1) HackVAN 2012 Date: March 24, 2012 Location: A Thinking Ape – 311 Water St. Website: http://hackvan2012.eventbrite.com/?ref=plancast Tickets: $10 HackVAN is the Vancouver-based edition of HackDays, a one-day hackathon where programmers gather to create applications using local APIs. Teams of 1-3 developers compete together on an application that will be judged on how awesome,

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Happy Friday! To wrap up the past week, we thought we’d offer a list of our favourite finds on Twitter this past week:

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by Grace Carter

For any who missed it, yesterday was a big day for members of the Twittersphere. Last night was Twestival, an international tweetup for charity. The official numbers have yet to be announced, but with 175 participating cities it seems likely that scads of funds were raised for the event beneficiary charity:water, a fantastic non-profit which brings clean and safe drinking water to developing nations. According to the Georgia Straight, Vancouver alone raised $4011, New York City more than $22,000, and figures from other venues continue to pour in.

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