<div>Hi LRUG.</div><div><br></div><div>I'd like to let you know that I am organising an Olympics themed Hackathon called "Londinium MMXII Hackathon", 28th~29th July in London (venue to be decided).</div><div>
<br></div><div><a href="http://mmxiihack.org">http://mmxiihack.org</a></div><div><br></div><div>I haven't opened up the registration, but please track us at <a href="http://lanyrd.com/2012/mmxiihack/">http://lanyrd.com/2012/mmxiihack/</a> if you are interested.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I know there are already olympic themed hackathon happened(<a href="http://lanyrd.com/2012/winterhackathon/">http://lanyrd.com/2012/winterhackathon/</a>), or scheduled to happen(<a href="http://lanyrd.com/guides/large-sports-event-in-capital-city-of-the-uk-in-the-year-mmxii/">http://lanyrd.com/guides/large-sports-event-in-capital-city-of-the-uk-in-the-year-mmxii/</a>), but ours is unique because it will be held during Olympic game (I am assuming the most of us haven't/couldn't get tickets so there should be no conflicts of schedule...) so there should be a real time data you can play with during the Hackathon.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Now it's time for questions/favours.</div><div><br></div><div>I am currently trying to partner up with companies/organisations which provides relevant api/dataset for the Olympics (I think playing with interesting technologies/dataset is more rewarding than getting prizes).</div>
<div>I am very keen to get <a href="http://tfl.gov.uk">tfl.gov.uk</a> on board, but I don't know anyone from the organisation (especially the tech team behind their API). If any of LRUG members know, could you introduce me? If you also know any other organisations that can provide interesting dataset, I'd love to hear,too.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I will try to attend LRUG tomorrow, so happy to chat in the pub.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div><br></div><div>Makoto </div><div><br></div>