1.USA.gov hackathon this Friday (July 29, 2011)
Drew Conway reports:
On Friday, July 29, 2011 USA.gov with host its first ever open data/hack day event. As I am a New Yorker, I am very excited to be participating at the NYC satellite event, but I wanted to pass along this information to those of you who may not have seen it yet, or wish to participate at one of the other locations. Here is the pertinent information from the official announcement:
Apologies for the late notice, but I assume the data is still going to be available:
In March, we announced a new URL shortening service called 1.USA.gov. 1.USA.gov automatically creates .gov URLs whenever you use bitly to shorten a URL that ends in .gov or .mil. We created this service to make it easy for people to know when a short URL will lead to official, and trustworthy, government information.
Data is created every time someone clicks on a 1.USA.gov link, which happens about 56,000 times each day. Together, these clicks show what government information people are sharing with their friends and networks. No one has ever had such a broad view of how government information is viewed and shared online.
Today, we’re excited to announce that all of the data created by 1.USA.gov clicks is freely available through the Developers page on USA.gov. We want as many people as possible to benefit from the insights we get from 1.USA.gov.
Doesn’t 56,000 times a day sound a little low? I don’t doubt the numbers but I am curious about the lack of uptake.
Does anyone have numbers on the other URL shortening services for comparison?