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Data Viz Stars Wattenberg+Viégas Demo At Boston Meetup
Fernanda Viégas and Martin Wattenberg (“fm” as the two data viz specialists are known to call themselves) demoed their newest venture into the journalism space at the Boston groups first event Meetup on July 20.
In front of a crowd of between 40 and 50 at the Microsoft N.E.
Boston Meetup Highlights Data Viz at Microsoft’s NERD Center on July 20
The Boston group is having its first speaker Meetup at the Microsoft NERD Center, 1 Memorial Drive, on Tuesday, July 20, organized by Matt Carroll et al. Munchies are sponsored by Microsoft and The Boston Globe/Boston.com.
Interested in learning more about the cutting-edge world of data visualization? Want
Hacks/Hackers Chicago is Now in Session
Hacks/Hackers goes to the heartland with its new Chicago group. This will be spearheaded by Rich Gordon, a Northwestern prof who is one of the original founders of Hacks/Hackers, and Tracy Schmidt of ChicagoNow.
We have high expectations for our Chicago group with Tracy’s organizing prowess and
NYC Meetup at Meetup Recap: Games, Ads, APIs and Scott Heiferman
Thanks to the 80-some of you who came to the Hacks and Hackers NYC meetup July 14. We’ve received a lot of positive feedback about the event. We’d love to hear your ideas for future talks about the intersection of journalism and technology. Leave a comment or email
Win a Scholarship to a Poynter Journalism Programming Seminar
Hacks/Hackers and The Poynter Institute are offering one full scholarship (a $795 value!) to attend the institute’s three-day seminar in St. Petersburg, Florida: Programming for Journalists / Journalism for Programmers (More info at http://hckhc.kr/doUlhi). The seminar takes place from August 25-27, 2010. Faculty includes Hacks/Hackers
Daylife: You Create It. We’ll Sell It. You Keep 70% of the Proceeds
Let the API challenges begin. As part of his presentation at the Hacks/Hackers NYC Meetup yesterday, Vineet Gupta (vineet@daylife.com) of Daylife offered a special challenge just for Hacks/Hackers members nationwide:
* You hack an application with the Daylife API, which receives over one billion calls per month,