Re: [Publicity] Another reason why our "hackathons" should be called something else

[Amir Chaudhry <amc79@xxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not sure what the context is, since I haven't been at any Xen-related 
hackathons before.  However, the linked article doesn't present many convincing 
arguments imho and most points have trivial rebuttals.  For me, most of the 
impression of an event comes from how it's communicated to (potential) 
attendees in advance.

As a contrast to a hackathon, you can checkout the OCaml Compiler Hacking 
sessions run in Cambridge (see links below). These are fairly relaxed evenings 
with food, drinks and occasionally a short talk.  Not everyone does compiler 
hacking either -- last time I spent the evening trying to get an OCaml 
side-project working.

blog: http://ocamllabs.github.io/compiler-hacking/
wiki: https://github.com/ocamllabs/compiler-hacking/wiki
list: http://lists.ocaml.org/listinfo/cam-compiler-hacking

Best wishes,
Amir

On 28 Nov 2014, at 17:01, Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> http://infotrope.net/2014/11/28/why-i-dont-like-hackathons-by-alex-bayley-aged-39-12/
> 
> I don't recognise our events in (most of) that.  But we don't want to
> be giving that kind of impression.
> 
> Ian.
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