[Noisebridge-discuss] Nov 8th! (and 9th) Aaron Swartz Day and International Hackathon

Liz Henry lizhenry at gmail.com
Thu Nov 13 01:38:28 UTC 2014


Naomi that is fabulous.  Congratulations to you all.  And, thank you!!!

- liz


On Fri, Nov 7, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Naomi Most <pnaomi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Lisa, Internet Archive, and Noisebridge,
>
> Today, Signal and I got permission from our company, Invitae, to release
> an Open Source library of PubMed annotated content under the Apache
> License.
>
> medgen-mysql:
>
> https://bitbucket.org/invitae/medgen-mysql
>
> This library aggregates tons of annotations about medical genetics
> recently made available by the US National LIbrary of Medicine. We make
> these annotations available in MySQL databases.
>
> We worked really hard to get this library open-sourced in time for the
> Aaron Swartz Hackathon this weekend, and also worked hard to smooth out the
> interface so that you can basically just do this:
>
> make <database_name>
>
> ...for databases like Clinvar, Pubmed, Gene, PersonalGenomes, and more.
>
> We're hoping this library will catalyze some interesting explorative
> hacking in the spirit of downloading academic content for great justice.
>
> Signal and I will both be on-hand tomorrow to explain the contents of
> these databases and suggest ways of using them.
>
> See you tomorrow at the Internet Archive!
>
> Much love,
> Naomi
>
>
>
> On Sun, Nov 2, 2014 at 10:55 AM, Lisa Rein <lisa at lisarein.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Noisebridge Folks :-)
>>
>> I wanted to make sure you all knew about the "Aaron Swartz Day and
>> International Hackathon" events going on all over the world - and right
>> here in San Francisco.
>>
>> First, on Saturday AND Sunday, at the beautiful Internet Archive (300
>> Funston Ave, San Francisco) there's a hackathon going on from 11am-6pm.
>> Food and Beverages will be provided and yes! there will be vegan options:
>> http://www.aaronswartzday.org/sanfrancisco/
>>
>> Then that night, a big celebration - with wine and goodies at 6pm (always
>> vegan options), awesome speakers at 7pm, and a special screening, with
>> Director Brian Knappenberger there in person, of "The Internet's Own Boy"
>> at 8pm (*and* doing Q & A after the movie at 9:45).
>>
>> Speakers (7pm) include Dan Purcell from Aaron's legal team, Garrett
>> Robinson and James Dolan from SecureDrop, Cindy Cohn from EFF, Kevin
>> Poulsen re: FOIA case to have Aaron's FBI and Secret Service files
>> released, and more. Here's the invite with all the speakers:
>> http://www.aaronswartzday.org/invite/
>>
>> Finally, after the movie Q & A, keep the conversation going, and start
>> planning your hackathon projects for Sunday, just a few blocks from the
>> Internet Archive down Clement Street at Pizza Orgasmica (823 Clement St,
>> San Francisco) where the afterparty will be going on from 10:30pm-1:30am.
>> (Beer and pizza on the house, although we might start running out after
>> the first 75 or so.)
>>
>> It is my hope that people will come from all around and bring their
>> friends for the whole weekend extravaganza! I bet I can feed as many
>> people as the Internet Archive upstairs can hold (300+). (Let's try to see
>> how many people the Internet Archive can hold :-)
>>
>> Ok thanks for spreading the word. Getting people to think about this is as
>> important as the event itself. I've created a page called "Setting the
>> Record Straight" to help explain the facts of the case that everyone takes
>> for granted right now, although the media still hasn't really chosen to
>> clear up it's initial confusion. We'll see how it goes this time around.
>> Maybe it will pay better attention:
>> http://www.aaronswartzday.org/aaronswartzfacts/
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> lisa
>>
>>
>>
>> Lisa Rein
>>
>> http://www.aaronswartzday.org
>>
>>
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>
>
>
> --
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