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Google’s Ngram attracts a crowd

Take 15 million books and 4 billion words, use a simple interface to search for a few words or phrases, and presto – you have Google’s Ngram Viewer. Ngram creates charts that show how often words or phrases have occurred in books since 1800. It can be used to trace

Learn about Google Books Ngram Viewer at Hacks/Hackers Boston on Feb. 9

Come learn about Google’s cool new tool: Ngram at the next Hacks/Hackers Boston Meetup on Wednesday, February 9, 2011 7 p.m. at Google’s Cambridge offices at 5 Cambridge Center, 3rd floor in Kendall Square (news when it opened!) The Google Books Ngram Viewer lets people track

Michal Migurski of Stamen Design shows his latest work at Hacks/Hackers NYC on Jan. 11

Stamen Design has developed a reputation as one of the country’s leading interactive design and data visualization studios. Its director of technology, Michal Migurski, will join Hacks/Hackers NYC to talk about his latest project, This Tract, which combines government census data, data visualization tools, map tools and geolocation

Atlanta’s Hacks/Hackers first event with a Knight NewsChallenge Panel

On Monday November 22, the Atlanta group of Hacks/Hackers hosted its inaugural meetup at RíRá Irish Pub in Midtown. Approximately 50 people attended the event , with hacks and hackers from media companies like Turner/CNN, Cox Media Group and the AJC; academics and students from institutions like the University

Hacks/Hackers Brussels Inaugural Meetup: Thursday, Nov. 18

Brussels (and Belgium) is joining the Hacks/Hackers community. The first Hacks/Hackers Brussels meetup will be 7:30 to 10:00 p.m. Nov. 18 at The Pixel Wine Bar, in Brussels (map). RSVP here (cool place, but only 40 seats available). Stay tuned via Twitter (@hackshackersbru) and our

Seattle Hacks/Hackers kicks off with Korean tacos

News and tech nerds gathered at Havana Social Club Thursday night to kickoff the Seattle group of Hacks/Hackers and nosh on Hawaiian-Korean eats from Marination Mobile (thanks to Patch.com). The coming out party brought a nice mix of hacks (The Seattle Times, Seattle magazine, MSNBC, InvestigateWest, Capitol Hill

Inaugural Meetup for Atlanta Group: Knight News Challenge Info Session

For Hacks/Hackers Atlanta‘s inaugural event and ONA Atlanta‘s second event, come learn about the Knight News Challenge, a grant competition for open-source news and information projects in geographic communities that gives away up to $5 million a year and has helped launch startups like Adrian Holovaty’s