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MIT project looking for WordPress users to beta test data visualization tools

An MIT research project is looking for beta testers for its Knight News Challenge proposal for a WordPress data visualization plugin. Sign up on their blog. As Professor David Karger writes, his team has created a WordPress plugin called Datapress that lets folks WYSIWYG author interactive visualizations of any data

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

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

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

Hacks/Hackers NYC wants your demos

To attend Demo Day, RSVP on Meetup.com.

NYC Data Visualization Extravaganza

The New York City chapter of Hacks / Hackers met on Nov. 9th for a jam packed information session on information and data visualization. The four presenters covered the gamut of information visualization, from online data-viz products, to just launched prototypes, to critical analyses of how graphics are being used in

St. Louis Hacks/Hackers sets ‘awesome’ goal

The first St. Louis group meet-up was a great success. Fifteen hacks and hackers met for happy hour last Thursday, and expectations are high. When asked “Hacks/Hackers should ___,” the overwhelming answer was “be awesome.” (There was also a vote for “be pretty.” We’re going to try for both.