Happy fourth of July! We hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend, celebrate Independence Day well, and is well rested and ready to start another week. There are several fun technology events happening this week in Washington, DC. Here’s a look at the events that caught our eye this week.
All day, Ongoing
Maps in Our Lives: The Library of Congress is hosting an exhibit this summer of its collection of historic maps and those from the American Congress on Surveying and Mapping. One intriguing aspect – part of the exhibit will show historic maps overlaid with new GIS data to show how things have shifted (or not shifted) over time. The exhibit will be up for most of the summer, and it certainly sounds like one to catch.
Tuesday, July 7
7:00 pm
Washington DC Python July Meetup: If you’re a Python developer, or think you want to be, come out to this meetup to chat with others who use Python, get coding tips, and see some examples of what’s being done with the it.
Wednesday, July 8
7:00 pm
Washington Information Architecture July Meetup: This is the first meetup for this group, and along with introductions and short talks about information architecture, there will be a larger discussion on what this group should be and focus on. If this is up your alley, check it out and help focus the events to help you out.
Thursday, July 9
7:00 – 8:00 pm
Sweets and Tweets: Crowdsourcing Almost Everything: Free cupcakes! While that’s a great reason to head to Georgetown on Thursday, another good one is this discussion on how big brands, startups, nonprofits, trade associations, and government are – and should – be using social media to further their goals.
Friday, July 10
9:00 am – 1:00 pm
Open Development Camp: Data and Collaboration: As part of the goal to make international aid – the projects, the money, and the data itself – more transparent, people are gathering on Friday to discuss what should be done to advance this goal and specifically what technologies can be implemented to make data more accessible and facilitate the transfer of knowledge. The camp is sold out, but Eric, Will, and Alex will be tweeting from the event. You can follow us @developmentseed.
Have a great week!