Wednesday, September 09, 2010
Checking out a restaurant in Edmonton has become easier thanks to DinerInspect, a winning app in the City of Edmonton’s Apps4Edmonton contest.
DinerInspect displays Edmonton restaurant inspections on a website. Users can search for restaurant inspections by location.
DinerInspect is one of 32 data applications (apps) and 86 app ideas generated by the Apps4Edmonton contest.
“This was a great opportunity to celebrate the creativity and talent of local developers and innovative Edmontonians who contributed to Apps4Edmonton,” said Chris Moore, the City of Edmonton’s Chief Information Officer.
Best overall winners were:
Gold - DinerInspect (Mitch Ronquillo)
Silver - Statistics Edmonton (Eugene Chen)
Bronze - TXT.2.ETS (Sean Healy and Joel Jackson)
StatisticsEdmonton.com gives citizens easy access to valuable information about Edmonton that can be easily shared with others.
TXT.2.ETS allows transit users to text a bus stop number. The application sends back the next few buses that will arrive and when. There’s also a twitter interface that functions the same way; tweeting a stop to @etsinfo provide an @reply with the busses about to arrive.
Judges selected the winners based on:
Category winners:
The Way We Live – Alertzy (Ben Zittallau)
Move - TXY.2.ETS – (Sean Healy and Joel Jackson)
Prosper - YEG Live – Chris Martyniuk)
Plan - Statistics Edmonton (Eugene Chen)
Green - Find-a-depot (Stephen Kiers)
In early July, the City launched Apps4Edmonton to encourage residents to develop new municipal applications for smart phones, mobile devices and PC web browsers that will benefit Edmontonians.
Accessible and transparent information has increasingly become a priority for both governments and citizens. All over the world people have been demanding increased access to government information. New technology has made these requests a possibility.
For more information
Contact Ashley Casovan (780) 994-6422
Strategic Coordinator, Information Technology
City of Edmonton
Wednesday, August 08, 2010
Apps4Edmonton and the Edmonton International Fringe Festival have chosen a winner for the Fringe portion of the Apps4Edmonton contest. Gregg Coppen has won with his entry of both a website and an iPhone application to help people find their way around the festival, and to discover and discuss performances. The app is now available for download in the iTunes store under the name Edmonton FringeFest, and is a fantastic app to help you discover artists and venues. Thank you to everyone who entered applications for the Fringe and congratulations to Gregg! See you all at the Fringe!
Wednesday, July 07, 2010
The City of Edmonton and the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival announce a unique partnership with the Apps for Edmonton contest, The Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival – Special Distinction Award. The partnership allows developers access to select data sets associated with North America’s largest and longest running fringe theatre festival.
In the spirit of fringe theatre, it is the Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival’s hope that developers will use the information provided in creative and unique ways that speak to their audience and customers, just as fringe artists use the Festival as a platform for innovative, revealing theatre.
Apps that use Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival data sets may qualify in any of the six categories inspired by the City’s Transforming Edmonton series of strategic plans, as well as the “Best Of” Gold, Silver and Bronze awards. The Edmonton International Fringe Theatre Festival – Special Distinction Award will be awarded to the entry that:
