Two things that might be of interest:
*Refugee Crisis Response "Techfugees"* I'm part of a volunteer effort to coordinate the international tech industry's response to the refugee crisis, dubbed "Techfugees". A large part of this has been trying to record of all the activity, match up NGOs with volunteers, and put together a library of useful research. I've been desperately throwing things into a system of hackpads, and could really use some help keeping it tidy - If you're looking for some real swashbuckling information management to do, look no further: bit.ly/techfugeeshackpad
*Civic Tech Editathon* I'm hosting a small editathon about civic technology in London tomorrow evening. There's a handful of knowledgeable civic tech people coming, but it would be nice to have a few more Wikimedians: https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events/Civic_Tech_Editathon
If you want more info on either, feel free to email me directly.
*Edward Saperia* Founder Newspeak House http://www.nwspk.com email edsaperia@gmail.com • facebook http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia • twitter http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia • 07796955572 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG
Hi Ed!
We're going to push out a post on FB about the editathon shortly. Hopefully that will give you a few more signups - it's a pretty niche area, but a worthwhile one.
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On 3 November 2015 at 16:27, Edward Saperia edsaperia@gmail.com wrote:
Two things that might be of interest:
*Refugee Crisis Response "Techfugees"* I'm part of a volunteer effort to coordinate the international tech industry's response to the refugee crisis, dubbed "Techfugees". A large part of this has been trying to record of all the activity, match up NGOs with volunteers, and put together a library of useful research. I've been desperately throwing things into a system of hackpads, and could really use some help keeping it tidy - If you're looking for some real swashbuckling information management to do, look no further: bit.ly/techfugeeshackpad
*Civic Tech Editathon* I'm hosting a small editathon about civic technology in London tomorrow evening. There's a handful of knowledgeable civic tech people coming, but it would be nice to have a few more Wikimedians: https://wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Events/Civic_Tech_Editathon
If you want more info on either, feel free to email me directly.
*Edward Saperia* Founder Newspeak House http://www.nwspk.com email edsaperia@gmail.com • facebook http://www.facebook.com/edsaperia • twitter http://www.twitter.com/edsaperia • 07796955572 133-135 Bethnal Green Road, E2 7DG
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