Apps4Good

iHackathon 4 Charity

dalezak — Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:36:53 +0000

The iHackathon 4 Charity event on May 29th and 30th was a huge success! Over fifty participants across two cities, seven apps, and seven new charities!

I am continually impressed by the power of bringing together a group of talented people with a common goal. To brainstorm over a hundred great app ideas, and then to turn seven of the best ideas into a reality is truly remarkable!

Over the weekend the Halifax teams were busy creating four great applications; swipey tappy, a game teeming with hearts in support of Leave Out Violence (LOVE), Stick Person Theatre which benefits Joints in Motion, Artists4Good, a digital background app that showcases local photographer to help Clean Nova Scotia and Sushi Roll-Up, a light-hearted game that allows users to put together sushi rolls under a time crunch in support of Stepping Stone.

The Saskatoon crew developed three awesome applications over the weekend; WeDJ, a social DJ’ing app with a twist that will benefit Choc’laCure who help raise funds for the Saskatoon Cancer Centre, CoachPad a handy sports team sketchpad that supports North East Outreach a small non-profit charitable organization in Melfort, Saskatchewan that provides 24 hour crisis hotline and finally ShouldI, a social decision maker that will benefit Saskatoon Friendship Inn who provide breakfast and lunch for over 500 people daily.

To help bridge the distance between Halifax and Saskatoon, we streamed live video between the two venues throughout the entire weekend. It definitely added an interesting ‘room next door’ dynamic allowing us to share ideas with our remote counterparts.

Big thanks to The Hub Halifax, Mindsea, Say Hi There, Beyond The Box Law, InnovaCorp, Liquid Media, Vendasta and Zu.com for sponsoring this great event! And of course the weekend would not have been possible without all the fantastic volunteers!

As Margaret Mead once said, “never underestimate the power of a small group of committed people to change the world. In fact, it is the only thing that ever has.”

Giving to Charity? There’s an app for that.

ian — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:29:23 +0000

Clever! (wish I came up with that, but alas it was the reporter from CBC :)

In case you missed it, check out this clip form CBC featuring Bill and Tracy:

(Shazam) RED

ian — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:12:05 +0000

Shazam, the highly awesome music identification app, has launched a Product RED version of their paid iPhone app. (Shazam) RED is available for $4.99 in the App Store. The paid version offers unlimited tagging of songs and other features like sharing via Twitter or Facebook. Purchasing (Shazam) Red means a donation of 20% of the purchase price (or $1) is contributed to HIV and AIDS programs in Africa. Not bad considering as I write this it’s number 18 in the top grossing apps list, in Canada anyway. So if you were thinking about buying the premium version now’s the time.

We’re Here!

admin — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:09:17 +0000

Our first app, Meet Me Here, is already rolled out. Big thanks to all the sponsors of the iPhone Hackathon where this all began a few months ago, and everyone who participated and helped out along the way and the Hub for offering the perfect work environment. Since then we’ve been incorporated, got one app ready for sale in the App Store and another in the works, and the website is launched! We’re all pretty stoked for more to come, so stay tuned and say hi.