Honestly, this is by far the most exciting experience I’ve had since my plane landed in Chicago.
Last night, I went to the kick-off/meet-up reception for Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK), hosted by the Museum of Science and Industry in their U-505 exhibit. RHoK is a hackathon focusing on software that can be of use to disaster releif and crisis response organizations (and other such humanitarian stuff). It started today at 9 AM and ends tomorrow evening. It is a worldwide event, with this event in Chicago being only one of 22.
I have been enjoying myself immensely, I’ve met several interesting and talented people (sadly I haven’t met everyone here, or I would say many interesting and talented people).
I’m working on the “Landslide risk reduction in developing countries” project with, coincidentally, part of the team that won first place at a RHoK event last year. We are also collaborating with the other former team members and a postdoc from the University of Bristol who are at RHoK in Saint Lucia. Working on the project has been intense to say the least. I have had little time for anything else, so I’m lucky I wrote 96% of this post before the work actually started.
