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Call for Entries: Seattle Hacks/Hackers Demo 2011 on March 29

Have an amazing product that is poised to transform journalism and the way we tell stories? Are you a tech start up hoping to share your million dollar idea with a group of forward thinking technologists and journalists? Developing an innovative plugin? Hacks/Hackers Seattle is organizing its first demo event at Tableau Software Tuesday, March 29 and we want to learn about your brilliant ideas.

Tableau and Intersect have already joined the lineup. We’d love to add your plugin/app/site. Just fill out this five-minute demo form and we’ll consider your company/product for one of our rapidfire presentation and Q&A sessions. (Think: Ignite or a Pecha-Kucha style presentation).

We’re looking for civic-minded demos that will help, inspire and shape the future of journalism. Join us, won’t you?

For more info, check out this post about our kick-off event at Havana Social Club, join our Meetup Group, and follow us on Twitter (@hackshackersSEA).

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