Random Hacks of Kindness

Random Hacks of Kindness (RHoK) is a an initiative originated by Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, NASA and the World Bank. The objective is to bring together experts around disaster management and crisis response with volunteer software developers and designers in order to create solutions that have an impact in the field.

RHoK has periodical events, known as hackathons. The next hackathon will be organized by Contribute, and will take place 2 - 3 June 2012. For more information and registration, go to http://www.rhok.be/.

Entry is free, food and drinks will be provided. This hackathon is in cooperation with the Open Knowledge Foundation, and you'll receive more information about Amnesty International through a video link with a hackathon event in Berlin.

The Story of Send

Ever wondered what happens to your email when you hit "send"? Now you can follow the journey of an email with Story of Send, a new website with a behind-the-scenes look at how your email journeys through the world, from your Internet service provider to Google's data centers and beyond.

Watch the cool animation here: http://www.google.com/green/storyofsend.

Summer of Technology @Contribute

It's that time of the year again! Summer is coming, and with summer comes Contribute's Summer of Technology.

During the months of July, August and September, Contribute organizes 12 free workshops. I am proud to announce that I'll be co-presenting one of them. It will be about building a Wicket application on Google App Engine. Click here for more details! Of course, there's much more than just my session, an a lot more topics than web application development will be covered.

Choose the session(s) that interest you, and subscribe. If you're having troubles viewing the website or registering yourself for one of the events, contact info@contribute.be.

Hope to see you on one of the sessions!