07 AM | 29 May

Random Hacks of Kindness Melbourne (#RHoK) [#geekgirl]

RHoK

Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK)

Random Hacks of Kindness Melbourne (RHoK) is a not for profit local group that is part of a global movement of hackers who are hacking for good around the world. We invite participants to work together to produce practical open source solutions to development problems related to disaster risk, major crisis (like bushfires, floods and earthquakes), and the challenges of climate change.

What is RHoK?

RHoK is a global hackathon that takes part twice a year. It was started in 2009 by Google, NASA, Yahoo!, Microsoft and the World Bank, and since then RHoK has been bringing together thousands of people around the world to create open source solutions that can save lives and alleviate suffering. RHoK Melbourne events encourage participants to develop solutions that can be used, in particular, to help people prepare for and respond to natural disasters. Melbourne is again taking part in the next global RHoK event in June this year.

RHoK Global Hackathon – 1st & 2nd of June

The next RHoK is approaching fast. You can sign up to the event via Eventbrite

See our Press Release here.

RHoK Melbourne will be located at Swinburne University Hawthorn, in the TD building.”

10 PM | 03 Aug

Melbourne afternoon Hack Club for the ladies

Bring your laptop, and something you want to create, debug, work on or learn about. Enjoy some communal hacking with with women in the same room as you — not just the same IRC channel.

Beginners are welcome – if you want to know how to set your machine up to develop software on it, or how to configure it for some particular project, we will try and help you figure it out.

All women are welcome. Men may attend as the guest of a female attendee.

Sunday, August 9, 2009 1:00pm – 5:00pm ThoughtWorks (Level 15, 303 Collins St) Melbourne, Australia Email:brianna@modernthings.org