DPLA Appfest

We're collecting tweets and other bits of social media flotsam from the DPLA Appfest hackathon, November 8-9, 2012 at the Chattanooga (TN) Public Library.

  1. And that's it folks! The first DPLA Appfest concludes here in Chattanooga, TN. A huge, *huge* thank you goes to the Chattanooga Public Library for hosting a truly productive and fun couple of days. And, of course, all hats go off to you, hackers. Well done. A brilliant display of ingenuity, creativity, and good spirit. 
  2. Conclusion: diverse skillsets at #dpla (hack, design, metadata, etc.)=more communication challenges and TOTALLY WORTH IT.
  3. Serious props to Team @berkmancenter at #DPLA Appfest. They re-imagined the catalog from the ground up
  4. All the AMAZING projects out of #DPLA appfest built in a day what could easily be a full team's year of work
  5. #DPLA Appfest is honestly the most productive hackathon I've ever been to. More groups shipping near complete things than I've ever seen
  6. Kudos to everyone at #dpla appfest for creating awesome stuff in a matter of hours. :cD
  7. Some final thoughts from our hackers...
  8. Judges are totally impressed. Not easy task to pick one winner. #dpla
  9. Congratulations to #DPLA plus! The judges chose well, you guys would have been my pick too.
  10. DPLA Plus group takes home the #DPLA Appfest Cup! Congrats to all, some amazing work instagr.am/p/R09LH8ERDC/
  11. And the winner is....DPLA PLUS!! Check out the one-of-a-kind trophy!
  12. Appfest judging begins. Can you tell which idea they are leaning toward? #dpla #CHA twitpic.com/bbtdg8
  13. Judging will be hard because everything is awesome! #dpla
  14. And now the judges convene...
  15. GEO THING: gestures toward what is going to be possible with geo special-data going forward. #dpla
  16. Next up: "What Is Where" integrate content of collections into map #dpla
  17. #DPLA GeoThing group: utilizing the geotag info from the DPLA collections. See the concept at walkingpaper.org/whatiswhere/
  18. The last group's up next: "What is Where?"

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