Worldwide Aaron Swartz Memorial Hackathon Series

2013-09-24T16:40:21Z

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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 tentatively scheduled for the weekend of Nov. 8. This is a page where you can read about and contribute to organizing aaronsw hackathons around the world.

We are also using #aaronswhack on irc.oftc.net and can be reached on the list aaronswhack@numm.org

==Format==
Structure of the event (condensed from meeting notes):
*In advance at each location, (at least) one presenter is chosen to "pitch" what they consider a vital project. This project should be eminently hackable -- the presenter or another volunteer who knows the project well should be prepared to help interested parties get involved, at many skill levels.
*The event starts like a hybrid (un-)conference, with introductions and short presentations. The pre-announced presenter(s) do these presentations, and during the introductions people can offer or request talks, which are added as time permits on the spot. Total presentation time should be ~1.5-2hrs. Presentations are recorded and immediately posted online (or streamed), for remote participants or people at other hackathons to see.
*Then there's open time to work.
*Finally, at the end of the event, there are 1.5-2hrs of demonstrations of results. Anyone can sign up on the site with info about project status to get a demo slot. Demos are also recorded and posted online, cross-referenced with individuals and projects.

==Proposed Dates==
*Set up a event webpage - NOW (Sept.)
*Recruit hacklabs (as hosts) and activists (as PMs) - NOW (Sept.)
*Get signal-boosting web coverage - Sept/Oct
*Run events - Nov. 8 weekend

==Projects to Work on==
*HTTPS Everywhere (yan): 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).

* tor2web and jot2tor (virgil): 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 isa 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 daeth.

*Transparency Toolkit (shidash)

*Securing Change (oliver)

==Activists/Groups to reach out to==
*Praveen (SF) - California prison reform/hunger strike stuff
*Willow (Cambridge?) - Hackers Without Borders
*EFF - pgpbot, other tech projects?
*Internet Archive
*Mozilla
*Tor
*Freedom of the Press Foundation
*OpenITP

==Locations==
*Nosebridge, SF - CONFIRMED
*Boston, MA - CONFIRMED (Media Lab)
*Seattle, WA (some hackerspace - willow?)
**Talk to SeattleAttic and/or Jigsaw and/or some other place. I can ask around. [[Special:Contributions/209.6.206.77|209.6.206.77]] 23:15, 27 June 2013 (UTC)
**Email sent! [[User:Willowbl00|Willowbl00]] ([[User talk:Willowbl00|talk]]) 10:40, 14 September 2013 (UTC)
*Austin - IN PROGRESS
*Bangalor
*Berlin - CONFIRMED
**Talk to samthetechie at the c-base for more info
*Paris
*London
*Zagreb (+ other balkan)
*Tokyo

==Suggested to Join in==
[http://hackdaymanifesto.com Organizing a Hackathon in general]

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Worldwide Aaron Swartz Memorial Hackathon Series