random hacks of kindness, dec 2012
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http://dirkgorissen.com/2012/10/09/license-to-rhok-soton/TRANSCRIPT
RHoK Southampton
1-2 Dec 2012
● Second RHoK in Southampton● ~30 worldwide locations
#rhoksoton
Welcome (again) !
Thanks to...
● We are in building 53 (Mountbatten)● Read through the visitor leaflets● Need to swipe to get out● Vacate the building between 23:00-08:00
DO NOT USE THE EMERGENCY EXIT BUTTON
● Emergency number: 3311
We are guests, behave accordingly!
Housekeeping
RHoK & Sanitation
● We are part of a global event and globally monitored !
● 30 locations, +3000 participants● Join in cross location hangouts
Social Media
09:00 - Welcome & problem statement presentations10:00 - Form groups and hackathon begins12:00 - Sandwiches & talks17:30 - Team status reports18:00 - Pizza23:00 - Everybody out
08:00 - Doors open09:00 - Breakfast10:00 - Team status reports12:00 - Pizza15:00 - Hackathon ends & judging begins17:00 - Judging completed & prizes awarded
Agenda
● Dedicated UStream channel○ http://www.ustream.tv/channel/rhoksoton
● Everybody encouraged to■ tweet using #rhoksoton■ make videos■ share pictures■ give interviews■ ...
● Let me (Dirk / @elazungu) know !○ Dedicated youtube/flikr channels
Social Media
● Local problems○ 5-10min pitches○ on-site help and feedback
● Global problems○ Well vetted problems○ Coordinate across locations (irc / hackpad)
● Important○ Decide on a team name + members○ Have Dirk create a Github repo under the
RHoKSoton organization○ Ensure final solutions are added to rhok.org
Problems
GWB Humanitarian Accelerators
Sustainability
Globally Featured Problems
● No more Tro-Tro-uble Public Transportation App (Ghana)
● Granular Health Map● ACCOUNTability● Language Lesson Generator● Sheltr (mapping homelessness)● Open Defecation Reporting● Efficient Septage Collection Systems● Crap Calculation● Where2Trash● Real Time Info for Bushfire planning● ...http://www.rhok.org/featured-problems-december-2012
Global problems
http://www.slideshare.net/marlonparker/rlabstanzania
RLabs.org
RLabs
● Create 15 min presentation○ upload on slideshare under rhoksoton
account● Create 1 min video & upload to
rhoksoton youtube channel● Create a solution page on the rhok site
○ attach problem, github, slideshare, ...○ attach to "Southampton, UK"
● Fill out shared google doc○ see Dirk
Presentation prep
● Lots of hard work!● But....
○ This was the easy part○ Tiny part of the puzzle○ Much harder is to keep going
● You already made it to the 10%
● Now be the 3%
Congrats!
Thanks to...
Feedback?
● App-accelerator● Stay involved
○ Global South Forum○ Geeks Without Bounds○ Geeks for Peace○ RHoK Summit○ CleanwebUK○ Crisismappers○ RLabs○ Engineers without Borders○ ICT4D○ ...
What next?