Interesting post by Robert Reich re 3rd parties
Interesting post by Robert Reich re 3rd parties and common cause of right and left-wing political forces.
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Toshi U of The #ParkSlopeschool @PSMS282 after a 1st round victory at NYC #chesschampionships
Toshi U of The #ParkSlopeschool @PSMS282 after a 1st round victory at NYC #chesschampionships
Toshi U of The #ParkSlopeschool @PSMS282 after a 1st round victory at NYC #chesschampionships. #iam282#fb
Hurricane Hackers
Hurricane Hackers have mobilized very quickly to respond to Sandy. Check out their resources here:
- Web site: http://www.hurricanehackers.com/
- GitHub: https://github.com/HurricaneHackers
- Twitter: @hurricanehackrs
- Email list: hurricanehackers@mit.edu
- Internet Relay Chat: http://irc.lc/freenode/hurricanehackers
Hackathon in the Works #SandyVolunteer #SandyCoWorking #NYTechResponds
Serendipity resulted in my having a chance to meet in person with Tony Bacigalupo (@tonybgoode) and Jason Kende(@jasonkende) this evening in Brooklyn to talk about coordination re the NY Tech community response to Sandy. There is a hackathon in the works for tomorrow, likely to be followed up by a larger hackathon later this week or weekend. The purpose of the hackathons will be to get as many people as possible in one place to collaborate on different technical solutions that can be collaboratively developed together. Part of the work will be coding, but lots too will be coordination via Google Docs, social media, etc. I’ll post more details as they develop.
Regarding the larger hackathon we’d like to do later this week, when things are hopefully a bit closer to some form of more normal, we’re thinking we will do that as a fundraiser as well. Essential idea is we’ll ask individuals and companies to “pledge” to developers. Instead of pledging, say, by the mile to a marathon runner raising money for a worthy cause, in this case we’d ask people to pledge a developer by the hour. So the more developers, and the more people/organizations pledging, the more solutions we’ll develop and the more money we’ll raise. The donations will likely be donated to a charity such as the American Red Cross; we may have a blood drive there as well.
Here’s how you can help:
- If you have a location that could host 20-30 developers tomorrow, and/or 50+ later this week, let us know. For tomorrow, we’re thinking Prospect Heights/Park Slope area (high ground that has electricity). TBD on the weekend. We need a location that has Wi-Fi that is both high bandwidth and reliable.
- If you’d like to volunteer to participate, sign up at http://bit.ly/hurricanetechvolunteers (being able to code is NOT a pre-requisite)
- If you’d like to sponsor – either individual developers or the event itself, send Tony (tony@nwo.co) and/or myself (runderwood5@gmail.com) an e-mail.
- If you are in another city (San Francisco, we’re looking at you) and would like to host a similar hackathon to raise money for Sandy relief and help us develop solutions to some of the technical challenges we’re facing let us know.
More details to follow soon.
Hackathon in the Works #SandyVolunteer #SandyCoWorking #NYTechResponds
http://www.nytechresponds.org/2012/10/sandyvolunteer-recoversorg.html
Justin Wedes (@justinwedes) has set up #SandyVolunteer and in particular the sites https://lowereastside.recovers.org/ and https://redhook.recovers.org/ to help coordinate responses in those communities. Please check out these sites and if you are in a position to do so, volunteer.
http://www.nytechresponds.org/2012/10/sandyvolunteer-recoversorg.html
Sandy: NY Tech’s Time to Lead and Step Up
Over the last few years, and driven by an amazing array of people, the NY technology sector (by which I mean broadly the technologies companies as well as digital media, interactive agencies, VCs, and startups, along with various attendent professional service firms that work with these companies) has “blown up.”
Sandy has now delivered a serious blow to our home city. We, the NY tech community, now must step up to help lead and drive the recovery. NYC has given us much, we now must give back.
I have spoken with a number of people today active in the tech sector in NYC. The good news is there are a lot of people who are already getting going on the response and the different ways in which the tech sector can help out. Some specific ideas I had include:
- Blood drives at the various shared work spaces / incubators. Many of them are centrally located and have lots of foot traffic. Obviously this is dependent on both the state of the actual buildings in which these work spaces exist (I understand at least two were flooded) and the availability of transit, but there is always a need for blood, and the need will remain.
- Some form of hackathon/fundraiser to both raise funds and develop some solutions to help drive the recovery. Ask for donations for every hour people code, and then have folks work to code/develop various platforms that can be used to lead and coordinate the response.
These are just a couple quick ideas. I’d like to hear what others think are ways for us to best respond. This is the time to crowdsource great ideas.
I understand groups such as NYTM will be sending out info soon on what they are doing to lead the response. Stay tuned.
Rob Underwood
@brooklynrob
runderwood5@gmail.com