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#General Information for Hacking Journalism

• The WIFI is WASHPOST GUEST, pw is washpost.
• Hashtag is #DATSCIHACK
• Please follow the code of conduct. In short, be respectful and considerate of others while at this event. We will quickly address any issues.
• Sign up on the Hacking Journalism HackDash to submit your project.
• We can use the auditorium, community room, and some of the conference rooms. Please be thoughtful of the Washington Post space. We are happy to be guests, so lets keep tidy and use any equipment with respect.
• There will be filming at the event. If you don't want to be on camera, please let me know.
• If anything comes up, contact me (@whichlight), Angela (@afwong), Alex (@alexremington), or Lenny (@rememberlenny).

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You can find me at @whichlight

I'll share a few things during the talk. You can check them out:

http://www.prettydots.com/ - draw dots together

http://danceydots.com/ - make sounds together

http://whichlight.github.io/arty-party-synth/ - arpeggiator thing

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#Developer Materials at Hacking Journalism

##API Intros There will be workshops through Saturday afternoon

• 3:00 pm IBM Watson
• 3:30 pm Embedly
• 4:00 pm Parsely
• 4:30 pm Ramp
• 5:00 pm Bloomberg Brisket
• 5:30 pm IBM Bluemix

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#General Information for Hacking Journalism

• The WIFI is CN-GUEST-2
• Hashtag is #VIDEOHACK
• Please follow the code of conduct. In short, be respectful and considerate of others while at this event. We will quickly address any issues.
• Sign up on the Hacking Journalism HackDash to submit your project.
• We can use any of the side rooms, open tables, and whiteboards. Please be thoughtful of the Conde Nast space. We are happy to be guests, so lets keep tidy and use any equipment with respect.
• There will be filming at the event. If you don't want to be on camera, please let me know.
• If anything comes up, contact me (@whichlight), Matt (@MattAtMIT), Jeanne (@jmfbrooks), or Lenny (@rememberlenny).

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To understand some of the pieces, it is helpful to interact with them together. Not sure how this will turn out, but that's part of the fun. Turn the sound up, maybe lock your screen orientation, and check these out:

1. bubblegum postcard - mobile or laptop
2. dancey dots - mobile or laptop
3. cellular - mobile only
4. runner - mobile or laptop

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#Hackathon Timeline ##Saturday

• 9:00 Registration and Breakfast
• 10:00 Welcome, Prizes
• 10:10 Sponsors - Wistia, Parse.ly, Embedly, Civic Media
• 10:30 Lightning Talks - Adrienne Debigaire, Lily Bui, Kevin Hu + Alexis Hope, Matt Carroll, Jihii Jolly
• 11:00 API Pitches - Embedly, Parsely, Twitter, Enigma, MuckRock, Guardian, Bloomberg
• Quick Break
• 11:15 Idea Pitches, Breakout, Team building, Small Idea Sessions
• 12:30 Lunch begins

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#General Information for Hacking Journalism

• The WIFI is MIT or MIT Guest
• Bathrooms are right around the left corner from the Atrium
• Please follow the code of conduct. In short, be respectful and considerate of others while at this event. We will quickly address any issues.
• Sign up on the Hacking Journalism ChallengePost to submit your project. You can post ideas in the forum.
• We can use any of the classrooms and whiteboards, but not the labs. Please be thoughtful of the Media Lab space. We are happy to be guests, so lets keep tidy and use any equipment with respect.
• There will be some MIT researchers studying hackathons here. They will be filming and interviewing. If you don't want to be on camera, please let me know.
• This would not have been possible without our sponsors: Embedly, Civic Media, Parse.ly, and Wistia.
• If anything comes up, contact m

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#API Partners at Hacking Journalism

##API Intros There will be API intros to some of the APIs. These will be running through the afternoon on Saturday.

• 2:00 pm Embedly
• 2:30 pm Parse.ly
• 3:00 pm Twitter
• 3:30 pm Enigma
• 4:00 pm MuckRock
• 4:30 pm Guardian

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If I'm talking about participatory and interactive art, we've got to do some demos together. Not sure how this will turn out, but that's part of the fun. Turn the sound up, maybe lock your screen orientation, and check these out:

1. bubblegum postcard - mobile or laptop
2. dancey dots - mobile or laptop
3. cellular - mobile only

yay arpegiattor

1. sounds for spring - mobile or laptop