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

[Ben Kovitz]

Oops, that's a shame.  I'll be at the Maker Faire myself.  I'll tell my KQED friend about the conflict.


On May 10, 2010, at 9:25 PM, Rachel McConnell wrote:

> 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
>> 
>> ----------
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>> **From:* Bruce Koon *
>> *Sent:* Monday, May 10, 2010 4:07 PM
>> *To:* FM News Department
>> *Cc:* Amanda Stupi
>> *Subject:* Hacks/Hackers & KQED
>> *Importance:* High
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Folks,
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Bruce
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> http://unite.hackshackers.com/
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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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