#code for oakland

[krysfree]

Pictured: Matt Senate. One of the founders of Sudo Room. "For many, the term 'hacking' still mostly brings to mind negative connotations. 'It probably got misinterpreted as a negative term for breaking security systems in the Seventies or Eighties,' Migurski said. But for a long time, the term simply meant 'finding interesting, weird, or elegant solutions to a problem.'"

[krysfree]

OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL VOTES FOR OPEN DATA POLICY

[thewrathofkwan]

It was refreshing to see so many women attending that, unlike most hackathons, being a woman was entirely unremarkable.

This time, it wasn’t only idealistic young software engineering men out to save the world on their own – they were joined by idealistic senior citizens, social workers, teachers, college students, government workers, Code for America fellows, musicians, homemakers and activists.

People everywhere were so passionate! Despite our differences, it was neat to see how we could all work together.