Episode 23 – Johnny Long: Hacker for Charity
Amrit Williams, CTO of BigFix, Inc. speaks with Johnny Long, founder of Hackers for Charity, about Long’s journey from the pinnacle of conventional IT industry career success to his decision to redirect his expertise to helping charitable organizations leverage computer technology to fight poverty and bring new opportunities to some of the poorest communities on earth. With his own eyes, Long has seen how his work feeds children and relieve the societal damages of disease. In addition to taking in this podcast, Amrit and Johnny invite listeners to learn more at www.hackersforcharity.org
July 22nd, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Amrit,
Really enjoyed this. Here in the UK the industry has come together to support ChildLine, a helpline for young people. The White Hat Ball has been running for four years and the 2009 event raised $160,000 – we even get a bunch of guys flying over from the US to join the event.
We’re branching out this year with a fund-raising rally – there’s an advert for the rally on You Tube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkCvyTNKZWI
We’d be really happy to talk about it on BTP and recruit some of your listeners
Best regards
Malcolm Marshall