Mash Pit Dallas
What
Mash Pit is an informal all-day hackfest for collaborating on solving human problems with open APIs, open source and web-based technology.
Where
INFOMART 1950 Stemmons Freeway, Suite 2013 (for directions or information call 214.764.1437 or 214.914.9791). You must enter through the loading dock in back, mention "Architel" if the security guard asks, and use the freight elevator for the 2nd floor. Go to the Architel office to the left of the elevator hallway.
When
Sunday, Jan 29th, 2006, with an official start at 10am and an offical end of "as late as it goes".
Attendees
- Christopher St. John
- Ryan Thrash
- Brian Oberkirch
- Chris Messina
- Kevin "Adam Makes Me Sad" Marvin
- Raven Zachary
- Adam Keys
- BlakeBurris
Resource:
Ideas:
- Job Listing Research Service - get the dirt on the employer, recent news stories, search engine ranking, what friends worked there in the past, blog references, legal cases (keyword scan on search results), etc.
- HurricaneHelp -- are your neighbors leaving/boarding up/getting supplies/sipping cocktails & not worrying? Best, open evac routes. Updated weater info aggregated. Where to buy supplies. Official news. Community board -- who needs a ride, who needs medicine/plywood, etc. api in the next peoplefinder. (goal of the app is aggregate community intelligence about the storm and help people make better decisions & get one stop access to online storm resources) I put out a lazyweb request for such an app here.
- Indeed for garage sales. Find items by keyword. Tag sales. Map locations & build itinerary for the day. IM/sms updater for availability. flicksream for actual images of the items when you get there. Build teams of object mavens. (Is this a great deal for this record, set of dishes, etc.?) Port in online info about the items. Backpack it for later.
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