[Chicago] aaronsw memorial hackathon documentation

[Sean Farley]

On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 9:40 AM, sheila miguez <shekay at pobox.com> wrote:
> Hi chipy,
>
> I'd like for us to organize a little more in advance than we normally do for
> the Feb 14 meeting.
>
> First, I'd like to know what the format will be:
> * all talks
> * mixed format of talks and hacking
>
> I'd like the latter if possible.

Same here :-) Also, thanks for spearheading this discussion.

> I have a gist where I've collected ideas for a hacknight.
>
> https://gist.github.com/4596404
>
> I might have some more organized assistance for open science related
> projects due to another mailing list I'm on.
>
> Specifically, a member on that list is with Mendeley and can provide
> guidance on open source projects that use their APIs. I've sent him an email
> about some of the repos in their github account to check which projects
> might have more need of hacking than others. hopefully they'll have a chance
> to get back with me on that. I have an ACK already.

Oooo, that sounds really interesting to me. Please let me know more about this.

> Projects and talks touching on open government and transparency would also
> be appropriate, and many of you are involved in these types of projects. I'd
> ask that someone steps up to talk about this and/or plan a hacking
> component. I know a couple of people who would be great for this. I'm going
> to ask if they have time for it.
>
> An open science and open gov themed night could also result in sustained
> activity. Meaning, some projects we could select for this have ongoing and
> *local* development. We might not make big changesets in one night but some
> projects have weekly or monthly hacknights around Chicago.

I agree and also happen to know people that are extremely interested
in open science. So, I'd be game for this, too.