LOGAN SQUARE HACK NIGHT IS A MONTHLY CIVIC ENGAGEMENT EVENT TO BUILD,
share & learn about civic tech in a local neibhorhood instead of
downtown! Brought to you by CHI HACK NIGHT
[http://chihacknight.org/].
WHAT HAPPENS AT A HACK NIGHT? Every week, we have a 10-15 minute
presentation [http://chihacknight.org/events/index.html] by a
government agency, non-profit, company or group who've made use of
open data or built a civic technology application. The goal of these
presentations is to showcase the different uses and opportunities, as
well as challenges and successes in the civic technology movement.
After the presentation, the format of the event is similar to that of
a hackathon
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackathon] where breakout groups
[http://chihacknight.org/breakouts.html] self-organize to work on
civic apps, discuss policies and their implications, learn technical
skills and network with a welcoming and diverse community at the
intersection of technology and government.
BUT I'M NOT A TECHIE!
THAT'S OK! We encourage non-technical folks to pair up and learn
[http://chihacknight.org/breakouts.html] from our
community's designers and developers
[http://chihacknight.org/people.html]. We've seen time and time again,
the best civic projects [http://chihacknight.org/projects.html] come
from teams with a diverse background.
REMEMBER, there's much more to making a great app than just coding!
trade shows
nightlife
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