Introduction to 2010 Rhok and OpenData Birmingham hackathons #rhokbrum. File copied from an old Slideshare account.

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Random Hacks of Kindness
and
Open Data Hackathon
at
Digital Birmingham

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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

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How Can We Use These?

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Random Hacks of Kindness

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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!

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RHOK0.0: Real-time Twitter Maps

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RHOK0.0: Person Finder

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RHOK1.0: Chasm

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RHOK 2.0: Your turn!

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OpenData Hackday: December 4th
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!

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Applications Like These…

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Who is this event for?

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What to Expect

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And we’ll share ideas across cities…

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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.

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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