Tammy Butow

This weekend we have our very first Let’s Hack Melbourne event!

We are lucky to have the event hosted by Inspire9 in Richmond.
It’s from 11-4pm on Sunday.

We aren’t sure yet what will be created! Participants will be working in teams of 3 or 4 to make something that can be presented at 3.30pm. Each team will have 5min to show their creation and the group that gets the most votes will get a prize!

Photos and videos will be uploaded shortly after the event so look out for those too.

In the future we will be looking at having themed events and getting some great speakers along to come and share their knowledge and experiences!

See you Sunday!
Tammy

One of the most awesome things I have done this year is organise and run TEDx events at my work :)

It’s so easy to do, anyone can do it!

If you’re not sure what a TEDx event is please check out this link: http://www.ted.com/tedx

TEDx at work in 10 easy steps.

1. Get a group of colleagues together who love TED to brainstorm.

2. Choose a theme for each of your TEDx events (we choose our themes based on what is trending on our Yammer).

3. Plan to run it frequently, but not too frequently. We have found that once every two months works great.

4. Find a room that has lots of seats and a projector / sound system.

6.Find one great speaker that matches your theme and call / email them or chat to them on Twitter. Ask them to come along, we have organised speakers from Google, Deloitte Digital and Tennis Australia.

7. Find two short TED videos (under 5min) that match the theme.

8.Send out an invitation through social media channels (e.g. Yammer), allow users to self register (e.g. Sharepoint / Google Spreadsheet).

9. Send out a meeting invite to all attendees who have registered and book the time into your attendees calendars.

10. Make a small treat for your attendees and enjoy the day!

TEDx is great at work because we can experiment and learn. We can try something new and see what works. We get to hear from 3 amazing speakers without even having to leave our building….!

If you want to organise a TEDx at your work let me know,

I’m happy to pass on what we have learnt :)

Keep Tinkering!

Tammy

I have been thinking about what sort of apps I might like to create before the comp closes on Friday….

I’ve got loads of different ideas. A lot of them are around recycling and the environment.

Trying to think “What sort of an app do people want to use?”.

If you missed out on Vichack and are interested in going along to a hack day / hackathon you will be happy to hear we have started a monthly event called:

Let’s Hack Melbourne

This first event on June 6 is sold out (super quick 3 days!) but we will be planning another in July!

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Find what’s rocking in Victoria using our funky new app/game VIC UP L8!!! Woohoo PARTY!!!
Made for #vichack in less than 24 hours :)
Link: http://bit.ly/dqPZ3m

Ben Hosken @flinklabs
Rohan Irvine @rohanirvine
Ivan @zzymyn
Dave @davcamer
Andrea @AndreaGEORGIO
Tammy @tammybutow

There’s loads to do in Winter in terms of keeping fit and looking awesome for summer! This app let’s you find out what you can do in Victoria! You can also sign up and meet others who may be interested in playing the same sport as you, and possibly looking for an extra team member! Get Fit Vic is made for posting your greatest fitness achievements. It is totally a place to share and celebrate your 5km run you did at lunch or your awesome bike ride you had home! Fitness doesn’t have to be all about counting calories, let’s make it social and have fun!

Sometimes it’s hard to find out what’s on in Victoria, especially when you just want to quickly find something to do on the weekend. Event Now! not only shows events using a handy timemap, it also integrates with Google Calendar to let you save your events, invite friends and set reminders. This makes planning outings quick and easy! To see Event Now! in action please check out the screencast:

http://www.screentoaster.com/watch/stVk5dRk1IR15eSVlaU1JcX1dV/event_now

Vote 4 Volunteering! Created by @jessukotic & @tammybutow We can all make a difference…but we want to know what you WANT to do to help….vote it up and make it heard! :)

This app asks users to think of what they would like to do in terms of volunteering opportunities. It enables users to add entries for specific skills they hold so that these can be matched to opportunities that can be organised. This app builds a social community through encouraging users to submit their ideal volunteering opportunities. They can then be recommended to attend specific events by other users and volunteer organisations.

The Volunteer Map also allows the user to search for local volunteer organisations to obtain further information.

My Future Victoria allows users to register/login, submit ideas, vote, comment, share ideas to Facebook/Twitter/Buzz and explore Victorian data from data.vic.gov.au using Google Maps. The aim of this web application is to encourage Victorian’s to:

1. Investigate Raw Data

2. Analyse Information – check out the Google Map

3. Brainstorm a great idea

4. Submit your idea and provide feedback/vote on other ideas

5. Recruit volunteers & sponsors for your idea (share your ideas through Twitter, Facebook and Buzz)

6. Give your idea wings in 2010. Aim for Action!

For a demo, please check out:http://www.screentoaster.com/watch/stVk5dRk1IR15fRlhZXlheV15T