Hi everyone,
This came across my radar; perhaps there are a few of you (of any
gender, of course!) interested in participating who might not know about
this:
January 2012 San Francisco Hackathon - Jan 20-22.
" Developers in the Bay Area and Silicon Valley, you can create cool
hacks with and on Wikipedia. Our first San Francisco hackathon is
happening Jan. 20-22, and we'll be there teaching you about MediaWiki
(our software), about our API and about our framework for JavaScript
feature development. Learn to reuse Wikipedia content in your own apps,
create new functionality for every Wikipedia user around the world, or
just tailor your own experience."
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/January_2012_SF_Hackathon
It's being led by Sumana Harihareswara who is the Wikimedia Foundation's
Volunteer Development Coordinator and one of Femmeonomics
<http://femme-o-nomics.com/2011/10/top-50-women-to-watch-in-tech-part-ii/>
top 50 women to watch in tech this year.
A great opportunity to meet other developers, learn about
MediaWiki-ness. And of course, for any female tech geeks - a great
opportunity to work with other female developers and programmers in a
laid back and welcome environment (which I assume it will be having
worked with Sumana!). Please forward to your colleagues and fellow-geeks!
-Sarah
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Sarah Stierch Consulting
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Historical, cultural, new media & artistic research & advising.
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