Fwd: Intro to Meredith - EU Hackathon
DJ Adams
You might be interested in this - there's an EU-Hackathon being
organised - see below.
Also cc'ing Fahad from our neighbouring Birmingham GTUG.
cheers!
dj
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From: Meredith Whittaker <meredit...@google.com>
Date: Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 6:35 PM
Subject: Re: Intro to Meredith - EU Hackathon
To: Mark Lunney <mark.p...@gmail.com>
Cc: dj.a...@pobox.com, Stephanie Liu <steph...@google.com>, rallat
<ral...@gmail.com>, hackr...@gmail.com, cyprien DECOUTY
<cyprien...@g-e-t.fr>, jean-francois garreau
<jean.franc...@gmail.com>, Van Riper <vanr...@google.com>
Hi Mark, DJ, all (and thanks Stephanie for putting me in touch :)
Apologies for the late response. I've been on a train most of the day
with *very* spotty connectivity.
As Stephanie mentioned, I'm helping to organize Google's participation
in the upcoming Hack4Transparany event, happening at the European
Parliament in Brussels, November 8th and 9th. We're currently looking
to recruit applicants, and would love your help getting the word out
to those in your communities who'd be interested.
The event focuses on convening talented hackers for two days of food,
fun, and working to make important data intelligible to everyday
people. All expenses will be paid by organizers, with a chance at
3000.00 Euro prize money.
Selected hackers will work along two tracks. The first focuses on
making information more accessible online, visualizing sources like
The Google Transparency Report, Herdict, and OpenNet Initiative; the
second concentrates on helping average people understand their
broadband performance using measurement tests and data from
Measurement Lab.
In the interest of brevity, I'll leave the description at that. But
please feel free to reach out to me with any questions or comments,
and thanks in advance for your help here :)
Cheers,
Meredith
On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 4:54 AM, Mark Lunney <mark.p...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Nice to meet you Meredith, also looking forwards to hearing about the Hackathon and spreading the word to London GTUG.
> Best,
> Mark
>
> On 11 October 2011 08:46, DJ Adams <qma...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hey Stephanie
>>
>> Hello Meredith - this sounds very interesting! Looking forward to
>> hearing more about the hackathon.
>>
>> Kind regards from a very wet & windy Manchester
>> dj
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Oct 11, 2011 at 1:20 AM, Stephanie Liu <steph...@google.com> wrote:
>> > Hi guys,
>> > I'd like to introduce you to Meredith, who's working on a large hackathon in
>> > Europe focused on transparency and accountability. I thought it might be of
>> > interest to your GTUG members or other devs you know. I'll let her explain
>> > in more detail.
>> > Hope all is going well!
>> > Cheers,
>> > --
>> > Stephanie Liu
>> > Google Developer Programs
>> > G+ | @stephliu
>> >
>> >
>
--
Meredith Whittaker
Program Manager, Google NYC
(917) 568-1666
DJ Adams
cheers!
dj
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From: Meredith Whittaker <meredit...@google.com>
Date: Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 12:05 AM
Subject: Re: Intro to Meredith - EU Hackathon
To: Stephanie Liu <steph...@google.com>
Cc: Mark Lunney <mark.p...@gmail.com>, DJ Adams
<qma...@gmail.com>, rallat <ral...@gmail.com>, hackr...@gmail.com,
cyprien DECOUTY <cyprien...@g-e-t.fr>, jean-francois garreau
<jean.franc...@gmail.com>, Van Riper <vanr...@google.com>
Hi all,
We've made a few changes to EU Hackathon application rules, and I
wanted to let you know so that you could inform your members of the
latest:
We've extended the deadline for the Internet Quality track to Friday, Oct. 21
And, we've added a data-visualization option to the Internet Quality
track, to ensure that people with a diverse set of skills can work on
making performance data meaningful.
If you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask, and thanks again for
your help!
Cheers,
Meredith