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137 Issue Tracking: Github
maxious 138
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Maxious 140 ## Developer Tools For Your Computer {#developer-tools-for-your-computer}
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142 server admin / technical tools
143 many projects will require some kind of internet presence, webpage etc.
144 - css framework like bootstrap or zurb foundation
Maxious 145 video tools, youtube video editor/slideshow, FOSS video editing tools
146 - http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2008/11/11/relaying-postfix-smtp-via-smtpgmailcom/
Maxious 147 - amon
Maxious 148
Alex Sadleir 149 ### Source Control &#8211\. Git / Subversion
Maxious 150