Sensis API Hack Night
posted Wednesday, 30 November 2011
Last week I tried something a bit different for the last Hack Night of 2011. Sensis sponsored the evening with the traditional pizza and beers, and most importantly the prizes for the best app/s using the Sensis API (SAPI).
Ben Wiseley whipped up a little ruby wrapper around the Sensis API and released it as a gem.
The voting was close and the winner was Vaughan Allan and Dave Parry with their app isnear.me. The way this worked was pretty sweet. Looking for a pub nearby? Type the URL pub.isnear.me into your browser and the app returns a map of results for pub near your location. Quick and very handy!
Several search terms are possible by adding more subdomains to the URL:
The second place was awarded to Scott Harvey and Jules Parry for their rather creative "Geo-office-shootout". The premise of the game was to score certain workplaces by their convenience. This was calculated as a sum of how many pubs, cafes, gyms, restaurants, etc that were nearby a given office address.
Many thanks to SAPI for sponsoring the beer, food and prizes. As always thanks to the ever-generous Lachlan Hardy and Ninefold for hosting a great venue.