We're soft-launching Hackers for the Resistance (finally)

Oh, look! It's another anti-Trump project by Will!

Well, this one is a little different; Hackers for the Resistance is an attempt at helping folks with STEM abilities (plus artists) connect with other people who are standing up against Trump to craft resistance projects, both small and large.

Let's walk through a couple examples:

You're a writer. You're having trouble gaining traction on your blog covering important stuff (such as protest coordination, guides for how to safely protest, stories from within the administration, etc). You might want someone who's an SEO expert to help you audit the site or adjust your content strategy.. Or, you built your site in WordPress, but are having trouble maintaining it. So, someone who's got WP maintenance experience can come in and help maintain it, or even help you move it to a different platform that might work better for you.

Another example: You're an artist who wants to do a mobile installation piece that lists folks seized illegally without due process (maybe projecting it on government buildings at night?), and have it also tie in to a website with information about who they are, when, and where they were abducted. You'll want help from someone familiar with the hardware for projection, someone who can code up the display system in a way that's easy for you to deploy, and someone who can help build the data into an API that can be used by both the website and the mobile display system.

These ideas are where having a community comes into play, and Hackers for the Resistance aims to help.

We're soft-launching right now; We've still got work to do, and of course we need to build up the community.. But with any luck, we'll be able to help a few more resistance efforts get off the ground!

You can register on the community platform here. We're still scaffolding everything up, but it should be functional and allow you to start sharing your skills, ideas and more for when we officially start promoting it.

Stay strong, friends, and Foxtrot Delta Tango.