Report From Honolulu’s First Hackathon

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If you were intrigued by Civil Beat‘s short dispatches from CityCamp last month or are otherwise interested in how developers are working with the government to improve technology here, you’ll want to click over to the Hawaii Blog for a look at the work that was done at this past weekend’s Hackathon, the city’s first such event.

Developers presented six new apps, and the best one took home a prize of $1,000. They dealt with municipal issues such as parking, the bus schedule and pothole maintenance.

Read it all here: New Apps Unveiled at the City’s First Hackathon

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