Last Tuesday we had our 23rd £5 App event, given that it is only our second event this year we chose to let people “show and tell” about the things they built this summer. We had 9 speakers, I bought the beer, John baked the cakes.
Shardcore and the Englightenment Machine
Shardcore‘s Enlightenment Machine was installed at the WhiteNight festival a week back, here he explains what’s going on:
£5 App #23 – Shardcore and the Enlightenment Machine from Ian Ozsvald on Vimeo.
Jon and Digestly
Jon‘s Digestly lets you summarise tweets which can then be sent by email to e.g. your mum who wants to hear more about you:
£5 App #23 – Jon and Digestly from Ian Ozsvald on Vimeo.
Ian (me!) and the Social Microprinter
My Social Microprinter is a CBM 231 receipt printer + Arduino + WiShield + remote server, it prints tweets and useful info using a regular shop’s receipt printer via serial:
£5 App #23 – Ian and the Social Microprinter from Ian Ozsvald on Vimeo.
John and the Arduino Doorbell
John’s Arduino-powered door-bell couples a regular remote-control doorbell with lego, wood and a big bell:
£5 App #23 – John and the Arduino Doorbell from Ian Ozsvald on Vimeo.
Seb and Geek Family Fortunes
Seb built a Family Fortunes clone recently (we played it at BarCamp Brighton) using Flash, Nun-chucks and an iPad:
£5 App #23 – Seb and Geek Family Fortunes from Ian Ozsvald on Vimeo.
Emily and SocialTies on the iPhone
Emily is working on an iPhone app with me that we’ve named SocialTies, it helps you find your friends and ‘similar people’ when you’re at an event or conference. It was inspired by the fruitless hours I’ve spent at events wondering if I’ll ever find anyone I know…
£5 App #23 – Emily and SocialTies from Ian Ozsvald on Vimeo.
Kyran and JavaScript Social Graph Visualisations
Kyran and I have been working on some social graph visualisations, Kyran’s interface lets you see where you sit in an event’s social network whilst reading real-time updates from attendees:
£5 App #23 – Kyran and JavaScript Social Graph Visualisations from Ian Ozsvald on Vimeo.
Mike and the Tardis Money Bank
Mike’s Tardis Money Bank was designed to help him and son keep tabs on pocket money. It has gone on to be used by many families since its launch:
£5 App #23 – Mike and the Tardis Bank from Ian Ozsvald on Vimeo.
Jay and Twitter Election Predictions
Jay’s real-time election results predictor read Twitter during the UK elections, the results were interestingly accurate:
£5 App #23 – Jay and using Twitter to Predict Elections from Ian Ozsvald on Vimeo.
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Ian is a Chief Interim Data Scientist via his Mor Consulting. Sign-up for Data Science tutorials in London and to hear about his data science thoughts and jobs. He lives in London, is walked by his high energy Springer Spaniel and is a consumer of fine coffees.