[Noisebridge-discuss] Fwd: Hacks/Hackers & KQED

[Rachel McConnell]

That's an unfortunate date, as it happens to be Maker Faire as well.  I
expect at least some people who'd be interested in participating in this
have already committed that weekend.


Ben Kovitz wrote:
> Does this sound interesting to anyone?
> 
> Ben
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> **From:* Bruce Koon *
> *Sent:* Monday, May 10, 2010 4:07 PM
> *To:* FM News Department
> *Cc:* Amanda Stupi
> *Subject:* Hacks/Hackers & KQED
> *Importance:* High
> 
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> Folks,
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> We wanted to make you aware of an event happening at KQED May 22-23. If
> you’re interested in attending it’s free to KQED folks.
> 
>  
> 
> If you plan to attend register using the “Kqeduniter” discount code. And
> Amanda Stupi can explain in more detail how all this works.
> 
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> Bruce
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>  http://unite.hackshackers.com/
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> Hacks/Hackers Unite (Twitter hashtag #hhunite) is bringing together
> journalists and media makers with hackers and designers to build the
> killer media app for the iPad and other tablet devices.
> 
> This event will be both a coding development camp and a journalistic
> boot camp. Teams of hacks (content creators) and hackers (developers and
> designers) will cooperate to tell develop media applications for the
> iPad and tablets that help inform, enlighten and tell stories for the
> public good. You can also build tablet-based tools for journalists.
> 
> Each team must have at least one hack and hacker each. If you don’t
> already have a team, we will have some activities to help you find one
> at the event. Also, find potential collaborators and propose, browse,
> and discuss ideas here
> <http://www.google.com/moderator/#15/e=65ee&t=65ee.40&f=65ee.26f34>.
> NEW: Here’s a public wiki <http://hackshackersuniteipad.pbworks.com/> to
> also share ideas and find teams.
> 
> **If you’re a hacker**, this is your chance to build an application that
> shows people the potential of the iPad and tablets as a media device,
> working with journalists to present compelling content and stories that
> resonate with users, and help maintain the open flow of information
> required in a democracy.
> 
> **If you’re a hack or content creator**, this is your chance to develop
> a media application or tell a story that is alive in all forms of media,
> pulling users into a new form of media, possibly even as an application
> that could be sold on the App Store.
> 
> Judges for the final demos include: Harjeet Taggar, venture partner at Y
> Combinator; Andrew Fitzgerald, online news producer at Current TV; and
> David Weekly, founder of Hacker Dojo and PBworks.
> 
> Throughout the weekend, experienced journalists and coders will be on
> standby, holding office hours at KQED, answering questions from the
> teams and giving advice. Developers from KQED and NPR will be showcasing
> the NPR API and tools availble to access public media sources, but you
> can use any source or form of multimedia (text, photos, video or
> whatever you can dream up) to build native HTML5 Web applications or use
> the iPhone SDK to create iPad applications.
> 
> Let’s take chances and invent new forms storytelling for this new
> medium. The work that comes out of Hacks/Hackers Unite has the chance to
> set new paradigms for media on the iPad and tablet devices. The best
> examples will be highlighted on KQED’s Web site.
> 
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