We just finished the San Francisco hackathon, which was quite a success: about 90 participants, more than a dozen project demonstrations, and a lot of engagement with San Francisco technologists and designers. I want to let you know that we ran a few tutorials that now have reference notes/documentation available:
* Customizing your experience with JavaScript (using user scripts & Gadgets) * Using our web API * Building & working on a Wikipedia app for Android using Phonegap
I hope you find these tutorials useful as syllabi or references when you are running your own meetups, hackathons, and other events. The links are all centralized here:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/San_Francisco_Hackathon_January_2012
The storytelling staff also helped us out by recording video and audio of the tutorials so people can watch them later! They will upload those recordings soon.