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Hacks/Hackers Chicago is Now in Session

Hacks/Hackers goes to the heartland with its new Chicago group. This will be spearheaded by Rich Gordon, a Northwestern prof who is one of the original founders of Hacks/Hackers, and Tracy Schmidt of ChicagoNow. We have high expectations for our Chicago group with Tracy’s organizing prowess and

Boston Meetup Highlights Data Viz at Microsoft’s NERD Center on July 20

The Boston group is having its first speaker Meetup at the Microsoft NERD Center, 1 Memorial Drive, on Tuesday, July 20, organized by Matt Carroll et al. Munchies are sponsored by Microsoft and The Boston Globe/Boston.com. Interested in learning more about the cutting-edge world of data visualization? Want

Win a Scholarship to a Poynter Journalism Programming Seminar

Hacks/Hackers and The Poynter Institute are offering one full scholarship (a $795 value!) to attend the institute’s three-day seminar in St. Petersburg, Florida: Programming for Journalists / Journalism for Programmers (More info at http://hckhc.kr/doUlhi). The seminar takes place from August 25-27, 2010. Faculty includes Hacks/Hackers

NYC Meetup at Meetup Recap: Games, Ads, APIs and Scott Heiferman

Thanks to the 80-some of you who came to the Hacks and Hackers NYC meetup July 14. We’ve received a lot of positive feedback about the event. We’d love to hear your ideas for future talks about the intersection of journalism and technology. Leave a comment or email

Daylife: You Create It. We’ll Sell It. You Keep 70% of the Proceeds

Let the API challenges begin. As part of his presentation at the Hacks/Hackers NYC Meetup yesterday, Vineet Gupta (vineet@daylife.com) of Daylife offered a special challenge just for Hacks/Hackers members nationwide: * You hack an application with the Daylife API, which receives over one billion calls per month,

NYC July 27 Meetup: Behind NYT’s Moment in Time Project

The Meetup at Meetup now has a waiting list, but don’t despair. We have a bonus Meetup this month (before August) in a gorgeous penthouse space!! What: Behind the 10K+ photos in The New York Times’ Moment in Time Project When: Tuesday, July 27, 2010 7:00 PM Price:

Hacks/Hackers Survival Glossary Featured on Poynter.org

Our crowdsourced Hacks/Hackers Survival Glossary Version 1.0 debuted on the Poynter website. Thanks to everyone who helped: Jennifer 8. Lee Burt Herman, Robin Smail, David Cohn, Michelle Minkoff, Michael Donohoe, Greg Linch, John Keefe, Philip Neustrom, Chris Amico, Ashley Marty, Morgan Sully, Shmuel Ross, Paul Henrich, Dave Goodchild,