Coop Hack

DCDC.io

DCDC are pleased to announce we're holding a weekend hackathon in Leeds, West Yorkshire to coincide with Cooperative Fortnight.

The Middle Floor

The Theme: Cooperative Teched: go to <a href="https://dcdc.io/hack-tickets" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">dcdc.io/hack-tickets</a> for up to date informationed: the details of this event have changed:Hi,
Ben here from DCDC with some good news and some bad news.
The Bad News
The bad news is we haven't reached the number of people we feel we need to make this a fair competitive event. Because of this we have asked the would-be judges to raincheck and decided to refund the whole cost of tickets.
The Good News
The good news is that we will still be opening the doors of The Middle Floor on Friday morning and you are still welcome to come and spend as long as you like hacking, co-working, jam-coding, and otherwise thrashing out your ideas with us.
It will be a much smaller event than we had originally hoped for but I'm sure we'll get some great work done together. Also, we will still be bringing in Poco's and Leeds Bread Coop's goodies for everyone to enjoy.
We will make the ticket price free so that you can still invite friends and we can keep a rough idea of numbers.
Looking forward to seeing you at the hack-a-long!
---AgendaFriday10:00 - breakfast &amp; introduction13:30 - lunch18:00 - dinnerSaturday09:00 - breakfast12:30 - lunch15:00 - show and tells16:00 - judging &amp; retrospectiveFrom ride sharing to social networks to blockchains to cloud computing. There is a limitless spectrum of privately owned and operated technology platforms, much of which it seems we can't live without. DCDC invite collaborators to come together to turn it all off and on again reset ask the (rhetorical) question, isn't it time we do this differently?Whether you have a plan to make recycling work, keep the high street buzzing; or fix gig work, or give the vulnerable access to tech; however big or small your idea, we'd like to know and we'd like to help you.We're not prescriptive about the kinds of projects you have to build, or the tech you'll use to do it. Projects are going to be judged primarily against their alignment to the cooperative values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity, and naturally against these values as principles. You can read more about cooperative values and principles at the ICA website.We expect most projects to be software based, but you can of course try hardware ideas too. If you are planning something ellaborate remember that we're only together for the two days (and night if you can handle it!) and the space is quite cosy.To help you we've made a quick attendee checklist and we will be sewing a few seed ideas to ruminate on in the run up to the date.Attendee ChecklistYou should bring:- you and your can do attitude!You can bring:- a laptop or tablet, if you think you'll need it- important project gadgets (a Raspberry Pi for example), if you think you'll need any- a sleeping bag if you plan to stay inside the venue overnight- your none-electronic tools (such as art materials/supplies), if you think you'll need any- as many great ideas as you likeProjects will benefit from a range of people and experience, technical or otherwise, so don't worry if you're not an tech person. Everyone is valuable.And if you are a techy, please do keep the gear you bring to a minimum. Our facilitators will be working to keep participants safe and comfortable but we can't insure your personal belongings.QuestionsCan we work overnight?Yes you can and you may. We know some people will want to stay up all night to work on their projects and this is okay, but consider bringing a sleeping bag or similar articles if you have nowhere else to rest on Friday night.Bear in mind we are working above a lively bar and it might not be a quite night if you do need to take a nap.Do we need to bring food?We are providing adequate food on both days of the event. You are welcome to make any alternative arrangement you wish to, but we may not allow you to eat food you bring yourself inside the event in case foods contain allergens that put other participants at risk.I have specific dietary requirements. Will the food provided be suitable?We will do whatever we can to make sure that any participant's dietary requirements are met. If you have specific requirements, please email us to let us know via team@dcdc.io or the relevant link on the eventbrite ticket page linked below.How accessible is the venue?Access to the venue requires use of an exterior steel staircase. If you wish to participate in this event and venue access is a problem for you, please get in touch via team@dcdc.io or the relevant link on the eventbrite ticket page linked below so that we can arrange your digital attendance free of charge.Does the venue have parking?No. There are numerous paid car parks close by.Can I bring a certain piece of equipment?Most people will bring a laptop or nothing at all. Neither the venue nor DCDC can accept any responsibility for any of the personal property you bring with you to the event.Seed IdeasSharing Economy AppsSo called sharing economy apps are a good target for #coophack. We don't have to name any names. We're all familiar with the apps that let us book taxis, order food, or find a place to crash for a few days. For location based apps, there are great open source projects like the maps.me that can be used as a foundation.Digital DemocracyThere are some great open source projects to build on in the digital democracy space; including Democracy OS and Citizen OS.Decentralised/Distributed AppsdApps are an emerging area, but they promise to fundamentally change the infrastructure of the world wide web. The internet has always been arguably decentralised and distributed. But the world wide web and the apps and services we depend on have become increasingly centralised into tech monopolies. Search, social networking, and selling at auction are natural digital monopolies. What can technology like IPFS and bitcoin (eg: bitcoin core) do to enable time banking or recreate the community bulletin boards and classified ads of old in the internet world?Contact Us:eventbrite allows you to contact us through a form they provide, but you can also email us via <a href="https://dcdc.io/contact_us" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://dcdc.io/contact_us</a>

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