Posted at 8:05 PM on 9-25-08 by Rob T Firefly
UPDATE: This event has been pushed forward a week due to expected rain.
Wikis Take Manhattan is a scavenger hunt and free content photography contest aimed at illustrating Wikipedia and StreetsWiki articles covering sites and street features in Manhattan and across the five boroughs of New York City. The event is based on last Spring’s Wikipedia Takes Manhattan, and has evolved to include StreetsWiki this year as well.
The hunt will take place Saturday, October 4th from 1:00pm to 6:30pm, followed by prizes and celebration. Participants can begin the hunt from either of two locations: one at Columbia University (at the sundial on college walk) and one at The Open Planning Project’s West Village office.
More info on the event’s pages on Livable Streets and Wikipedia.
tags: events, fun, nyc, photos
Posted at 1:45 AM on 3-27-08 by Rob T Firefly
Please note: this event has been postponed by one week due to expected rainstorms. The new date is Friday, April 4. (Runs up against our meeting. Boo!) All other details remain the same.
“Wikipedia Takes Manhattan” is a scavenger hunt and free content photography contest, the aim of which is to gather digital photos around Manhattan with which to illustrate related Wikipedia articles.
The event will be held on Friday, April 4, and will run from about noon until midnight. After a day of “subways, street rambles, photography and free culture goodness,” the night will end with a party at Columbia University, with prizes given to the winning teams.
The event is sponsored by Free Culture groups from Columbia University and NYU, along with volunteers from Wikimedia New York City and Wikipedia.
For more information, check out the event’s page on Wikipedia. To register, check out Free Culture @ Columbia.
tags: events, fun, nyc, photos
Posted at 8:39 PM on 2-18-08 by Grey Frequency
Photographic Artifacts from the May 2005 NYC2600 meeting have been discovered! Check out the last three photos in 2005-05 - RTF and Grey. The three photos were taken with an RTF cam-fone.
Do you have old (or recent) NYC2600 pictures? Please,Contact us if you wish to contribute your photos.
tags: photos, site
Posted at 7:05 PM on 7-7-07 by Rob T Firefly
We’re pleased to announce that the latest contributions to our archive of meeting photos have pushed the total image count past its first thousand.
Featuring pictures ranging from excruciatingly mundane blurs taken with a drugstore disposable camera to once-in-a-lifetime photo opportunities captured with horrifyingly expensive pro-grade equipment, our archive documents familiar and fondly-remembered faces and events from various NYC2600 meetings and associated adventures spanning the past eight years. We’re always happy to add to the past and present archives, and welcome all applicable contributions to the galleries.
Many thanks to all who have shared their photos so far, and thanks in advance for the next thousand!
tags: meetings, photos, site
UPDATE: This event has been pushed forward a week due to expected rain.
