Hi there,
As it's on my doorstep, I've got myself tickets to WikiMania 2014, including the hackathon.
I've never been to a hackathon before! What should I expect? Are any of you guys coming?
- Mark Clements HappyDog
A lot of us coming, both WMF and volunteer developers. Bring your laptop and your brain, of course - we'll have fun!
On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 2:47 AM, Mark Clements (HappyDog) < gmane@kennel17.co.uk> wrote:
Hi there,
As it's on my doorstep, I've got myself tickets to WikiMania 2014, including the hackathon.
I've never been to a hackathon before! What should I expect? Are any of you guys coming?
- Mark Clements
HappyDog
Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
I'm coming, although I'm a mere volunteer.
On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 10:35 PM, Max Semenik maxsem.wiki@gmail.com wrote:
A lot of us coming, both WMF and volunteer developers. Bring your laptop and your brain, of course - we'll have fun!
On Sat, Jul 19, 2014 at 2:47 AM, Mark Clements (HappyDog) < gmane@kennel17.co.uk> wrote:
Hi there,
As it's on my doorstep, I've got myself tickets to WikiMania 2014, including the hackathon.
I've never been to a hackathon before! What should I expect? Are any of you guys coming?
- Mark Clements
HappyDog
Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
-- Best regards, Max Semenik ([[User:MaxSem]]) _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
On 07/19/2014 05:47 AM, Mark Clements (HappyDog) wrote:
I've never been to a hackathon before! What should I expect? Are any of you guys coming?
Hackathons tend to cover the range from "complete newbie" to "Brion"; it's the meeting place for everyone who are involved - or want to get involved - in everything related to technical aspects of Mediawiki/Wikimedia; from core to language to tools.
It's actually quite fun; you get to sit down and work with like-minded people on most everything that strikes you fancy, and whatever you want to learn you are certain you meet someone there you can teach you. (And vice-versa!). Whether you feel like sitting down and to a hacking run, flit from one topic to another to find new things you can help with, or just want to meet-and-greet you'll find something for you.
-- Marc
On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 9:24 AM, Marc A. Pelletier marc@uberbox.org wrote:
On 07/19/2014 05:47 AM, Mark Clements (HappyDog) wrote:
I've never been to a hackathon before! What should I expect? Are any of you guys coming?
Hackathons tend to cover the range from "complete newbie" to "Brion"; it's the meeting place for everyone who are involved - or want to get involved - in everything related to technical aspects of Mediawiki/Wikimedia; from core to language to tools.
It's actually quite fun; you get to sit down and work with like-minded people on most everything that strikes you fancy, and whatever you want to learn you are certain you meet someone there you can teach you. (And vice-versa!). Whether you feel like sitting down and to a hacking run, flit from one topic to another to find new things you can help with, or just want to meet-and-greet you'll find something for you.
Relevant reading:
*https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon: What to expect, the schedule, etc...
*https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Hackathon/Laptop_setup: What and how to install the tools you need if you don't have them already (Git, Gerrit, MediaWiki-Vagrant, etc..)
I hope you enjoy the hackathon, Mark!
On 21/07/14 00:24, Marc A. Pelletier wrote:
On 07/19/2014 05:47 AM, Mark Clements (HappyDog) wrote:
I've never been to a hackathon before! What should I expect? Are any of you guys coming?
Hackathons tend to cover the range from "complete newbie" to "Brion"; it's the meeting place for everyone who are involved - or want to get involved - in everything related to technical aspects of Mediawiki/Wikimedia; from core to language to tools.
It will be big, maybe 345 people. If previous Wikimanias are a useful guide, many of the people will be locals who have only a passing interest in MediaWiki, and were just looking for a cheap tech conference to go to. Local students who know nothing about MediaWiki will walk up to you and shake your hand, while some active, long-term developers will sit in a corner by themselves staring at their laptops.
Reading name badges is useful, especially if the font is large enough that it can be read without seeming intrusive. Hopefully we will have a wikified attendence list. If you know that someone is present who you want to talk to, you can ask someone to point them out to you.
My advice is to concentrate on the things you can't do at home. Meet people, get to know them, build a rapport. Listen to their ideas, get inspired, share your own ideas in return. Don't expect to write a significant amount of code.
I will be there.
-- Tim Starling
There will be a number of Individual Engagement Grants Committee members attending Wikimania who would be happy to discuss all kinds of ideas with people and hopefully make connections with IdeaLab or other appropriate resources. Siko, Quimm or other IEGCom people may want to add their thoughts here.
Pine
On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 7:09 PM, Tim Starling tstarling@wikimedia.org wrote:
On 21/07/14 00:24, Marc A. Pelletier wrote:
On 07/19/2014 05:47 AM, Mark Clements (HappyDog) wrote:
I've never been to a hackathon before! What should I expect? Are any of you guys coming?
Hackathons tend to cover the range from "complete newbie" to "Brion"; it's the meeting place for everyone who are involved - or want to get involved - in everything related to technical aspects of Mediawiki/Wikimedia; from core to language to tools.
It will be big, maybe 345 people. If previous Wikimanias are a useful guide, many of the people will be locals who have only a passing interest in MediaWiki, and were just looking for a cheap tech conference to go to. Local students who know nothing about MediaWiki will walk up to you and shake your hand, while some active, long-term developers will sit in a corner by themselves staring at their laptops.
Reading name badges is useful, especially if the font is large enough that it can be read without seeming intrusive. Hopefully we will have a wikified attendence list. If you know that someone is present who you want to talk to, you can ask someone to point them out to you.
My advice is to concentrate on the things you can't do at home. Meet people, get to know them, build a rapport. Listen to their ideas, get inspired, share your own ideas in return. Don't expect to write a significant amount of code.
I will be there.
-- Tim Starling
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Thanks for all your great responses and tips! I'm really looking forward to it.
See you there!
- Mark Clements (HappyDog)
"Tim Starling" tstarling@wikimedia.org wrote in message news:lqhsp5$aco$1@ger.gmane.org...
On 21/07/14 00:24, Marc A. Pelletier wrote:
On 07/19/2014 05:47 AM, Mark Clements (HappyDog) wrote:
I've never been to a hackathon before! What should I expect? Are any of you guys coming?
Hackathons tend to cover the range from "complete newbie" to "Brion"; it's the meeting place for everyone who are involved - or want to get involved - in everything related to technical aspects of Mediawiki/Wikimedia; from core to language to tools.
It will be big, maybe 345 people. If previous Wikimanias are a useful guide, many of the people will be locals who have only a passing interest in MediaWiki, and were just looking for a cheap tech conference to go to. Local students who know nothing about MediaWiki will walk up to you and shake your hand, while some active, long-term developers will sit in a corner by themselves staring at their laptops.
Reading name badges is useful, especially if the font is large enough that it can be read without seeming intrusive. Hopefully we will have a wikified attendence list. If you know that someone is present who you want to talk to, you can ask someone to point them out to you.
My advice is to concentrate on the things you can't do at home. Meet people, get to know them, build a rapport. Listen to their ideas, get inspired, share your own ideas in return. Don't expect to write a significant amount of code.
I will be there.
-- Tim Starling
Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
Good advice, Tim.
I won't be at Wikimania or at the hackathon; I hope people have a lot of useful conversations.
If you want something to happen, it's a good idea to put it on https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon/Brainstorming now. For instance, if you want there to be an architecture discussion around Daniel Kinzler's idea of using factory functions for component instantiation or you want to learn how to review code better, or you want a repeat of one of the tutorials from Zurich that you missed https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Z%C3%BCrich_Hackathon_2014/Schedule , ask for it now so people can plan a bit. :)
Sumana Harihareswara Senior Technical Writer Wikimedia Foundation
On Sun, Jul 20, 2014 at 10:09 PM, Tim Starling tstarling@wikimedia.org wrote:
On 21/07/14 00:24, Marc A. Pelletier wrote:
On 07/19/2014 05:47 AM, Mark Clements (HappyDog) wrote:
I've never been to a hackathon before! What should I expect? Are any of you guys coming?
Hackathons tend to cover the range from "complete newbie" to "Brion"; it's the meeting place for everyone who are involved - or want to get involved - in everything related to technical aspects of Mediawiki/Wikimedia; from core to language to tools.
It will be big, maybe 345 people. If previous Wikimanias are a useful guide, many of the people will be locals who have only a passing interest in MediaWiki, and were just looking for a cheap tech conference to go to. Local students who know nothing about MediaWiki will walk up to you and shake your hand, while some active, long-term developers will sit in a corner by themselves staring at their laptops.
Reading name badges is useful, especially if the font is large enough that it can be read without seeming intrusive. Hopefully we will have a wikified attendence list. If you know that someone is present who you want to talk to, you can ask someone to point them out to you.
My advice is to concentrate on the things you can't do at home. Meet people, get to know them, build a rapport. Listen to their ideas, get inspired, share your own ideas in return. Don't expect to write a significant amount of code.
I will be there.
-- Tim Starling
Wikitech-l mailing list Wikitech-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
On Fri, Jul 25, 2014 at 4:03 PM, Sumana Harihareswara <sumanah@wikimedia.org
wrote:
If you want something to happen, it's a good idea to put it on https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon/Brainstorming now.
Note that the session proposals are being listed at https://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon#Topics
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