> > Actually, rather than run a dojo (which is quite a focussed affair) > why not run a hackathon? Self selecting teams can coalesce around a > problem area rather than specific problem and have 6 hours to produce > something before a show-and-tell. For example, running a hackathon > around the subject of "Living in London" (I'm making this up as I go > along, can't you tell..?) might produce tools for grabbing data, quick > and lightweight websites, data-analysis tools, cloud based APIs to > aggregate information or single use applications such as something > that sends you a text message if it's going to rain in London in the > next 24 hours... and so on.
I'd love to participate in a hackathon. Another idea is putting together a PSF sanctioned python sprint <http://pythonsprints.com/>. These are sprints that would be for the benefit of the wider python community e.g. - Python Core work, e.g, bug triage, documentation - Porting libraries/applications to Python 3 - PyPI and packaging related improvements - Contribution to Python VMs, e.g., PyPy, IronPython - Contribution to other Python projects, e.g., Django, PIL, pywin32 and so on... The PSF are also willing to help out with costs if your application is accepted. Richard
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