I was on the A Channel Morning TV Show recently to discuss with Kurt Stoodley some of the apps i developed for the Apps4Ottawa Contest.  Kurt and I  discussed the Traffic Ottawa app that displays traffic cameras around Ottawa.  The app has been available for almost a year as an iPhone, iPad, and Android app and has had over 10,000 downloads. […]

I was on CBC Radio All in a Day recently to discuss with Alan Neal some of the apps i developed for the Apps4Ottawa Contest.  Alan was particularly interested in the Persons of Interest app that displays photos and descriptions of persons wanted for questioning by the Ottawa Police.  We also discussed the other apps I submitted to the contest. http://sk8wireless.com/media/personsofinterest.MP3

SK8 Wireless won an award for our Ottawa Recycles Iphone and Android apps.  The ceremony was on Tuesday February 15th at Ottawa’s City Hall.  Many original great apps were acknowledged.  Thanks to everyone who voted for our apps. http://www.obj.ca/Technology/2011-02-16/article-2245344/Apps4Ottawa-winners-announced/1 http://ottawa.ca/online_services/opendata/winners_en.html

Please check out Apps4Ottawa.ca and register and vote for out app submissions and idea submissions. We submitted the following Android, iPhone, and iPad apps using City of Ottawa Open Data: Persons of Interest – Ottawa, Ottawa Parking, Ottawa Parks and Recreation, Civic Duty, Traffic Ottawa, Museum Canada, Libraries Ottawa, Ottawa Recycles, Take a Taxi, and Parking Valet. I also submitted […]

Check out our apps submitted to the Apps4Ottawa.ca contest by the City of Ottawa.  We’ve tried to create a variety of apps to display the usefulness of open data. Voting in January 2011. As part of the City of Ottawa’s commitment to improving citizen engagement and enhancing transparency and accountability to its residents, the City is joining other government organizations […]

SK8 Wireless wins runner up in multiple categories for their Portland Parks iphone app. The app displays information and locations of the parks in the Portland, Oregon area. The categories were: -Most Useful App -Most Appealing App -Most Original App -Best Use of Data App For a full list of all the winners, check out: http://civicapps.org/news/civicapps-awards-congrats-round-2-winners-and-runners