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== About ==
 
== About ==
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=== For developers ===
  
 
This is a "new Sugar coders hackfest" evening, where people can come to learn about making Activities - bring a project you want to work on, and we'll have people from the core Sugar team around to help, teach, answer questions, run impromptu tutorials, and make tools/patches as needed to ease the entry route for new coders.
 
This is a "new Sugar coders hackfest" evening, where people can come to learn about making Activities - bring a project you want to work on, and we'll have people from the core Sugar team around to help, teach, answer questions, run impromptu tutorials, and make tools/patches as needed to ease the entry route for new coders.
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Sign up if you're coming, so we know how many to expect- tentatives and drop-ins are ok, but make things much harder to plan for. Also let us know (in parentheses) what you'll be doing!
 
Sign up if you're coming, so we know how many to expect- tentatives and drop-ins are ok, but make things much harder to plan for. Also let us know (in parentheses) what you'll be doing!
  
* Marco (on-site mentor)
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* Marco (on-site mentor, Sugar Activity development)
* Tomeu (on-site mentor)
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* Tomeu (on-site mentor, Sugar Activity development)
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* [[User:Dfarning|Dfarning]] (on-site mentor, infrastructure and documentation)
 
* [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] (hackathon coordinator, working on Larry, a language-learning Activity)
 
* [[User:Mchua|Mchua]] (hackathon coordinator, working on Larry, a language-learning Activity)
 
* Yifan + others from Olin, may drop by to check things out
 
* Yifan + others from Olin, may drop by to check things out

Revision as of 12:30, 6 November 2008

Details

  • Monday, November 17, 2008
  • Evening (starting at perhaps 6:30 with dinner, and continuing until 10 or however late the space we get is open)
  • We're still looking for a space. Can you host? Email mel at laptop dot org!

About

For developers

This is a "new Sugar coders hackfest" evening, where people can come to learn about making Activities - bring a project you want to work on, and we'll have people from the core Sugar team around to help, teach, answer questions, run impromptu tutorials, and make tools/patches as needed to ease the entry route for new coders.

Attendees

Sign up if you're coming, so we know how many to expect- tentatives and drop-ins are ok, but make things much harder to plan for. Also let us know (in parentheses) what you'll be doing!

  • Marco (on-site mentor, Sugar Activity development)
  • Tomeu (on-site mentor, Sugar Activity development)
  • Dfarning (on-site mentor, infrastructure and documentation)
  • Mchua (hackathon coordinator, working on Larry, a language-learning Activity)
  • Yifan + others from Olin, may drop by to check things out
  • Owen Williams (PenguinTV, may be a little late)

To do

Let Mchua (mel at laptop dot org) know if you can help!

  • Get a location with wifi, projectors, and ready access to food (which probably means "order pizza, then ask everyone if they can chip in a few dollars when it comes).
  • make invitations and send them out
  • find some way to make nametags for everybody
  • make sure that the location gets set up (chairs, tables, etc.) and taken down/cleaned-up afterwards
  • send thank-you follow up emails after the event encouraging people to come to the rest of Sugarcamp