[FSUG-Bangalore] How to become a Hacker in "Three Days" - HackSprints at Hackerdom ' 09

[Anish Bhaskaran]

On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 10:44 AM, Madhusudan C.S <madhusudancs at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>> "Announcing Hack-a-thons at Insignia 3.0- Hackerdom"
>>
>> While attempting to chalk out a list of talks in keeping with our motto :
>> "Come a User, Return a Hacker", we were faced with the question of how to
>> introduce a user to the hacker culture in a simple and understandable
>> manner. And Voila!, the Hack-a-thon was born.
>>
>> Hack-a-thon is where the Hackers go into the crowd and guide the users to
>> hack with them.
>> We will be setting up sessions introducing the concepts of mailing lists,
>> bug reporting, submitting contributions, documenting problems and giving
>> them practical experience in doing things the hacker's way.
>> We invite Hackers, Localization Teams and other interested parties to set
>> up small guidance sessions where you will be able to help users, students
>> and other hackers, begin contributing to your project.
>>
>>   NOTE: Hack-a-thon is not a developer meet developer coding session ! It
>> is where you help others to learn the art of hacking and contribution.
>>
> By the way, why there are no other details like, Date, Venue etc?
> Is it not decided or what?
>
i think you missed the announcement a couple of days back. All details
including dates and venue were mentioned in that mail.
Thanks,
~Anish
>
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> Thanks and regards,
>  Madhusudan.C.S
>
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