@samthetechie from Sukey and @OccupyLSXTech is calling all engineers, programmers, geeks, hackers and techies. You are needed for the Spring of Code v0.2 aka ‘The March of the Trees ‘ on 16th March so come and geek out with us. Seriously, lend us a hand hacking, testing, implementing, storyboarding, configuring, repairing, programming and developing solutions that really empower people. We currently have a great list of projects and we are looking for the key developers and mentors to get these ideas growing… and here’s a video about Ents:

Tags: 0.2, code, ents, event, springofcode, The March of the Trees, trees

Introducing the Maptivism | ‘Cartography is Cool’ BETA for Occupy London which can be viewed over at map.occupylsx.org/

We wanted to create a resource for Occupiers which makes it easier for them to find nearby resources that make life better and then share them with their fellow occupiers. So we used our mapping obsession and our version 1 webapp code to knock something up.

So it has been a great week in terms of Spring of Code. The Sukey team has been putting its new Spring of Code developers through their paces and tonight has been a fun night of developing Sukey itself but also just messing around and hacking with google maps, Postegre (with GIS extensions), GeoRSS, openstreetmaps, php, python, js  and general html tinkering and we have come up with the first of the three main features of this app, the map. At the backend, there are several google maps: occupations, recycling, toilets, showers, wifi, and venues that teams of mappers have been invited to collaborate on. We should see these maps grow over time to help us all find what we need while we are in the city. Savvy mappers will add opening times and more useful info to their map items or even update those of others. We will see how the collaboration goes. More development coming soon on the collaborative and social aspects on the “update” and the “share” tabs respectively. Possible extensions / ideas: checkins, google calendar integration for meetups, custom rating systems, photostreams.

Volunteer

Join Sukey at the Spring of Code (today / in progress)

Join Sukey at the Spring of Code today at 18:30 @londonhackspace wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/Laboratory_24/Getting_There

Volunteer/Tech Callout Video: www.youtube.com/embed/ySXOSqvKuKw

What

The Sukey Team would like to invite you, citizens of the interwebs to the Spring of Code launch event (the code sprint that will be too small to fail and you really won’t like it so please don’t come and code with us).

When

Thursday 1st March 6.30pm

Where

London Hackspace. How to get there: wiki.london.hackspace.org.uk/view/Laboratory_24/Getting_There

or join us on IRC: springofcode.org/irc

Who

If you happen to ignore the gentle warning about how small and boring this launch event is going to be then you might want to read the next bit. Experience in the following would be a plus:
*Python
*HTML, PHP, JS, CSS
*PostgreSQL with GIS extensions
*Open Street Maps
*Android
*IOS
An Illustrator
A Graphic Designer
A UX Consultant
A UI Designer
[edit]How
Meet the organisers and future team members, discover projects, participate in discussions, share ideas, beer and pizza (in no specific order).
[edit]Work with the Sukey Team (now recruiting)
The project is growing and we need someone to help us with admin, events management, outreach and fundraising. If you would like to volunteer for this part time (unpaid) position, then please email your cv and a quick note / covering letter to “sukey.org+volunteer@gmail.com”.

View #occupywallstreet map in a larger map

This maps is based on: nycga.cc/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/LibertyPlaza.jpg and https://occupywallst.org/calendar/

Tags: collaboration, maps, maptivism, occupywallstreet

Did someone say ‘rapture raptor?’

More exciting Sukey news coming soon. We love you all.

Tags: #apocalypse, #fail, #failpocalypse, #opentech, #rapture, #sukey

Good Morning!

I will be speaking about Sukey at OpenTech2011 today (11:40am) @ULU, London. OpenTech2011 will be held at University of London Union, Malet Street, London WC1E 7HY. I am going to talk a little bit about the history of Sukey, interesting recent software developments and where we are headed next. It would be great to have your support so please come down if you can make it. Even If you cannot make it down then I would recommend you try to catch the live broadcast on ustream at 11:40 till 12:30 (London Time):www.ustream.tv/channel/opentech2011 I will be tweeting with the #sukey and #opentech hashtags from @samthetechie so follow me for updates throughout the conference.

– Sukey

Keeping demonstrators safe, mobile & informed

facebook: fb.me/sukey.org

web: sukey.org/

twitter: @sukeyData

A quick flyer I’ve put together for our talk tonight!

Get the flyer here: bit.ly/SukeyFlyer
And look at our slide show here: bit.ly/SukeySlideShow

We’ve even got wallpaper:

• 1024 by 768
• 1280 by 800
• 1440 by 900

-Gaffen (from the Sukey suit)

Amsterdam is a beautiful city on several levels. It’s beautifully designed, the bicycle system is integrated into the cities’ structure in a way I don’t think is even possible in London – rather that being pushed to the kerb and generally ignored (mostly) like they are in London, they have dedicated lanes on almost every road and seem to be seen in a similar light to those driving cars.

By far the most impressive at this point has been the Central Library, and the attitude towards libraries in Amsterdam. If you live in the UK I’m sure you’re aware of the terrible things being done to the funding of libraries. I am currently blogging from this most amazing of spaces:

The Openbare Centrale Bibliotheek Amsterdam is the largest public library in Europe, and possibly also the best. It has 10 floors – we have been working on stuff for Sukey for most of the day from floor 5 – it is fully networked, they have public iMacs for visitors, ergonomically designed workspaces from people on their own or in groups, and a full blown, affordable restaurant on the top floor where you can choose from a variety of incredibly tasty and healthy foodstuffs.

Essentially it’s about the most productive environment in which I have ever been.

Student fees for university courses used to be non-existent, but now cost €1,713 from Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. The people are welcoming, friendly and love Londoners. We’re having a fantastic time here!

-Gaffen (from the Sukey Suit)

Hi everyone,

It’s been a busy few days for us at team Sukey, we’ve been working very hard on several new things – one of which is our new website layout; we thought we’d do a little spring cleaning. Ok, so it’s not spring yet. But we couldn’t resist! Truth is we couldn’t resist the lure of another all-nighter for all the tasty click-throughs from the article about us in the Guardian. So here’s the result – *drumroll* – tadaa!

Top of the list right now for us is tidying up the source code and getting it open to the public on GitHub as soon as possible. We’re tightening bolts and battening down the hatches, so keep an eye out!

We’re also working on some little surprises for you and some new video coming soon. Watch out for our full introduction to Sukey and its’ features, as well as details of how it works.

Stay safe everyone, expect more soon. We’re aiming to get Sukey 2.0: Electric Boogaloo ready for a special event ahead of the March 26th demo. It promises to be lots of fun and we hope to see you there!

xoxoxox

Gaffen from the Sukey Team