We kicked off our first demo event last night with a packed house at Tableau Software (our event sponsor) in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood. More than 50 hacks and hackers packed the meeting space to learn about recent innovations at Tableau, Intersect, The Seattle Times, Journalism That Matters-Pacific Northwest and Microsoft Fuse Labs. Guests also spent a good chunk of time eating, drinking and making connections during the fully catered (thanks, Tableau) networking session that we’re hoping will lead to some cool projects in the near future.
UPDATE: Watch UStream video of the 2011 Seattle Hacks/Hackers demo beginning at 6:3o p.m. on Tuesday, March 29, 2011.
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Thanks to everyone who submitted entries for our first demo event! We received far more applications than we could accommodate for this first round. The bad news: We couldn’t possibly fit all of your presentation pitches into one event. The good news: We’re already thinking of new ways to feature innovative projects, products and ideas in the coming months!
Have an amazing product that is poised to transform journalism and the way we tell stories? Are you a tech start up hoping to share your million dollar idea with a group of forward thinking technologists and journalists? Developing an innovative plugin? Hacks/Hackers Seattle is organizing its first demo event at Tableau Software Tuesday, March 29 and we want to learn about your brilliant ideas.
Tableau and Intersect have already joined the lineup.
News and tech nerds gathered at Havana Social Club Thursday night to kickoff the Seattle chapter of Hacks/Hackers and nosh on Hawaiian-Korean eats from Marination Mobile (thanks to Patch.com).
The coming out party brought a nice mix of hacks (The Seattle Times, Seattle magazine, MSNBC, InvestigateWest, Capitol Hill Seattle blog and more) and hackers (including Adobe, Microsoft, Intersect, BigDoor and other local start ups) from around the Puget Sound area. Guests sipped on signature cocktails (The Hack, a shot of whiskey and a beer; the Hacker, a cocktail of Maker’s Mark, fresh lemon and honey), and shared ideas for future events.