Dublin Hacks Presentations!
We had a bunch of great projects presented at Dublin Hacks. Here are the details on their specs and focus. Search and Rescue S&R has the aspect of integrating smartphones with a central system, with volunteers on an open source map. They are creating an Android app to server communications. Users can search for and ...
Stop Hacking without specing: a Top 10 needed (Crossposted via TextonTechs.com)
NOTE: This is cross posted (with permission from Heather Leson). The original post can be found here http://textontechs.com/2013/11/stop-hacking-without-specing-a-top-10-needed/ Stop Hacking without specing: a Top 10 needed Posted in community, crisis, CrisisCommons, CrisisMappers, Geeks without Bounds, Humanitarian,Mappers, open data By Heather On November 15, 2013 Here we are again. It is the day before a mass of hackathons occur around the world. It is exciting and ...
Dublin Hacks – project formation
We’re in the amazing TOG hackspace, gathered around the long table. We’ve gotten tours of the space, and pet the rubber duckies, and sorted the wifi passwords. After introductions, we discussed potential projects, and then broke into groups to discuss each, cycling twice to make sure we each had a good grasp of possibility. The ...
Boston Aaron Swartz Memorial Hackathon
As we mentioned previously, Geeks Without Bounds is hosting the Boston Aaron Swartz Memorial Hackathon at MIT’s Media Lab on Nov 8th and 9th. This is a controversial location to hold the hackathon. We know. We’ve chosen to use this site both as a reclamation and as a conversation on the nature of activism, its ...
Three Year Anniversary GWOBcast
As of October 10th, Geeks Without Bounds is no longer in our Terrible Twos! As we move into our third year of humanitarian technology work, we’d like to thank our generous program sponsors who have helped us develop both as a company and as contributors in the humanitarian field. Tropo and Splunk, we would not ...
The Digital Humanitarian Network Summit 2013
Geeks Without Bounds will be hosting the Digital Humanitarian Network Summit 2013 at 88mph Garage in Nairobi, Kenya. We’ll be examining current humanitarian challenges in relation to technology, digital response, and crisis management. Participants will brainstorm and plan ways in which we can create solutions to those challenges using adaptable, agile methods and tools. We ...
IEEE Global Humanitarian Conference
Last year, I went to the IEEE Global Humanitarian Conference as a volunteer blogger. This year, I’m back – as one of their keynote speakers. Crazy, I know. Last year, I learned about Base-of-the-Pyramid business models, about turbines in Alaska, and about solar panels being stepped on by donkeys. An incredible lineup of brilliant engineers ...
The Aaron Swartz Memorial Hackathon
Less than a year ago, the death of Aaron Swartz shocked us with sadness. This young man, one of “our own”, gave in to despair and lost the biggest fight of all. His death reminded the activist community of our need to take care of each other even as it woke many in the world ...
How To Get People To Your Hackathon Part 2
Yesterday we talked about how to narrow down your audience and how to set up Eventbrite and Lanyrd pages. Today we’re going to look at how to get people to come to sign up for tickets. Get Social Are you groaning yet? Yes, I’m going to tell you all about my social media strategy. I ...
How To Get People To Your Hackathon Part 1
You’ve decided that you want to organize a hackathon. Maybe you have signed up to do a Random Hacks of Kindness or International Space Apps Challenge, or maybe you’ve decided that a hackathon is a good way to build tools for your organization, find new employees or support some outreach or educational goal. There are ...
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