Willamette Geek: Code for Portland

By RUTH BROWN

Code for America, a buzzy non-profit which hooks technologists up with city governments (or, as the Washington Post called it "the technology world's equivalent of the Peace Corps or Teach for America") is in town, and is hosting a hackathon this Sunday. 

It all seems a little last minute—I only found out when I saw the organizers putting up a very pretty poster in a cafe yesterday—so there isn't a lot of info out there, but it's tied to the Bus Project's Rebooting Democracy thing, and this is the event description:

Portland has an ass-load of open civic data and two of CfA's fellows will be there, so if enough smart people attend (they're looking for "Civic Hackers, City Reps, Developers, Designers, etc — anyone with the passion to make Portland better" but the key point is: you don't have to be an actual hacker to take part), something cool should be built. Also, there's free lunch. 

Go: Geoloqi, 920 SW 3rd Ave #400. April 22. 10 am-3 pm. Free. Register here.  

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