Hope all you hacks and hackers are ready for NICAR! (Or at least ready to follow it on Twitter.) Hacks/Hackers Colorado is hosting a happy hour for everyone in Denver, with drinks sponsored by the Knight Lab and Tableau. (Sadly, the beers cannot be shared on Twitter.)
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Happy Leap Day weekend, hacks and hackers. (Is that a thing?)
The largest Hacks/Hackers group (over 5,000 and counting!) had what looks like an epic pool party last week, and other local groups are putting their members in touch with some pretty great opportunities.
The week ahead:
Hacks/Hackers IRE is holding its regular lab in Columbia, Missouri Sydney is holding an informational event about Editors Lab, a sort of hacking pageant from countries across the world Miami is holding its regular OpenHack night with other hacking and coding groups in town Denmark is rebooting with its first event of 2016, topic to be determined Johannesburg is informing local hacks and hackers about opportunities with impactAFRICA Halifax is holding an event on Thursday, details to be announced Chapter spotlight:
Happy Friday, hacks and hackers. We’ve got some exciting news:
Announcing Connect Brussels, April 19-20 w/ @openVRT @labdavanachttps://t.co/oBkx1QrdcZ #HHConnect pic.twitter.com/TrDey0Ukzq
— Hacks/Hackers (@HacksHackers) February 17, 2016 Connect events have been selling out fast, so subscribe for updates to be the first to know when registration opens. Let’s take a look at what’s happening in the rest of the world.
The week ahead:
Buenos Aires is celebrating its 5th birthday with a barbeque and pool party.
Greetings hacks and hackers, the Connect series is rolling onward like a behemoth and all over the world, individual chapters are holding get-togethers and learning new skills. Let’s take a look at what’s coming up:
The week ahead:
Stanford is learning how to use DocumentCloud and SearchLight to look for hidden patterns in documents on Tuesday Washington, DC, is holding a hands-on Python workshop on Thursday Boston is holding a round of lightning talks at MIT on Wednesday Mexico City is having a Cryptoparty to figure out ways to protect women journalists, programmers and designers on Friday HacksHackersIRE is holding its regular Wednesday Lab Miami is hosting a discussion on digital media in south Florida on Thursday Chapter spotlight:
Welcome to 2016, hacks and hackers! It’s been six weeks since our last newsletter and several chapters have been keeping the fires burning, including San Francisco, which had its first Connect event last weekend. Here’s what’s coming up next:
*The week ahead*:
Amsterdam stages a hackathon for refugees on Friday and Saturday, aiming to find solutions to the current migrant and refugee crisis in the Netherlands. The Missouri chapter holds its weekly lab in Columbia, Missouri, on Wednesday.
This is your last update until 2016 — the newsletter will be on hiatus until the new year. Happy holidays and may the rest of your 2015 be full of good cheer.
The week(s) ahead:
In D.C., the chapter has its holiday mixer with DC Media Innovations and The DC MUG. Hacks/Hackers Portland hears from KBOO News Research Club about how and why to access public records. In Miami, the chapter will be taking part in the Massive Journalism Holiday Extravaganza.
Ten events in the next seven days! And in the past week, we’ve also had several great events, including Hacks/Hackers Vancouver powering through their meetup by only candlelight:
The week ahead:
Hacks/Hackers Halifax launches. As part of the WordCamp US Community Summit, Hacks/Hackers Philly is co-hosting a meetup about the intersections of WordPress and media. In Montreal, tonight’s event is all about maps: how to use map templates, satellite imagery, gather and distribute geographic data, and more.
Hacks/Hackers Connect, the launchpad event series for news-media entrepreneurs developed in partnership with Google News Labs, is on the road again. Mark your calendars now for the next three events:
San Francisco: Jan. 22-23, London: Feb. 5-7, New York City: Feb. 26-27 Until then…
The week ahead:
Hacks/Hackers Vancouver holds its inaugural media startup showcase. The São Paulo chapter discusses infographics with Beatriz Blanco at its next gathering.
After a few months spent toiling in the Hacks/Hackers laboratory, we’re back and happy to announce the details for Connect events in San Francisco, London, and NYC.
Hold the date The San Francisco event will take place on the weekend of January 22 at the startup co-working space Runway, followed by events in London on the weekend of February 5 at Rainmaking Loft, and New York City on the weekend of February 26 at the CUNY Graduate School of Journalism.
Happy Wednesday! Watch for news soon from Hacks/Hackers about the next Connect events in New York, San Francisco and London.
The week ahead:
Hacks/Hackers IRE in Columbia, Mo., will hear about research into the page load times of news websites. In Los Angeles, the chapter will hear about three projects during a Show and Tell with the L,A, Times Data Desk. In Lima, Hacks/Hackers chats with the Electronic Frontier Foundation about defending digital privacy.