[LINK] Hacking for humanity in Sydney this weekend

[Tom Worthington]

A hackathon on "Wanna Save the World?" is being held at the University 
of New South Wales this weekend, 5 to 6 June 2010: 
<http://rhoksydney.eventbrite.com/>.

It is free and anyone interested in using computers, mobile phones, the 
web and the Internet to save lives and speed recovery after disasters is 
welcome. I will be helping out in the Incubator room with ideas and 
discussions on Emergency Planning and Response: 
<http://www.tomw.net.au/technology/it/bushfire_warning_system/>.

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Event Details
Wanna Save the World?
Random Hacks of Kindness is all about "hacking for humanity"
<http://rhoksydney.eventbrite.com/>

     Here's how: Attend the Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) hackathon 
and build technology that saves lives, alleviates suffering, and speeds 
recovery after disasters strike. These hackathons are also competitive 
codejams. Winning hacks are selected by a panel at the end of the event, 
and the winning teams are recognized on the RHoK website, and claim the 
right to call themselves "RHoKstars" for ever after.

     From June 5-6, 2010, RHoK is hosting its second hackathon—a global 
gathering of hackers in Washington D.C., Sydney, Nairobi, Jakarta, Sao 
Paolo and London, coming together in real time for a weekend of coding 
around problems relating to natural disaster risk and response. This 
global hackathon will take place at the conclusion of the World Bank’s 
“Understanding Risk” conference, a gathering of hundreds of experts from 
around the world who will be discussing some of the very challenges we 
hackers are seeking to provide solutions for.

     Get involved!

     RHoK is looking for enthusiastic hackers, programers, students and 
anyone interested in technology that makes a difference in the world in 
Sydney to support this inaugural global hackathon by taking part in this 
incredible opportunity to “hack for humanity.”

     Food, drinks and plenty of RHoK swag will be provided! Join us and 
spend a weekend meeting new people, networking and hacking to making a 
difference in the world!

     Please bring your own RJ-45 / cat-5 / network patch cords. 
Otherwise UNSW IT will be happy to loan you one for $5/each.

     RHoK is generously sponsored by a partnership between Google, 
Yahoo!, Microsoft, NASA and the World Bank.
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Tom Worthington FACS CP HLM, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150
PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia  http://www.tomw.net.au
Adjunct Lecturer, The Australian National University t: 02 61255694
Computer Science http://cs.anu.edu.au/user/3890