I thought I might be biased as I go through all the GovHack projects yesterday, I believe the Perth teams would win big at national level. Well, today the winners have been announced, proved that I wasn’t biased! The Perth teams have scooped up lots of awards! Go Perth!
In today’s post, I want to highlight my top 3 picks that are GLAM-related (Otherwise I’ll not be able to finish this post by the end of 6/6).
#1 AdVintage
The AdVintage app showcases Australian print advertisements from the Trove collection in a very visually appealing way. Users can browse by categories, search and save ads to their favourites to create their very own collection.
When I first saw the app in action at the presentation, it reminds me of Pinterest, and I automatically think it’s going to be highly addictive! In my world, AdVintage is the winner, the team has made the awesome Trove collection even more awesome-r. Follow @advintageapp on Twitter.
#2 Pixtory
First off, that sign up page was just beautiful. I’m so in love with this idea! I tweeted something similar at @MuseumofPerth when he asked Twitter for “one big idea” for Perth a while ago.
I was thinking more on interactive touch screens in the city, I think it’s more accessible, also a more candid way to attract users to find out more about Perth’s history. Nevertheless I love Pixtory because again it brings the archive to life. It is an iPhone app that shows users geotagged images from the SLWA archive according to their physical location. I really look forward to playing with this app when it becomes available via the Apps store. Follow @ourPixtory on Twitter.
#3 Hansard Hack
In my last job I had to search the Hansard, a lot. They usually have the most painful, frustrating, and non-user-friendly interface. I still remember I almost had a mini melt down once when a research request required me to trawl through hansards from all States. The Hansard Hack works with all digitised debates, it is also searchable by people and date, and the bubble charts of politicians frequently used words are just superb!
Ms Gillard says “Opposition” a lot http://hansearch.heath.cc/bubble/81
I can see this app being used by advisors, librarians, researchers and citizens who enjoy exploring the occasionally entertaining and amusing parliamentary debates. I hope this app gets expanded to include data from other States.
So these are my top 3 picks, yours?
p.s. I totally dig deathmatch.me, too. It’s so much fun.
//icecjan/ 