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10 Considerations For Your Next Hackathon

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Hackathons… all the cool kids are doing them! Yes indeed, with the plethora of opendata being made available to the masses there’s no better way to get started than to hack. You know, a group of geeks gets together over pizza, beer and redbull, downloads a ton of data, cracks open their favorite SDKs, APIs and developer tools and hopefully finishes the day with an app or at least the start of a fun project to continue on with.

Hacker. Noun. “A person who enjoys exploring the details of programmable systems and stretching their capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary.” – The Jargon File

And so, as you think about planning a hackathon, the following are 10 considerations to keep in mind:

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Esri and ICMA to Host Hackstock Hackathon for #LocalGov

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Esri, ICMA, and MindMixer encourage developers, coders, and students in the New England area to participate in Hackstock for #LocalGov. ICMA’s government members have agreed to provide sample datasets to fuel the day’s hacking activities. Esri staff will create portals in ArcGIS Online for participants to access in addition to providing free mobile software development kits (SDKs) and application program interfaces (APIs) for creating maps for iOS and Android. Food and beverages will also be provided.

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The FOSS4G GeoHack – Call for Map Hacks, Hackers, and story tellers

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This year at FOSS4G in Nottingham (that’s in the UK Sept 17-21) the team has planned a GeoHack event and has put out a call to geek, hacks, and developers to participate. From the org. team:  We are putting the shout out to software and hardware hackers, graphic designers, innovative thinkers, story tellers, translators, well anyone really who would like to contribute. GeoHack runs 17th and 18th June within the ‘geo-tent’ being erected at the conference venue.  It’s FREE, but spaces will be limited, so sign up early at http://2013.foss4g.org/geohack/ to register your interest. The geohack is free to attend,  to help us gauge numbers and to register your interest, visit our eventbrite page.

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Hack4Colorado Sets the Bar High For Hackathons – Congrats @Hack4CO

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There’s no doubt that the Colorado Geek and hacking community is second to none! The recent Hack4Colorado event that took place May 31, 2013 is a great example for anyone interested in hacking or planning a similar hackathon or hackfest… checkout this video from Hack4Colorado and if this doesn’t get you inspired to hack then I’m not sure what will… great stuff from Colorado! Oh, and FYI, over 100 developers and hackers took part and there was more than $17K up fro grabs in cash and prizes! Check out more info at http://www.hack4colorado.com/  and congrats to everyone involved!
Dang I just wish I coulda been there!!


Hack4Colorado Event 5/30-6/02 from Great Sandini Films on Vimeo.
 

 

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