Greetings, hacks and hackers! It’s just one week til Connect Austin, and in the meantime, Miami is staging a mediathon, Karachi is learning Instagram, and London is nabbing data guru Simon Rogers for its monthly meetup. We’re still looking for input on the new Hacks/Hackers website, so please pass the RFI along to any coders, designers or other Internet makers you may know. We’re still accepting proposals through April 11.
Happy Friday, hacks and hackers! I thought about putting an April Fool’s joke in here, but don’t worry. I wouldn’t do that to you. Before we see what the chapters are up to, I want to bring your attention to the Website Action Group’s Request for Interest for developing and designing a brand new website for www.hackshackers.com. Interested parties should read the RFI and submit their proposals to info@hackshackers.com by April 11, 2016.
Greetings, hacks and hackers! We’ve got some news on the latest Connect milestone: #HHConnect Austin: Lands April 14th @Statesman w/ #Lean expert @ashmaurya! RSVP today: https://t.co/NuifftCSHD pic.twitter.com/TRBHf6z7Xx — Hacks/Hackers (@HacksHackers) March 23, 2016 Ash Maurya, creator of Lean Canvas, will be the featured speaker. We want to get the word out to all media entrepreneurs (or aspiring entrepreneurs) in the area, especially since a lot of people will already be in town for the ISOJ conference.
Happy Friday, hacks and hackers, and I hope those among you who went to NICAR last week are catching up admirably. The week ahead: Boston is holding a Baseball Hack Day, their fifth annual hackathon for baseball-related projects Brisbane s holding a showcase for projects by its own members, as well as special guest Lydia Byrne, a graphic illustrator Montreal is hosting an informational talk on the dark web, the deep web, and internet security for journalists Hacks/Hacker IRE is holding its regular weekly lab Chapter spotlight:
Happy NICAR to the lucky hacks and hackers here in Denver, and happy Friday to everyone else! If you’re not at the conference but would still like to grab the tipsheets and tutorials, I’d suggest Melody Kramer’s tips for finding the most popular tweets circulating on the #NICAR16 hashtag. If you missed @Gephi #NICAR16 session yesterday, tutorial & data are here:https://t.co/jme4jLNjcJ pic.twitter.com/rJHvzSpIX4 — Peter Aldhous (@paldhous) March 11, 2016 The week ahead:
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.) The intrepid website committee is asking for opinions on their plans for a new and improved website. Please comment on the Google doc! This is for anybody who needs or wants a Hacks/Hackers website, no design or web experience needed.
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.