The RSA Digital Engagement working group (#RSAde) teamed up with Lancaster University Business School to pitch an idea to the Interactivism hackathon, taking place in London this weekend. We were chuffed when our proposal for a more accessible web browser – the “EZPZ browser” got picked.
Now we just need to build the darn thing!
The photo shows Daniel Cater, Roxanne Persaud and Isabel Dias at the start of the hackathon. Roxanne is an old-hand at RSAde stuff. Daniel and Isabel…? No idea where they came from – but they’re fab!
Unfortunately, I could only be there for this morning but the energy was great. Around 100 people buzzing round the basement of the LBi building in Brick Lane. A wonderful mix of Google developers, Futuregov/ Simpl people (who organised the event), Gransnet (providing insight into accessibility issues) and all sorts of students, consultants and enthusiasts in between.
By the time I left, our self-selecting team had ten great people: really looking forward to following the #interactivism tag on Twitter and finding what great stuff develops – best of luck, EZPeople!!
UPDATE: We won!! Read Dominic Campbell’s write-up of the event on Google’s blog.
