It was interesting to see how problems from many different categories were addressed, and how this group's solutions to them have made an impact by helping governments, emergency responders and citizens.
I like the idea of using a collaboration of people from all over the world to be able to work on solutions using technology to make the world a better place.
This is very similar to the Public Kitchen idea. It's cool how different events can be used to explore social situations. It's interesting that there are so many organizations who all have similar goals.
Start from identifying, defining and refining problem definitions provided by subject matter experts and local stakeholders. This shows that even though most people think that hacking is all bad, sometimes it can be used to upgrade security on websites that are supposed to be secure. Interesting job to sit there and try to hack someone's website and get paid for it without the worry that you might get caught and sent to jail for a federal crime. I think if I were to get into hacking this is something that i would plan to do for a job.
I don't know much about computers, (let alone hacking!) but this seems like a good way to identify problems and offer solutions under a bigger group name so that one might be able to have their idea taken seriously instead of simply overlooked. I guess it would be fun for people who enjoy this sort of thing too.
I seems though that the very people who can solve problems are not just helpers, they are difference makers in people's lives. Being able to connect with others from different places just makes things more better.
They haven't yet gotten very big yet impact wise but, I like where they are going with this. I think that they have really good problem solving ideas and that they have something really good going for them.
I think it is cool that they have places for people to get involved and they work to inform people about different events that are going on in their area.
I think that it was very good that they made hacking a good thing instead of how it is portrayed as a negative thing. I also liked how it was more than one country working together to solve problems.