demoscene 041 #vcfethun Fond memories and crisp new experiences of computing at the annual Vintage Computer Festival.
switzerland 040 #opendataday bern Together with over 400 sites around the world, we celebrated Open Data Day 2018 in Bern, Switzerland this weekend. Impressions in brief.
hackathon 039 #opendatach #basel Following on our Hackdays last month, we converged mid-February in Basel for the second Open Food Data event this year.
health 037 #publichealth Notes on a Public-Health.ch symposium about the ways digitization and data access is changing healthcare and the medical profession.
coding 036 #frictionlessdata Grantee profile of my work with Open Knowledge on developing components of the Frictionless Data program.
space 035 #E-0010 first 1010 months Looking back at the first year of E-0010, the underground digital co-creation space at the heart of Bern.
switzerland 034 hacknight #dinacon17 Hackathons are a great way to polish skills, network and get hired in the tech world. They are places where knowledge is shared, new projects begun, and existing ones get a refresh and
demoscene 033 #demonights The second Swiss DEM0N1GHTS of 2017 (see full invitation in English and auf Deutsch for background) went down at E-0010 in Bern, featuring an evening organised by Echtzeit - Digitale Kultur (realtime digital
coding 032 #python meetup As folks who read this blog may know, I'm a fan of the Python programming language and Django framework. In fact, I try to code some Python every day as part of my
space 031 #e-0010 Effinger Goes Underground Posted on 20.06.2017 by Claudine Etter at Effinger blog. Republished with permission. English translation below. Da verschwinden täglich, mit Holzlatten und Werkzeugkasten bepackte Effianer im Untergeschoss, und tauchen
learning 030 #powercoders Whether relocating or intensely travelling, one becomes acutely aware of the challenges and opportunities of starting afresh in a new place and culture. The topic of migration is close at hand for anyone
health 029 open health Building on prior interests and involvement in the open health data area, this post is a brief survey of themes and developments where the open data community is making an impact in 2017.
coding 028 python #SPS17 The Swiss Python Summit brought lots of old friends and eager participants together to discuss and debate our common experience and prospects of the Python programming language, and the huge, awesome community around
data 027 #foodopendata To those who joined our 1st School of Data workshop of the year, spending part of last weekend to explore food-related datasets with us - you were an awesome group to work with,
space -0010 #effinger E-0010 (-0b10 or -2 in binary) is a proposed underground space and laboratory for digital arts & crafts in Bern. Co-creation and artistic residencies at the interface of machine learning and data culture,
data 026 data://transform.bz transform is an "interdisciplinary project with consequences", in which a group of art-ivists has once again temporarily changed a rather humdrum part of the city into a vibrant meeting place of
learning 025 #peoplefirst TED. The selfie frontier. (Topped only by the space selfie) You made my day! Thank you (honestly)! @TEDxZurich #tedxzurich #100happydays #peoplefirst2016 pic.twitter.com/uJ8FuNra7O— Tanya König (@tanyayuan) November 11, 2016 The
data 023 #climathon The Climathon is a global 24-hour hackathon which takes place simultaneously in multiple cities around the world. On October 28, 2016, the City of Zurich provided challenges related to local energy, food and
data 022 #H4AW At the end of September, we supported Hack For Ageing Well, a two-day hackathon organised by Opendata.ch in partnership with AAL Association for projects that aim to improve conditions of life for
learning 021 #ADV16 + VR Following a spring open lecture, we partnered with the University of Applied Sciences and Arts of Southern Switzerland (SUPSI) on a five day creative skills workshop with a focus on open data visualization.
data 020 refine culture #glamhack Photo by Axel Pettersson (Own work) CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons The 2nd Swiss Open Cultural Data Hackathon at the beginning of July was two days of fun, innovation and digitally
data 019 #opendatach unconference In parallel to the Opendata.ch Conference on Tuesday at Casino de Montbenon in Lausanne, we ran a participant-driven (BarCamp-style) unconference track. Ideas for brief talks and meetup topics were suggested online and
space 017 #brachenfest Following our Data Expedition we planned to take part in a weekend community event in Holligen to further explore some of the themes we looked using open data, and collect some data of
learning 016 #stem At the end of May I represented the School of Data at a day-long networking event aimed at people involved in improving general understanding and access to scientific and technical literacy, at all
