Diggz from Geeks Without Bounds in conversation with oObly’s Margaux about the upcoming Randam Hacks of Kindness weekend hackathon set to take place in San Francisco this June 1st 2012.

Diggz also talks about

1. The goal and mission of rhok,
2. Past success stories that emerged from the rhok hackathons
3. How you can get involved at a rhok near you and make a difference in the world
4. Amnesty International and Nike’s involvement in this hackathon in San Francisco
5. The accelerator program that GWOB has started to help the hackers and participants sustain their efforts post-hackathon

Check it out!

The event is part of an ongoing Codelab series made possible by GTUGsf, the San Francisco chapter of Google Technology User Groups (GTUG). I attended the first HTML5 Codecamp on programming WebSockets last Saturday with Peter Lubbers, and judging from my experience in that one, I am sure this 2nd HTML5 Codelab will be full of hands on coding for the mobile web.

The one day event takes place at DevBootCamp in downtown San Francisco (Address: 923 Market Street *** – 2nd Floor, San Francisco, CA). on Saturday, April 7, 2012 starting at 10:00 AM. Cost is $69 at the time of this writing. Codelabs and Codecamp events such as this one sell out pretty fast, so I recommend getting your tickets early!

For the latest and to RSVP, please visit the event page on GTUGsf.com.

What Will Participants Learn At @PPK’s HTML5 Codelab Event?

Here is a (still fluid?) agenda of the event. As always, check the actual event for the latest agenda.

• 10AM:  CODELAB 1 PPK! Peter-Paul Koch
• 12PM: CATERED LUNCH (Vegetarians, Vegans, let host know in advance!)
• 1PM: CODELAB 2 – PPK! Peter-Paul Koch
• 4PM:  DRINKS AND NETWORKING
• 6PM: DOORS CLOSE

 *** = Some participants in the past have had difficulty entering the DecBootCamp building. So just look out for a gray door on the 900 block of Market Street, odd side,  and once you enter the gray door, there will be a bell / buzzer to your left that you press to get in.

Let's Go MeeGo!

This is the 2nd such Conference held by Meego. The Conference is FREE to attend and will be held at the downtown Hyatt Regency in San Francisco, CA, on May 23-25th, 2011.

MeeGo Conference Agenda

MeeGo Conference runs from Monday, May 23rd through Wednesday May 25th, 2011.
Besides this, the organizers are holding pre-event “Meego Conference Warm-ups” all weekend on Saturday, May 21st and Sunday May22nd that promises two full days of workshops, tutorials, and fun, all completely FREE!

For a detailed agenda and sessions schedule visit the program page at sf2011.meego.com/program

MeeGo Conference Tickets

MeeGo Conference is FREE, but you still have to register as 1 of 4 different types of attendees.

• Sponsor Company Attendee
• Speaker
• General attendee
• General attendee

Register at sf2011.meego.com while they last!

MeeGo Conference Location, Address

The MeeGo Conference is taking place in downtown San Francisco at the
Hyatt Regency Hotel located at
5 Embarcadero Center
San Francisco, California, USA 94111
Tel: +1 415 788 1234

Intel’s Bob Duffy on The Appup Program and Meego

Also check out our oObly TV interview of Intel’s Community Manager Bob Duffy at AppNation, where he talks about the Meego platform also.

That’s why they are hosting appbackerthon -  a free hackerthon for Hackers & Designers – at the SoundCloud HQ in Berlin, Germany.

The event is titled ‘Hacker & Painter‘ because appbakr’s goal is to connect top engineers and awesome app designers together and pump out awesome apps. With that in mind, they keep the ratio of engineers to designers at 3:1. Also there will be no business peeps, so all suits reading this take note – You are excused from this hackathon!

Appbackerthon Hackathon Details

The appbackerthon runs from Friday, January 07, 2011 (8:00 PM) through Sunday, January 09, 2011 (5:00 PM) Berlin local time. You are allowed to use all kinds of existing APIs to build your App. The only requirement is that the app should be build for iOS devices i.e. iPhone apps, iPod apps, and iPad apps.

At the end of the event appbackr will give out prizes for the best apps. Pretty neat huh? I mean where else do you get the opportunity to “try out” your ideas and get a prize for it?!

I "heart" Hackathons.

Appbackerthon Hackathon Requirements

• The app should be build for iOS devices i.e. iPhone apps, iPod apps, and iPad apps.
• You should already have an idea (because there is no time to brainstorm ideas). That said, it’s ok if you don’t have an idea, as you can join other peoples with ideas.
• Your app has to be build for the international Market, to qualify for the prices. Apps that are only build for the German market do not qualify.

Appbackerthon Hackathon Schedule

Friday

8 pm – start, get together and Pizza
8:30 pm – Welcome, introduction appbackr, Soundcloud, cloudControl
9 pm – Idea pitching (60 sec.), Team building
10 pm – start happy hacking!

Saturday
All day coding
API and partner presentations

Sunday

2 pm – wrap up, submit app
3 pm – Start price giving

Appbackerthon Hackathon Prizes

Appbackr will back the winners of the Appbackerthon with 1,500 dollars in cold hard cash. The app should then be submitted to the iTunes US Stores and on the Appbackr marketplace in order to be eligible to get the price. The submission can be done after the event.

Appbackerthon Hackathon Jury

A jury will judge the apps by the end of the weekend. The criteria to win are:

• Usability/Design
• Market size
• Uniqueness
• Technical difficulty

Why wait? Register for the Appbackerthon Hackathon here. It’s FREE!

(photo credit: flickr / batigolix )