Our best wishes to Willow Bl00!
One of my favorite parts of being a part of an organization has come again: the off boarding. Many might be anxious about such a time, but I see it as the glorious moment of truth where you trust that what you have helped to nurture and build is bigger than you are. Geeks Without […]
Open Call for Round 1 of the 2015 Accelerator Projects!
We are pleased to announce that the first round of the 2015 Accelerator for Humanitarian Projects is now open for project submissions! The Geeks Without Bounds accelerator program is six months of mentorship to take your humanitarian Open Source project from the prototyping stage to toward deployment. We’ll help you figure out your legal container, […]
International SpaceApps Challenge 2015
It’s that time of year again! Geeks Without Bounds will be hosting two iterations of NASA’s International SpaceApps Challenge (ISAC) this year. Join 9000+ participants around the globe to hack on data, hardware, software, and educational resources. This year’s ISAC will take place the weekend of April 11th – 12th, 2015. We’re spanning the U.S. […]
Friday Challenge: Civic Data & Analyzing Oil Contracts
This week’s challenge is an important data challenge for civic hacking. If you spend even just a couple of hours this weekend, you can help make buried information about government oil contracts available to the public. From CrowdCrafting: Transparency has won big victories in its 15 years or so of life as a movement, with […]
Events We Like: Hack Housing
CAVEAT: While Geeks Without Bounds does not endorse hackathons that give cash prizes, we feel that this is an important cause to contribute to and we encourage our network to engage on this issue for the sake of humanitarian work. Subvert the paradigm of competition and collaborate PROLIFICALLY! ___________________________________________________________________ Hack Housing: Empowering Smarter Decisions – […]
Indigenous Rights And Sustainability
In This Changes Everything, Naomi Klein explains how Indigenous land rights are being used as a last stand in a number of battles to protect water and land from destructive extraction industries as well as the pipelines, train lines, shipping routes and terminals used to transport coal, gas and oil. These rights, conferred by treaty […]
Got an idea for our Friday Challenges?
Dearest geeks, hackers, coders, makers, and responders of all stripes, For our new Friday Challenge post series, Geeks Without Bounds is accepting submissions for possible hacking opportunities for our wider community. If you have a humanitarian or disaster response-themed project you’re working on, know of a cause that could really use some technical attention, or […]
Friday Challenge: Translate This For The Red Cross
Background We’ve been really lucky to have the opportunity in the past to work with Jim McGowan at the American Red Cross who is doing some great work with open source software at that organization. He was a subject matter expert and participant at the 2013 Everyone Hacks Hackathon we ran in Chicago, IL. He […]
Propose a project for Citizen Science Hackfest 2015!
Hello all you citizen scientists! We have an awesome opportunity for you. While the SciStarter’s Citizen Science Hackfest in-person registration is closed, Hackfest is accepting remote participants and project proposals for the Citizen Science Hackfest 2015. Woohoo! REGISTER TO PARTICIPATE REMOTELY Make sure to note in the comments section that you are a remote participant. […]
Upcoming Hackathons We Like
Hello GWOBites! We at Geeks Without Bounds wanted to let you know about some awesome events outside of our organization that we recommend you attend. SocialGoodHacks January 31, 2015 The Point Community Development Corporation 940 Garrison Ave (Entrance on Manida St)Bronx NY 10474 USA “Presented by The Knowledge House, THE POINT CDC and The Young […]
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