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Houston student leaves Kansas City hackathon winner, fan of community
Thanks to an all-expenses-paid trip earlier this year, a University of Houston student discovered the Kansas City startup community. The student, Andrew Douglass, a management information systems major, in March earned a trip to participate in “Hacking the Gigabit City.” …
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Watch the Hacking the Gigabit City presentations at 4 p.m.
Hacking the Gigabit City, an event this weekend challenging participants to dream up and build apps that use Kansas City’s gigabit internet connection, is about to wind down at the Google Fiber Space (above). Team presentations kick off at 4 p.m., at which time the group is hosting a Google+ Hangout for those who want…
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How to hack a gigabit city
This weekend, about 100 hackers, developers and visionaries will gather in the City of Fountains for Hacking the Gigabit City, an event aimed at creating and developing the advanced uses for the ultra-high-speed connectivity that Google Fiber is bringing to Kansas City. Our local organizations—the Kauffman Foundation and KC Digital Drive—have partnered with the national…
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Mozilla, Kauffman and others to host Gigabit City hackathon March 22-24
For 52 hours from March 22–24, technologists will be asked to dream up uses for Kansas City’s gigabit internet connection. The occasion, the first Hacking the Gigabit City event, is being organized by Mozilla, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, US Ignite and KC Digital Drive. Dinner, drinks and a rapid-fire pitch session kick off the…