Random Hacks of Kindness is surely a worthy event & I am also skeptical about GovHack, but "wait and see". How can you shoot it down before it has occurred?
Regards, On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 9:00 PM, Melody Ayres-Griffiths < [email protected]> wrote: > Sorry Pia, but I'm not sure the Melbourne event is a good fit for > developers considering that the organisers have publicly stated: > > "As with previous GovHack winners it is the idea that matters more than > the code, that's why we've made sure to invite more than just developers > this year. " > > Basically, it seems you can code your arse off all weekend and there won't > be any consideration for it. You'd potentially just be wasting your time, > and get to watch teams that didn't code a single line receive all the > recognition. > > I'd probably go with RHoK at Swinburne instead: > http://www.rhok.org/event/melbourne-australia-1 -- they'll be making > bushfire information apps and other more useful world-changing things. Your > coding efforts will be guaranteed to actually matter there. > > Too bad about GovHack, but they've decided to position themselves away > from development, and that's their choice but it's still disappointing. > > Random Hacks of Kindness FTW. > > On Tuesday, May 28, 2013 11:27:24 PM UTC+10, Pia Waugh wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> thought you might like to know about GovHack, this weekend :) >> >> State: >> * 700 developers/participants >> * 300 observers >> * 8 cities around Australia >> * Expecting at least 200 "hacks" (in the old and good sense of the term >> of >> course) >> * 48 hours to code >> * 4 days to judge >> * Prizes being awarded 6 June at GovCampau.org >> >> Anyway, check it out at http://govhack.org >> >> From our perspective, and part of the reason I'm involved, is to showcase >> clever Aussies doing clever things. Check out the report from last year >> (2 >> cities, 150 developers) and you'll see what I mean :) >> http://govcampau.org/report >> >> Cheers, >> Pia >> > -- > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach > Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more > > Forum rules > 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. > 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs > > > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Silicon Beach Australia" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > -- Daniel Zachary Jones Human Being p: 0425 255 184 e: [email protected] -- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Silicon Beach Australia mailing list. Vist http://siliconbeachaustralia.org for more Forum rules 1) No lurkers! It is expected that you introduce yourself. 2) No jobs postings. You can use http://siliconbeachaustralia.org/jobs To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/silicon-beach-australia?hl=en?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Silicon Beach Australia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
