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Updated Feb 13, 2009 by DFF1978
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HackingTheRecession  
use creativity + collaboration to beat the economic downturn!

Hacking The Recession

Location: Birkbeck College (WC1E 7HX), entrance off Torrington Square. Room 540.

Introduction

How can we use creativity + collaboration to beat the economic downturn?

Hey, how's the recession going for you? Feeling the squeeze yet? If not, do you feel prepared for whatever may come?

If you're old enough to remember the last recession, you know that we weren't lucky enough have many of the tools (Wikis, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Flickr, Delicious, etc.) or the communities that exist today. If you were on the street…you were on your own.

Does this downturn have to play out like the last?

If we can have a Web 2.0, why can't we have a Recession 2.0 — a collaborative effort to make this downturn different – better — than the last one? How can we band together as a community to survive and thrive until the next boom and beyond?

I was interviewed by Dougald on why people might want to get involved and what sort of things they could do.

Read Dougald's blog entry on Social Media vs the Recession and the update for more context.

Event Schedule

Tracks so far are looking like follows:

  1. PHP hacking on Elgg modules for the Social Media vs the Recession project
  2. Python hacking on the Django based website being built for We20 project
  3. Collaborate with other hackers on developing your own crunch-busting and/or social change ideas

  • 9am Welcome and Housekeeping (please arrive early if you need a wifi key):
    • breakfast in George Birkbeck Bar (grab some and head up to session)
  • 9.00-10.00: Opening/Introductions/Brainstorming
  • 10.00-12.30: Break up into tracks and groups for hacking
  • 12.30-13.00: Touching base.
  • 13.00-14:00: LUNCH BREAK <- In George Birkbeck Bar on 4th floor (covered by dev8D)
  • 14.00-16.30: More hacking
  • 16.30-17.00: Closing
  • 17.00-onwards: Finding a suitable watering hole and possibly some food.

Sign up to come (25 places only)

Make sure you are registered to attend Developer Happiness Days on Friday and put your name down here. If you are only coming to this day then please just email developerhappinessdays@gmail.com to be added to the wiki (no need to sing up on the dev8D site if only attending this one day):

  1. Mamading Ceesay (Instigator)
  2. Vinay Gupta
  3. Josef Davies-Coates
  4. Pamela MacLean
  5. Dougald Hine
  6. Andy Broomfield
  7. Paula Graham
  8. Mike Bennett
  9. Sofia Bustamante
  10. Thomas Barker

Links


Comment by hexayurt, Feb 01, 2009

2. Vinay Gupta (@hexayurt) - can't figure out how to edit the wikipage, but I'll be here!

Comment by jdaviescoates, Feb 02, 2009

I can't figure out how to edit page either, but also planning on being there (hopefully)

Comment by jdaviescoates, Feb 03, 2009

Aha, have to wait for registration for Dev8D to be processed before they add you to the wiki. Can now edit :)

Comment by Pam54321, Feb 06, 2009

I want to attend Hacking the Recession - but I can't register for developer happiness days. It says it is full - but there only 4 names in the list above. Can anyone help me? Pam

Comment by DFF1978, Feb 07, 2009

Anyone who is just attending this day (and not the rest of dev8D) please just email developerhappinessdays@gmail.com to be added to the wiki. No need to sign up on the dev8D site if you are only attending this day. Please reference "Recession" in the email title.

Comment by mi...@gn.apc.org, Feb 12, 2009

Planning to come along and have sent email - mike bennett

Comment by pmgazz, Feb 12, 2009

Also planning to come and have sent email. Paula Graham

Comment by hugh.barnard, Feb 12, 2009

Hi Mamading, Joseph, can't come saw this too late to make arrangements. Cclite made a lot of progress since the Limehouse days: http://www.hughbarnard.org/?q=node/3 including a fairly solid SMS interface and an experimental Debian package. More to come this year...if I can get a subdomain up, I'll post it here.

Also, I'm thinking about elgg for Tower Hamlets..

Comment by hugh.barnard, Feb 12, 2009

Ok I've put an instance of cclite up at: http://dhd.3wave.co.uk/cgi-bin/cclite.cgi you can log into a registry called 'dhd' as user 'manager', password 'manager' and create currencies..you can create new users etc. I'll remove this in a day or so..but all software and manual is on my website..enjoy, and, if you do, all comments are very useful...

Comment by jdaviescoates, Feb 12, 2009

Thanks Hugh! Will check it out...

Please leave up until at least the end of Friday! :)

Cheers,

Josef.

Comment by williamtheliar, Feb 14, 2009

www.recessionhacking.com...some initial thinking


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