It wasn't really a joke.
On Oct 11, 2013 5:34 PM, "Petr Bena" <benapetr(a)gmail.com> wrote:
That's not a funny joke...
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 7:38 PM, Anthony <ok(a)theendput.com> wrote:
Which websites are you planning on hacking into?
On Fri, Oct 11, 2013 at 12:17 PM, Quim Gil <qgil(a)wikimedia.org> 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<
>
> 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< >
>
> 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
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
>>
>>
>
>
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