News Hackathon Austin: Hacks/Hackers/Hacking
Cindy Royal, Chris Tomlinson and I spoke about this event at a recent Refresh Austin gathering. If you write code, and you're interested in learning more about news delivery and in developing cutting edge news applications, please join us at the free event. On October 16, Hacks Hackers ATX presents a day-long Hackathon bringing journalists, news bloggers, and government employees together with technology developers to create data-driven news applications, seeking and making sense of open data available from the State of Texas and other sources. The day will start with examples of data-driven news presented by Matt Stiles and Niran Babalola from The Texas Tribune. Then communicators and developers will form groups to define and build applications from sources such as http://www.texastransparency.org/opendata/. Lunch will be served (courtesy of Community Impact Newspaper). Other sponsors include EFF-Austin, GNI Strategies, Hacks/Hackers, funded by Knight Foundation, Midas Networks, Plutopia Productions, Texas Observer, and Texas Tribune. Goals for the event: · Communicators will have a better appreciation and understanding of technology and the process of application development. · Developers will learn much more about the news ecosystem, and how to find meaning and value in increasingly available data sets. · Everybody will learn how to build stories and deliver news in a world of pervasive digital convergence. More information here: http://hackathonaustin.pbworks.com/Hacks-Hackers-Hacking -- *Jon Lebkowsky* +1 512.762-6547 Polycot Associates: <http://polycotassociates.com> project management, content and social strategy Jon Lebkowsky's Blog: <http://weblogsky.com> on accelerating culture Plutopia Productions <http://plutopiaproductions.com>: a future-focused events and entertainment company jonl on Twitter <http://twitter.com/jonl> -- Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://tr.im/refreshaustinjobspolicy We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin
