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Hacks/Hackers ATX – Ryan Robinson, Austin Demographer

On Aug. 2, Hacks/Hackers ATX was joined by City of Austin Demographer Ryan Robinson at the Austin American-Statesman. Robinson detailed several of the demographic shifts that have been occurring over the past decade, providing insight into ways these trends affect our social, economic and political climate. View his full presentation for more details and watch an excerpt below.

Many thanks to Annette Priest of Revel Insight for sponsoring refreshments. Stay tuned for September programming announcements and plans to celebrate our chapter’s first anniversary in October.

Prior to the meeting, Christian McDonald, the Statesman’s online projects editor as well as one of the Hacks/Hackers ATX organizers, treated my Issues in New Media class to a tour of the facilities. We were also joined by online managing editor Zach Ryall and newly appointed social media editor Maira Garcia (and a graduate of Texas State) for a discussion of their online and social media operations. Thought the Hacks/Hackers family would also enjoy some of these behind-the-scenes photos.

How Apple AI signals the decline of apps and the web itself

And what this might mean for news publishers Reflecting on Apple WWDC 2024 on Monday, my thoughts turned to the ill-fated Humane AI Pin. In bending over backwards to build a device without a screen, while also trying to ignite their own platform, Humane sold a cringe-inducing gadget that seemed

How Apple AI signals the decline of apps and the web itself

And what this might mean for news publishers Reflecting on Apple WWDC 2024 on Monday, my thoughts turned to the ill-fated Humane AI Pin. In bending over backwards to build a device without a screen, while also trying to ignite an entirely new platform, Humane sold a cringe-inducing gadget that

Building tools for journalism and civic information by prototyping with open source AI

Updates from the open source AI hackathon More than 100 journalists, coders, and product designers spent a weekend together in New York earlier in April to participate in the first of a series of hackathons convened designed to push the limits of the technology for journalism. To kick off the

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