Re: Glasgow hacks & hackers day (tickets available soon)

Hello,

Further to last week's email, details & (free) tickets for the Hacks &
Hackers Glasgow event on March 25, 2011 have now gone live:


   - http://hackshackersglasgow.eventbrite.com/
   -
   http://blog.scraperwiki.com/2011/02/22/new-event-hacks-hackers-glasgow-hhhglas/


Any further questions please let me know. We hope to see you there!

Kind regards,

Judith Townend


On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 2:55 PM, Judith Townend <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> I work part-time for Scraperwiki, the data mining & scaping start up (
> http://scraperwiki.com)
>
> Last year we ran a series of 'hacks and hackers' events for journalists,
> designers, bloggers and computer programmers and we have a couple more lined
> up for 2011.
>
> The idea is to get teams working on innovative data-driven projects, with
> potential for journalistic use.
>
> Eg:
> http://blog.scraperwiki.com/2010/07/23/hacks-and-hackers-hack-day-liverpool-policemen-judges-and-libraries/
>
> Or watch this video:
> http://blog.scraperwiki.com/2010/12/13/belfast-hacks-hackers-the-video/
>
> BBC Scotland and the BBC College of Journalism are sponsoring the Glasgow
> event on* 25th March 2011 - *
> it will be completely free for participants. Guardian Open Platform are
> sponsoring the prizes. Obviously BBC folk will attend, but it's open to
> anyone else too.
>
> I wanted to give you a heads-up about it before launch on Monday (21st
> Feb). It would be fantastic if you could tell your colleagues / friends
> about it.  If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask.
>
> Many thanks in advance
>
> best wishes
>
> Jude