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The [[Worldwide Aaron Swartz Memorial Hackathons]] generated considerable interest and engagement, but there's more work to be done! | The [[Worldwide Aaron Swartz Memorial Hackathons]] generated considerable interest and engagement, but there's more work to be done! | ||
The Second Worldwide Aaron Swartz Memorial Hackathon is scheduled for the weekend of Nov. 8. Our official page is [http://aaronswartzhackathon.org here] but this wiki is for coordinating projects. | The Second Worldwide Aaron Swartz Memorial Hackathon is tentatively scheduled for the weekend of Nov. 8. Our official page is [http://aaronswartzhackathon.org here] but this wiki is for coordinating projects. | ||
We are also using #aaronswhack on irc.oftc.net | We are also using #aaronswhack on irc.oftc.net and can be reached on the list aaronswhack@numm.org | ||
Very interesting subject , appreciate it for posting . All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. by James Thurber. keebbdaeakckgcad | Very interesting subject , appreciate it for posting . All human beings should try to learn before they die what they are running from, and to, and why. by James Thurber. keebbdaeakckgcad | ||
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==Projects to Work on== | ==Projects to Work on== | ||
* tor2web and jot2tor (virgil, SF)(oliver, BOS) : Tor2web makes it possible for internet users to view content from Tor hidden services. It's online in a (mostly) functioning form at http://tor2web.org . Jot2tor is an extension of this allowing users to use Aaron's jottit.com framework to easily create pages hosted on hidden services. Naturally, pages created via jot2tor are accessible from tor2web. Aaron and I actually worked on both of these projects until his death. | |||
*Fork the Law ([[User:Christie|Christie]] ([[User talk:Christie|talk]]), SF) Fork the Law has spent the last few months working out what ordinary people need to know in order to effect legislative change. We're now working on condensing this down to a set of technical design requirements. We'd like to dig into turning the requirements into code, integrating existing open source applications and other services wherever possible. The repository for the development effort is https://github.com/fork-the-law/hancock. | |||
*Archiving Aaron's writings (psawaya, SF). I think it'd be helpful to produce an archive of Aaron's writings, as the formatting on his blog isn't well-organized or good for reading on mobile devices. Some projects might include producing ePub and MOBI versions, organizing and tagging his writing, making it searchable, and perhaps even making it annotatable. It may be possible to build off of [https://github.com/joshleitzel/rawthought this project]. I recall not finding a Creative Commons declaration on Aaron's blog, though this project certainly seems to be in alignment with his ideals. Yan suggested talking about it with Noah Swartz. | |||
*Mailpile (brennan, Berlin): https://github.com/pagekite/mailpile | |||
*HTTPS Everywhere (yan, SF): an EFF browser extension to encrypt the web that Aaron worked on. There are a lot of [https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/query?status=accepted&status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&groupdesc=1&group=type&max=200&component=EFF-HTTPS+Everywhere&order=priority&col=id&col=summary&col=component&col=status&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&report=19 tickets] that we could work on, including making an Opera port of the extension. | |||
*Prosecutorial Overreach/Underreach: The DOJ turns a blind eye to war criminals and Wall St crooks yet throws the book at activists like Aaron. I've registered 14 domains that are variations of the three main prosecutors in Aaron's trail (i.e. carmenortiz.org, stephenheymann.org, etc.) The names Carmen Ortiz and Stephen Heymann are already synonymous with abuse of power. Let's cement that while drawing attention to other activists/whistleblowers who are being prosecuted for non-crimes. While we're at it, let's give prosecutors something useful to do by highlighting well documented but unprosecuted crimes (I'm looking at you John Yoo/Jamie Dimon/James Clapper). | |||
*Transparency Toolkit (shidash, ?): Unfortunately Shidash is unavailable, but maybe someone else could do it? | |||
*Restore the Fourth placeholder. We'll know more closer to the date about which of our projects would benefit the most from this. Options include the various encrpytion/meshnet/other coding aspects, blog posts and other content development, or drafting policy documents and researching for coalition-building. | |||
==Activists/Groups to reach out to== | ==Activists/Groups to reach out to== | ||
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*Willow (Cambridge?) - Hackers Without Borders (contacted) | *Willow (Cambridge?) - Hackers Without Borders (contacted) | ||
*EFF - pgpbot, other tech projects? (contacted) | *EFF - pgpbot, other tech projects? (contacted) | ||
*Internet Archive - | *Internet Archive - NEED CONTACT | ||
*Mozilla - (contacted) | *Mozilla - (contacted) | ||
*Tor - NEED CONTACT | *Tor - NEED CONTACT | ||
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*Maplight - Contacted | *Maplight - Contacted | ||
*Restore the Fourth - (contacted) | *Restore the Fourth - (contacted) | ||
==Locations== | ==Locations== | ||
Please include the main organizer name and email. | Please include the main organizer name and email. | ||
*<span style="background-color: | *<span style="background-color:green">Nosebridge, SF - CONFIRMED, yan (yan at mit dot edu)</span> | ||
*<span style="background-color: | *<span style="background-color:green">Boston, MA - CONFIRMED, willow leading (Media Lab) | ||
*<span style="background-color: | *<span style="background-color:green">Chicago, IL - CONFIRMED, brian | ||
*<span style="background-color: | *<span style="background-color:green">Seattle, WA - CONFIRMED, Jigsaw Renaissance, Noah leading</span> | ||
*<span style="background-color:yellow">Austin - IN PROGRESS, samantha mahool </span> | *<span style="background-color:yellow">Austin - IN PROGRESS, samantha mahool </span> | ||
*<span style="background-color: | *<span style="background-color:yellow">Netz39, Germany - IN PROGRESS, katharina holstein</span> | ||
*<span style="background-color: | *<span style="background-color:green">Hacklab Barracas, Buenos Aires [http://wiki.hackcoop.com.ar/HackatonAaronSwartz Event Site] - CONFIRMED, nicolás reynolds</span> | ||
*<span style="background-color:yellow">Bangalore - contacted & interested, in progress</span> | *<span style="background-color:yellow">Bangalore - contacted & interested, in progress</span> | ||
*<span style="background-color: | *<span style="background-color:green">Berlin - CONFIRMED, samuel carlisle </span> | ||
**Talk to samthetechie at the c-base for more info | **Talk to samthetechie at the c-base for more info | ||
*<span style="background-color: | *<span style="background-color:red">Paris</span> | ||
*<span style="background-color:red">London</span> | *<span style="background-color:red">London</span> | ||
*<span style="background-color:red">Zagreb (+ other balkan)</span> | |||
*<span style="background-color:red">Tokyo</span> | *<span style="background-color:red">Tokyo</span> | ||
== | ==Suggested to Join in== | ||
[http://hackdaymanifesto.com Organizing a Hackathon in general] | |||