Then you'd better make it clear whether you are: A) Completely ignorant of what the definition of a hackathon is. B) Trolling.
~Daniel Friesen (Dantman, Nadir-Seen-Fire) [http://danielfriesen.name/] On 2013-10-11 2:37 PM, Anthony wrote: > It wasn't really a joke. > On Oct 11, 2013 5:34 PM, "Petr Bena" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> That's not a funny joke... >> >> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Anthony <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Which websites are you planning on hacking into? >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Quim Gil <[email protected]> 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 >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/**mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l< >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wikitech-l mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l >> _______________________________________________ >> Wikitech-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
