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| Hackathon | |
| Principles: | |
| * For fun, not profit | |
| Potential Themes: | |
| * Open data related http://data.cincinnati.com/navigator/search.aspx | |
| Venue options: | |
| * Cintrifuse — lots of workspace + available 24 hrs. | |
| * Lisnr office | |
| Promotion: | |
| * How do we motivate developers to come out? | |
| ** Through all user groups + drinkup lists | |
| ** CincyTech, Cintrifuse, Queen City Angels | |
| Tasks: | |
| * Research format | |
| * Nail down details | |
| * Promote it | |
Hmmmm. They use Citizenry, too. Maybe some overlap?
http://phillystartupleaders.org/news/weworkinphilly-hackathon-914/
I'd strike Gaslight office for now. Cintrifuse makes sense.
Hmm — I like this idea to make it a party/hackathon — from your link http://codeforamerica.org/2013/06/11/how-the-houston-hackathon-happened/
I was at SXSW in March, and I was inspired by a hackathon planned by Natalie Reichstein at T3. She combined a parking lot party outside (food trucks, live music, and kegs of craft beer) with a quiet, comfortable hackathon inside. We hadn’t yet tried the party + hackathon concept in Houston.
So I contacted Apurva Sanghavi and Guarav Khandawal, the two co-founders of the East End coworking space START Houston, to see if we could use their venue. We would throw a blowout party on Friday night before the Saturday hackathon, and developers could stay there all night if they wanted. They were excellent hosts, providing venue space as well as food.
We packed the place. It helps when you have beer, pizza, and music. Many thanks to Tom Paynter and Second Lovers for the live music, Rassul Zarinfar and Buffalo Bayou Brewing Company for the beer, Council Member Gonzalez for attending and speaking, and everyone for showing up and having a good time.
I have to admit, I really love the blueprint of party + hackathon. We were able to draw out lots of people who were not going to participate in the hackathon, but they were curious, or they had developer friends, or they just wanted to hang out with 200 nerds, drink craft beer, eat some pizza, and listen to some great live music. I fit squarely into that last camp.
I built a repo and a board:
https://github.com/OpenHack-Cincinnati/hackathons
http://huboard.com/OpenHack-Cincinnati/hackathons/board
As the Code for America post notes, they succeeded with the help of a few key city officials. Give me about 2 weeks and we'll have their consent and endorsement. I'd prefer to use a neutral space for the hackathon that embodies civic duty, not just technology/startups.
@emkidwell awesome!
We can use many of the data sets already contributed from http://data.cincinnati.com/navigator/search.aspx, Facts Matter or CAGIS in the interim of aggregating @OpenDataCincy (http://www.bigideacincinnati.com/entries/967).
I have a few venue options that would be conducive for the event as well.
I think choosing three themes: health, transportation, housing (or something similar), would make sense. Then identify the data set and allow folks to team up to hack on whatever cause they find most personal. All data sets will come in varying formats.
I'm very interested to find out how we can reach out beyond the dev community to encourage the general public to also be engaged in the hackathon.
Thoughts?
/emk