It wasn't really a joke. On Oct 11, 2013 5:34 PM, "Petr Bena" <benap...@gmail.com> wrote:
> That's not a funny joke... > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Anthony <o...@theendput.com> wrote: > > Which websites are you planning on hacking into? > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Quim Gil <q...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > >> There is a plan for a worldwide round of Aaron Hackathons, on the > upcoming > >> Nov 8-10 weekend. > >> > >> http://aaronswartzhackathon.**org/ <http://aaronswartzhackathon.org/> > >> > >> Coordination: > >> https://www.noisebridge.net/**wiki/Worldwide_Aaron_Swartz_** > >> Memorial_Hackathon_Series< > https://www.noisebridge.net/wiki/Worldwide_Aaron_Swartz_Memorial_Hackathon_Series > > > >> > >> We have been invited to run a hackathon. Can we organize it? We would > need > >> to find a project and a critical mass of contributors willing to > document > >> and coordinate the hackathon. > >> > >> One possibility could be to kick-off the hackathon on Friday 8 Nov in a > >> physical location (San Francisco), and focus initially on the > distribution > >> of tasks. Then remote participants could also participate taking tasks, > >> participating with the rest of the group on some IRC channel and > occasional > >> videoconferences. > >> > >> About the project, I personally think that it should have a link with > the > >> motivation of the hackathon: > >> > >> "We were part of an inchoate, ad-hoc community of collaborators who > helped > >> each other learn how to code. No, not how to write code - how to write > code > >> for the purpose of changing the world." - Zooko, on memories of Aaron > >> > >> See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**Aaron_Swartz#Life_and_works< > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz#Life_and_works> > >> > >> > >> On Sat, 5 Oct 2013, Noah Swartz wrote: > >> > >>> Hey assorted Wikimedia people, > >>> As I may have mentioned to some of you previously, we're running > another > >>> round of Aaron Hackathons, on the upcoming Nov 8-10 weekend. I was > >>> wondering if WMF would be interested in providing a project for people > to > >>> work on. For each event we're hoping to have one well structured > project > >>> that people - both technical and non - can work on that can have some > >>> support from people who have worked on it or related projects > previously, > >>> so that participants can jump right in. > >>> Would you be willing to structure something for people to work on? If > not > >>> are there other WMF related things that people can do? Maybe go > through a > >>> list of open bugs or feature requests? Or maybe just writing > documents, or > >>> doing outreach, any project is welcome. > >>> Currently we have two tentative events in SF and ~5 more confirmed > >>> locations elsewhere around the world. We have a very basic landing > page up > >>> at http://aaronswartzhackathon.**org/ < > http://aaronswartzhackathon.org/>which might give you more of a sense of > >>> what's going on. I assume that SF is the location that works best for > you > >>> but let me know if you think somewhere else would be good. I'd really > love > >>> to see you all participate so let me know if there's anything I can do > to > >>> help. > >>> As always feel free to pass this along to anyone else who you think > might > >>> be interested, and I'm happy to answer any and all questions you have. > >>> Looking forward to hearing back soon! > >>> Noah > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> ______________________________**_________________ > >> Wikitech-l mailing list > >> Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l< > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikitech-l mailing list > > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
