Hey all, just want to let you know about the first San Francisco Hackathon -- an event for developers to learn about the MediaWiki world, get their hands dirty in a little code manipulation, and so forth. Here's the description from Sumana Hariharaswara, the Wikimedia Foundation's Volunteer Developer Coordinator:
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.