Good read considering we are going to have an hackathon at odc. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "Steven Clift" <[email protected]> Date: Feb 22, 2013 8:01 PM Subject: [sunlightlabs] Palazzolo: What Hackathons Really Are To: "newswire" <[email protected]>, "citycamp" < [email protected]>, "sunlightlabs" < [email protected]>, "mnvoices" <[email protected]> Cc:
Check out: http://zzolo.org/thoughts/what-hackathons-really-are With a big weekend of civic code-a-thons around the world, here are some useful insights from the co-founder of Open Twin Cities - http://opentwincities.org - and former Code for America Fellow Alan Palazzolo. For the non-coding "democracy and community builders" among us we know "we want some of this" in our local regions, but it isn't always clear how we can help. Clearly having a community organizing tech people as the instigators are key, but what if those hub persons haven't hooked up with the civic coding movement? Passing on Alan's article and the links below to the right people might be a first step toward inspiring someone to be that leader for your community. Check out: http://opendataday.org http://brigade.codeforamerica.org/pages/codeacross For those outside the tech world where "hacking" sounds like something illegal, just think coding. Steven Clift P.S. In couple of hackathon events I organized for next generation BeNeighbors.org explorations (dynamic proximity connecting online), Alan's comments about community building and I might add belonging to a cause bigger than their day job coding for the man resonate with me. I went in expecting coding and my beer and pizza supply bought me brainstorming and lots of social community building. :-) I think a big win is when someone with the right leadership and coding skills is inspired by the hackathon to follow through after the event and to make something happen over the long run. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sunlightlabs" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sunlightlabs?hl=en. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- For more details about this list http://datameet.org/discussions/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "datameet" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
