Climate Annotation Hack Event
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ClimateFeedback.org (http://climatefeedback.org/) aims to organize the community of climate scientists to annotate online media and provide readers and authors with in-situ feedback about the scientific credibility of information.
Here is a recent news story on this initiative:
http://www.salon.com/2014/12/04/new_mit_app_lets_scientists_fact_check_the_media_on_climate/
Following a workshop at AGU on December 18th @ 6:30 pm (http://climatefeedback.org/blog/AGU-2014.html), Hypothes.is will be hosting a hack event to focus on improvements to Hypothes.is, Annotator and the ClimateFeedback.org website that facilitate the climate media use case. Attend 9am-3pm December 19th at the Hypothesis Project HQ @ Pier 26. Go in the rollup door, first door on the left.
Light refreshments will be served.
All are welcome!
