ABC radio this morning nicely conflated the two meanings of 'hack', and strongly implied that the participants were being invited to break into open government data ...
> ... The FinTeckers are diagramming their way to systems using block-chain to > get around roadblocks in Australian electronic transactions (Smart > eInvoicing) ... Oh dear, around the same circle we go for the umpteenth time. _____________________________________________________________ At 15:25 +1000 30/7/16, Tom Worthington wrote: >Greetings from Stone and Chalk, a not-for-profit Fintech hub in Sydney, which >is hosting GovHack Sydney, part of the weekend GovHack event across Australia: >http://govhack.org/ > >There are several hundred people here prototyping computer applications using >open government data for community benefit. They have until Sunday 5pm to >produce a prototype and a video to describe it. On the way I visited the >"Games for Learning" node at Boomworks, in the Inner West Sydney suburb of >Camperdown and the "FinTech" node at the Tyro Fintech Hub in the heart of >Sydney. > >The nodes are much smaller than the main Sydney GovHack, they each have a >dozen or so people. The gamers are quietly at their keyboards aiming to out >Pokemon, Pokemon Go. The FinTeckers are diagramming their way to systems using >block-chain to get around roadblocks in Australian electronic transactions >(Smart eInvoicing) and mine education department data to give international >students better program choices. Here at the main venue there is a buzz of >conversation and the click of keyboards. > >More at: http://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2016/07/govhack-2016.html > > >-- >Tom Worthington FACS CP, TomW Communications Pty Ltd. t: 0419496150 >The Higher Education Whisperer http://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/ >PO Box 13, Belconnen ACT 2617, Australia http://www.tomw.net.au >Liability limited by a scheme approved under Professional Standards Legislation > >Adjunct Lecturer, Research School of Computer Science, College of Engineering >& Computer Science, Australian National University >http://people.cecs.anu.edu.au/user/3890 http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4799-8464 >_______________________________________________ >Link mailing list >[email protected] >http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link -- Roger Clarke http://www.rogerclarke.com/ Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA Tel: +61 2 6288 6916 http://about.me/roger.clarke mailto:[email protected] http://www.xamax.com.au/ Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law University of N.S.W. Visiting Professor in Computer Science Australian National University _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
