TweetYourMEP: how we did this

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A journey through open data to contact members of European Parliament.

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#TweetYourMEP#TweetYourMEPHow we did thisHow we did this

And how we are, hopefully, changing democracy

Who we areWho we are

Alfredo SerafiniFreelance consultant, linked data geek

Certified lazy guy

@seralfseralf@gmail.com

Who we areWho we are

Paolo MainardiDrupal ninja, open source addicted

Twinbit CTO & founder

@paolomainardipaolo@twinbit.it

Who we areWho we are

Alessio BiancalanaTinkerer, open source evangelist

Co-founder at Hopen

@dottorblasteralessio@hopen.it

Hi, I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby)

Scraping MEPs from this page? Why not?

Challenge!

Challenge!

VeniVeniVidiVidi

Vici ;)Vici ;)

Developers: we followed a divide et impera approach.And you thought latin was useless!

Live demo momentLive demo moment

You should go toapps.spaghettiopendata.org/tweetyourmep

And send a tweet to a MEP. You can ask for help if you need.

This is a typical closed data fan

Make NOISE

Make NOISE

DevelopmentDevelopment

Embeddable widget&

One-click campaigns

The toolbox is open!The toolbox is open!

Join usJoin usand hack the democracyand hack the democracy

Interesting tip: “Git” was one of the most 2012 used terms used by me in slides.So i repeat that: use Git and send us patches and feedbacks.

Dati crudi ora! :D