When I participated the first meetup of Code for Canada, a question stays in my mind. Which is "How to find the problem itself?" Because the communities which developers/entrepreneurs have and communities that have issues which should be solved by technology can be different, and I think it'll be better to tackle issues worth devoting time. In my opinion, the issue we start with can be from community where is most familiar to us.
As an activity, I've asked Code for Japan questions below.
Code for Japan has several brigades and each brigade does differently, so it's depends on the brigade. Mainly by Ideathon with government employees, or by interviewing local NPOs.
- Calendar and Reminder of Refuge collecting service
- Map of preschools
- Building a community for workshop, ideathon. Higher priority more than building apps.
Code for Japan makes some presentations on SlideShare. It's a good idea how to let people know what Code for Japan is doing.
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Wataru
Great notes! Thanks for this Wataru! It might be interested to find some collaborative projects to work on between Code for Canada and Code for Japan, if we can come up with any.
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