Big Data, Big Heart Hackathon
A hackathon to create a new future for several communities.
In October 2017, I had the absolute privilege of organising the CloudTrek Big Data, Big Heart Hackathon.
Cloud Trek’s MD, Neil Hitz, came to me with the idea for a Hackathon event that would have a humanitarian / social impact.
I used the training I got in the Landmark Self-Expression and Leadership Program to structure the event. In that program you do a project where you mobilise one community (the target community) to cause an impact in another community (the beneficiary community).
We enlisted three great organisations: Diabetes Queensland, Epilepsy Queensland, and RACQ LifeFlight as our beneficiary community, and created a hackathon community to impact them.
The Ideation Night
With CloudTrek and Amazon in our hackathon community, we enlisted 120 participants from the Brisbane tech community. Eighty people came to the ideation night, held at Amazon’s offices downtown in Brisbane.
The Hackathon Itself
Opening night of the #bigdatabigheart #Hackathon. Generating solutions for #Diabetes, #Epilepsy, and RACQ Life Flight. pic.twitter.com/dL1122n8HL
— Josh Wulf (Alt Super Meta) (@sitapati) October 27, 2017
First night solution pitches at the #bigdatabigheart #Hackathon pic.twitter.com/SWGHKcnQzX
— Josh Wulf (Alt Super Meta) (@sitapati) October 27, 2017
The hacking has begun at the #bigdatabigheart #Hackathon pic.twitter.com/KBw3ExYzQh
— Josh Wulf (Alt Super Meta) (@sitapati) October 27, 2017
Tonight was fun ❤️ pic.twitter.com/mAnIwUq2Eh
— Jason Roulston (@jasonwroulston) October 27, 2017
Our youngest pitcher on Friday night was Ruben Bliss, 11:
Senior @magikcraftio Design Engineer and co-founder of Robosys @XxMEDIARITExX pitching at the #bigdatabigheart Hackathon @Fishburners pic.twitter.com/JK9BJjCPee
— Josh Wulf (Alt Super Meta) (@sitapati) October 27, 2017
Saturday
Tomorrow the #bigdatabigheart hackathon kicks off at 8am at @Fishburners pic.twitter.com/7j5kFEM1E8
— Josh Wulf (Alt Super Meta) (@sitapati) October 27, 2017
Kicking into the first full day of the #bigdatabigheart #Hackathon! pic.twitter.com/70qgZ5qQOb
— Josh Wulf (Alt Super Meta) (@sitapati) October 27, 2017
“All your ideas are shit and you are completely wrong. Hi, I’m Tim, and I’m here to show you how to find out how they are wrong - *fast*.” 🤣 pic.twitter.com/sgLKFt7Uwq
— Josh Wulf (Alt Super Meta) (@sitapati) October 27, 2017
“I’m not going to call you nerds and geeks, but - you’re at a #Hackathon. And so am I. So you’re people out to make a difference.” pic.twitter.com/IOd0lu6gtL
— Josh Wulf (Alt Super Meta) (@sitapati) October 27, 2017
Tim Anderson’s Business Model Canvas in the wild @Fishburners #bigdatabigheart #Hackathon pic.twitter.com/sXEtheDOiz
— Josh Wulf (Alt Super Meta) (@sitapati) October 28, 2017
Ben and Susan from Crypto Ape - Australia’s #1 Crypto-currency for conferences startup - at the Hackathon thanks to #HotDesQ pic.twitter.com/ikUEBI3upB
— Josh Wulf (Alt Super Meta) (@sitapati) October 28, 2017
Pitch coaches in action with participants. pic.twitter.com/NJwwjwY0ah
— Josh Wulf (Alt Super Meta) (@sitapati) October 28, 2017
— Josh Wulf (Alt Super Meta) (@sitapati) October 28, 2017
Advancing the game on MC:T1 at the @CloudTrek_AU #BigDataBigHeart #Hackathon @Fishburners. Pitching at 2pm in Brisbane, Nov 7 in Denmark. pic.twitter.com/fpDCebM6AG
— Josh Wulf (Alt Super Meta) (@sitapati) October 29, 2017
Pitching MC:T1 last night @Fishburners pic.twitter.com/SQAKxQDJpF
— Josh Wulf (Alt Super Meta) (@sitapati) October 29, 2017
Sunday
Health U - breaking people’s habits by incentivising them to move. #bigdatabigheart #hackathon #pitch@Fishburners @LyfeBulb @CloudTrek_AU pic.twitter.com/Ryo53MDmuY
— Josh Wulf (Alt Super Meta) (@sitapati) October 29, 2017
MedTech want to put people in charge of their medical information @LyfeBulb @CloudTrek_AU @fishburners #bigdatabigheart pic.twitter.com/GaTjGncwIY
— Josh Wulf (Alt Super Meta) (@sitapati) October 29, 2017
Their solution is a chat bot. @diabetesqld @epilepsyqld @Fishburners @LyfeBulb pic.twitter.com/wjSiy9ITrd
— Josh Wulf (Alt Super Meta) (@sitapati) October 29, 2017
Epishare makes your child’s treatment plan shareable with their friend’s parents. #bigdatabigheart @CloudTrek_AU @Fishburners @epilepsyqld pic.twitter.com/YXuZ2XHM6z
— Josh Wulf (Alt Super Meta) (@sitapati) October 29, 2017
Judges’ questions about Epishare @cloudtrek_AU @fishburners #bigdatabigheart pic.twitter.com/dzaEd3MGor
— Josh Wulf (Alt Super Meta) (@sitapati) October 29, 2017
Effort improves emergency medical response in the critical first hour. @CloudTrek_AU @Fishburners @LyfeBulb #bigdatabigheart pic.twitter.com/LLXcLc4Zp6
— Josh Wulf (Alt Super Meta) (@sitapati) October 29, 2017
#Minecraft for #Type1 #Diabetes pitch @CloudTrek_AU #bigdatabigheart #Hackathon @fishburners by @TimMarwick and @jaredmorgs @magikcraftio pic.twitter.com/ymMZZVwBhu
— Josh Wulf (Alt Super Meta) (@sitapati) October 29, 2017
Oh nothing - just me and the Lord Mayor of Brisbane Graham Quirk hanging out at @Fishburners at the @CloudTrek_AU #bigdatabigheart Hackathon pic.twitter.com/K7TF14pYlO
— Josh Wulf (Alt Super Meta) (@sitapati) October 29, 2017
The #24hrs of #1sts ¥ My successful #startupAUS exit (props @sitapati ) ¥ #Robotics #Pitch ¥ #Team #Reachout 4th #BDBHhack @fishburners pic.twitter.com/cTHJpfjhd9
— Simon Bliss (@simon_bliss) October 29, 2017
Thank you to all who came together for the #BigDataBigHeart Hackathon this weekend. Thank you @sitapati @CloudTrek_AU #BgDataBgHeart pic.twitter.com/38tKQuAQav
— Diabetes Queensland (@diabetesqld) October 30, 2017
