Summary: <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Panelists: </b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/jameybash"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jamey Hampton</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="http://twitter.com/CoralineAda"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Coraline Ada Ehmke</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/ianthro"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Astrid Countee</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">|</span> <a href="https://twitter.com/janellekz"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Janelle Klein</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Guest Starring:</b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jeff Reichman: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/fileunderjeff"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@fileunderjeff</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="http://januaryadvisors.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">January Advisors</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">| </span><a href="http://sketchcity.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sketch City</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Show Notes:</b></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this special edition of Greater Than Code, we talk to Jeff Reichman, a technologist living in the Houston area who co-founded Sketch City, a non-profit community of 2,500+ people who apply technology and data to public problems.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">This episode talks about how the Houston tech community came together to help people through Hurricane Harvey and the aftermath, the technology opportunities in disaster response, the harvey-api that they developed, and how tech devs need to be side-by-side with relief efforts, while responding to tech needs right away.</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Resources:</b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://sketchcity.herokuapp.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sketch City Slack Channel</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://github.com/sketch-city/harvey-api"><span style="font-weight: 400;">harvey-api</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://reportyourhours.com"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Report Your Hours</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.codeforamerica.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Code for America</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://sunlightfoundation.com/2017/08/31/how-houston-is-using-open-data-to-handle-hurricane-harvey/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How Houston is using open data to handle Hurricane Harvey</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://swamplot.com/the-best-way-to-find-out-which-hurricane-harvey-shelters-near-you-need-help-and-what-they-need/2017-08-29/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Best Way to Find Out Which Hurricane Harvey Shelters Near You Need Help and What They Need</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://harveyneeds.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Harvey Needs</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Reflections:</b></p> <p><b>Astrid: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Using temporary projects as a means for helping people during emergency situations.</span></p> <p><b>Jamey:</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> People showing up, wanting to help, and being motivated to help others. </span></p> <p><b>Janelle: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">There is light in the world even when we are drowning in darkness.</span></p> <p><b>Coraline: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Creating cultures of respect where you have respect and empathy for everyone doing their jobs in a way that allows everyone to contribute fully.</span></p> <p> </p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Want to help make us a weekly show, buy and ship you swag,<br> </b><b style="font-size: 1.8rem;">and bring us to conferences near you?<br> </b><b>Support us via </b></p>
