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New Hacks/Hackers group forms in Bogota

Bogota, Colombia now has a Hacks/Hackers group and we are excited to be a new addition to the Hacks/Hackers family. Our Bogota group is already up and running with plans for a hackathon on Aug. 11 to build a crowdsourced map to assess environmental issues in Colombia’s

ShowTimeLine Complete! Hackathon on visualizing timelines with @HacksHackersBA

(Spanish post here) The sunny morning of Saturday, April 14th was ideal for jogging. But rather than exercising well-trained bodies, smart minds were warming up for a good hackathon. Forty-five people, invited by Hacks/Hackers Buenos Aires, met in Buenos Aires to work on visualizing complex relationships across timelines and

ShowTimeLine Hecho! Hackatón sobre visualizaciones de líneas de tiempo en @HacksHackersBA

(english post here) La mañana soleada del sábado 14 de abril era ideal para salir a correr. Pero en este caso no se trataba de cuerpos bien entrenados físicamente (aunque también los había) sino más bien intelectualmente preparados para un buen hackatón. Convocados por Hacks/Hackers Buenos Aires cerca de

ShowTimeLine! Hackathon on timeline visualizations at @HacksHackersBA

We believe that software can be used to tell stories in ways unthinkable for traditional journalism. Several journalists, designers and software developers related with Hacks/Hackers Buenos Aires are working on projects where they need to visualize data in time lines. We need tools to develop automatic or semi-automatic timelines

10 Days Left Until Hackathon[YAN] Yerevan 2011

Public Journalism Club and Microsoft Innovation Center Armenia, the organizers of Hackathon[YAN] Yerevan contest which will take place on 17-18 December 2011, have received over 50 applications from teams willing to take part in the competition. 50 teams submitted projects that aim at solving the issues of Yerevan, Armenia’

Hacks/Hackers Buenos Aires expands around the world

(Post en español) Yes, we have grown. Maybe too fast. Hacks/Hackers Buenos Aires has reached 470 members and continues to grow. The Buenos Aires group, founded in April of this year, and bringing together journalists and software programmers, has realized a series of activities in this city, crossing the

Hacks/Hackers Buenos Aires se expande por el mundo

(English post) Sí, hemos crecido. Tal vez demasiado rápido. Hacks/Hackers Buenos Aires llega a casi 470 inscriptos, y sigue subiendo. El capítulo de Buenos Aires que reune periodistas y programadores de software fundado en abril de este año propuso una serie de actividades que explotaron en esta ciudad, traspasaron