Code for Good

Code is not only for making money. Code can actually help people!

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1. CODE FOR GOOD
2. Freelance Software Engineer Benedikt Deicke benedikt  benediktdeicke.com  @benediktdeicke  benedikt@benediktdeicke.com 
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4. Helping with CODE
5. April 15th, 2013 CC BY-SA Airman Magazine Boston Marathon Bombings
6.                                         “Cellphone companies say service is operating in the Boston area, but with heavy traffic following of the explosions at the Boston Marathon.” – Associated Press
7. 25,000 unique visitors 967 outbound calls 1353 minutes (1,500 from Boston metro area) 2510 Retweets 1432 Likes
8. ~ 4 Hours, 17 Commits RobSpectre/Call-Your-Family 
9. import os import signal from flask import Flask from flask import render_template from flask import url_for from flask import request from twilio import twiml from twilio.util import TwilioCapability # Declare and configure application app = Flask(__name__, static_url_path='/static') app.config.from_pyfile('local_settings.py') @app.route('/', methods=['GET', 'POST']) def index(): # Make sure we have this host configured properly. config_errors = [] for option in ['TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID', 'TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN']: if not app.config[option]: config_errors.append("%s is not configured for this host." % option) # Define important links params = { 'sms_request_url': url_for('.sms', _external=True), 'config_errors': config_errors} # Generate capability token capability = TwilioCapability(app.config['TWILIO_ACCOUNT_SID'], app.config['TWILIO_AUTH_TOKEN']) capability.allow_client_outgoing(app.config['TWILIO_APP_SID']) token = capability.generate() # If not a submission, render form. return render_template('index.html', params=params, token=token) @app.route('/voice', methods=['POST']) def voice(): response = twiml.Response() with response.dial(callerId=app.config['TWILIO_CALLER_ID'], timeLimit="600") as dial: dial.number(request.form['PhoneNumber']) return str(response) @app.route('/inbound', methods=['POST']) def inbound(): response = twiml.Response() response.play('/static/sounds/inbound.mp3') return str(response) @app.route('/sms', methods=['GET', 'POST']) def sms(): # Respond to any text inbound text message with a link to the app! response = twiml.Response() response.sms("This number belongs to the Twilio Call Your Family app " \ "for Boston. Please visit " \ "http://callyourfamily.twilio.ly for more info.") return str(response) # Handles SIGTERM so that we don't get an error when Heroku wants or needs to # restart the dyno def graceful_shutdown(signum, frame): exit() signal.signal(signal.SIGTERM, graceful_shutdown) if __name__ == '__main__': port = int(os.environ.get("PORT", 5000)) if port == 5000: app.debug = True app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=port) 81 Lines of Code Outbound Calls via Web Inbound Call Response Inbound SMS Response
10. CC BY NASA Goddard Space Flight Center October 30th, 2012 Hurricane Sandy
11. ~ 21 Hours HurricaneHackers/sandyslist  37 Commits 155 Lines of Code
12. CC BY-NC-SA Thomas Stache June, 2013 German Floods 2013
13. FluDDHilfe.de
14. Preparing with CODE
15. Eden, Vesuvius, Mayon, … Sahana Foundation CC BY-SA Irish Typepad
16. Organization Registry Project Tracking Human Resources Inventory Assets Assessments Shelter Management Scenarios & Events Mapping Messaging Sahana Eden
17. Wildfires, Chile – 2012 Earthquake & Tsunami, Japan – 2011 Flooding, Colombia – 2011 Flooding, Venezuela – 2010 Flooding, Pakistan – 2010 Hurricane, Mexico – 2010 Eden Deployments Photo credit: NASA
18. Sahana/Eden  1000+ Commits 31 Contributors Started in 2010
19. Social Benefit Award 2006 Free Software Foundation Photo credit: Free Software Foundation
20. Improving with CODE
21. Fund medical treatments Watsi CC BY Nyaya Health for people around the world
22. “In that moment I had what can only be described as an epiphany. If I could somehow connect this woman with my friends and family back home, she would have the money to pay for her son’s medical treatment within the day.” Chase Adam
23. over $350,000 donated 500 patients 16 countries Last 9 months:
24. Change a life for $25 Kiva Kiva.org
25. 99.02% repayment 69 countries $450,000,000 580,000 loans
26. CODE FOR GOOD
27. Thanks! benedikt  benediktdeicke.com  @benediktdeicke  benedikt@benediktdeicke.com 