introduction to rhok and opendata birmingham 2010
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Random Hacks of Kindness
and
Open Data Hackathon
at
Digital Birmingham
#rhok #odhd http://rhokbrum.eventbrite.com/
Today is about…
• Having fun
• Being part of a worldwide community
• Saying hello to Open Data and Crisismapping
• Building sites and applications
• Making data and information better
#rhok #odhd http://rhokbrum.eventbrite.com/
RHOK 2.0: December 4-5 2010
• Use technology to make the world a better place
• A community of volunteers, including– Developers– Designers– Disaster relief experts
• Building software for critical real-world challenges
• Best and brightest hackers from around the world
• And you’re part of it!
#rhok #odhd http://rhokbrum.eventbrite.com/
OpenData Hackday: December 4 th 2010
• Use technology to make the world a better place
• A community of volunteers, including– Developers– Designers– Librarians– Citizens
• Building software for critical real-world challenges
• Best and brightest hackers from around the world
• And you’re part of it!
#rhok #odhd http://rhokbrum.eventbrite.com/
Who Else is Coming?
• 83 cities so far, including Aarhus, Nairobi, Sao Paulo, Chicago, Bangalore, New York, Lusaka, Berlin, Toronto, Bogota, Atlanta, Jakarta, Seattle, Vienna, Lisbon, London, Sheffield, Windsor Ontario, London Ontario, Toronto, Edmonton, Ottawa, Montreal, Belfast, Vancouver, Victoria Canada, Bloomington, Brasilia, Espirito Santo, Joao Pessoa, Sao Paulo, Montevideo, Turin, Tirana, Ljubljana, Washington DC, Golden Colorado, Gothenburg, Amsterdam, Nantes, Rennes, Marseille, Helsinki, Stavanger, Oslo, Copenhagen, Los Angeles, Bangalore, Budapest, Warsaw, Philadelphia, Louisville Kentucky, Birmingham and Oxford.
#rhok #odhd http://rhokbrum.eventbrite.com/
Useful Links
Websites – problem statements and help•http://wiki.rhok.org/•http://opendataday.org/wiki
Hashtags – all the other camps•#rhok @randomhacks•#odhd
Birmingham•http://www.opendataday.org/wiki/Birmingham,_UK•http://wiki.rhok.org/RHoK_2.0_-_Birmingham