Tomorrow at 8 pm CET the Magento community will kick off the very first online Magento Developer Hackathon. We did something similar in Zürich last year, when we worked together with community developers both in Zürich and Los Angeles. But this one is different, because there will be many more physical locations and anyone can participate even from his or her home office.
Here’s a list of physical locations.
USA/Canada
- Charleston, SC, US – Blue Acorn Offices – @benmarks
- New York, NY, US – @magentogirl
- Santa Monica, CA, US – @kalenjordan
- Seattle, WA, US – @aleachjr
- Dublin, OH, US – @WebShopApps
- Toronto, Canada – Demac Media – @allanmacgregor
- San Francisco, CA, US – meetup
Europe
- Zurich, Switzerland – @sylvainraye
- Frankfurt, Germany – @comwrap
- Münster, Germany – @daim2k5
- Berlin, Germany – @Flyingmana
- Hannover, Germany – partyende@googlemail.com
- Köln, Germany – @a_v_o_g_t
- Paris, France – @jacquesbh
- Nottingham, UK – @wearejh
- London, UK – @inventCommerce
- Madrid, Spain – @interactiv4
- Poznan, Poland – @tmotyl
- Khmelnitsky, Ukraine – @atwixcom
- Amsterdam, Netherlands – @Byte_Internet
Australia
- Kew, Melbourne – @JanTomka
Asia
- Colombo,Sri Lanka – @fathhi
Last Minute Information
It was Karen Baker, founder of Magento shipping extension provider WebShopApps, who came up with the idea and within a couple of days, already dozens of developers had signed up for it. Karen sent an e-mail yesterday with the following last minute information:
We’re excited you’re going to be joining us for this groundbreaking event! The Hackathon is an excellent chance to increase your skills, work on projects you might not otherwise be involved in, and, of course, meet other developers and members of the Magento Community along the way.
The Hackathon site has been updated with full details of how the Hackathon will work so be sure to check that out. And, while you’re waiting to start hacking, submit your project ideas and vote for your favorites at magento.corehack.de.
Magento Hackathon T-Shirt
I’ve created two Spreadshirt online stores if you’re interested in buying the official event t-shirt.
- US store magehackathon.spreadshirt.com – use coupon code LOVELY14 for free shipping
- EU store magehackathon.spreadshirt.de – use coupon code HERZILEIN for free shipping
Althoug I had a hard time with Spreadshirt’s caching mechanism, it was pretty fast to set those 2 stores up. You might not get your shirt in time for the hackathon, but better late than never! Fabian, Damian, Sylvain and I already ordered ours.
Other Magento Hackathon Blog Postings
- What a Magento Hackathon really feels like by Guido Jansen
- #MageHackDay 2014 recap by Kalen Jordan
- Responsive E-Mails for Magento by Nick Weisser
- For Magento Developers, hack is another word for help by eBay Inc
