Code Hero – The game that teaches you how to code!

Feb 19
2012


The last time I came across Alex Peake, he was walking down Mission Street in San Francisco with a plunger in hand on his way to save the world from a clogged toilet.  I first met Alex at Maker Faire in San Mateo last year where he showed me an early version of Code Hero.

One of the things I love about Code Hero is that in order to play the game, you actually have to learn how to code, and in doing so you affect the game. Instead of shooting digital bullets or grenades, you shoot lines of JavaScript code. Pretty cool, huh?

This is a leap beyond the concept of simple “gamification”, because it’s actually teaching you how to build a game, while playing a game.   It was featured last summer as part of the Geeks without Bounds GameSave hackathon, Random Hacks of Kindness and many more other awards than I can list.

Code Hero is currently running a Kickstarter campaign with 5 days to go.   Go check it out!

Video from 28c3

Jan 01
2012

We’ve been recovering from 28c3, Journey to the End of the Year, and Berlin New Year’s Eve all day today at the Unicorn Fortress. Did you know fireworks are legal to shoot off in the city of Berlin? The big, loud ones, too. So it’s kind of terrifying – bright flashes, bangs resounding off the buildings, and cartridges strewn throughout the streets. We sat up late through the night discussing holistic and Cartesian approaches, gender politics, and the slippery slope of Getting Involved.

But the video that is referenced in the title! That is what you came to this entry for. Here is Tomate and me giving a talk on Security in Response at the 28th Chaos Communications Congress.

Also totally worth checking out: Meredith’s talk on The Science of Insecurity and Cory’s talk on The Coming War on General Computation.

<3 to the videographers for getting this online so incredibly quickly, to Telecomix and Tomate for a fantastic co-talk, and Tropo for supporting GWOB.

Happy Birthday Sir Isaac Newton!

Dec 25
2011

Diggz talks at eComm2011 – Video

Sep 29
2011

I did a talk at eComm (emerging communications) conference called “Communicating beyond the Horizon”. The associated Prezi can be found here: Communicating Beyond the Horizon

Willow and Diggz Interviewed at OSCON 2011 Portland

Aug 05
2011

LockerGnome’s Brandon Wirtz talks with Geeks Without Bounds founders Johnny Diggz and Willow Brugh at OSCON 11

RHoK 3 Seattle Video

Jun 08
2011

A video I put together from this weekend’s event. Thanks to everyone who helped make RHoK 3 Seattle an unforgettable event!


This Week in Cloud Computing – Digital Mountaintop (Video)

Feb 19
2011

Diggz recently appeared on This Week in Cloud Computing to talk to Amanda Coolong and David Linthicum speak about how geeks can lend a hand for events like what has recently been occurring in Egypt and in other parts of the world. He talked about his Digital Mountaintop application he built using Tropo, how we got started, and how geeks can help.  Diggz’s part kicks in about 26 minutes into this video.

GWOBorg Presents: LVL1 Louisville, KY

Dec 28
2010

GWOBcast: Geeks Without Bounds 10.10.10 Launch Podcast Video

Oct 10
2010

GWOBorg 101010 Tour Video – Part One

Sep 30
2010

Diggz put together this video of the first couple weeks of the 101010 tour covering California and the mid-west. The music courtesy of the Kloud Kollectiv. Enjoy!