Re: [Haskell-cafe] "Hackathon"

For what it's worth, I get super turned off at the first mention of "hackathons" or even "hacking". Which is a shame, since the few Haskell-related events I have been to which were billed as such were really nothing of the sort, and were instead quite good! Just a few days ago, I learned about Day convolution during a "hacking session", for instance. Kind regards, Jon On Thu, Aug 28, 2014, at 08:11 PM, Richard Eisenberg wrote:

On Aug 28, 2014, at 5:34 PM, Joachim Breitner wrote:

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TBH, my impression is that this thread is searching for a shed to color...

Though I started the thread, I agree somewhat with this conclusion. Of course all events are different and participants need to read the fine (or not-so-fine) print to learn more.

But, branding matters. I attended Hac NYC and Hac Boston over the past few months and enjoyed both a great deal. However, when I told non-Haskell friends that I attended "Haskell hackathons", I got several responses of the form "... and how many women were at these events?" It just got me thinking.

Anyway, it seems a fair conclusion to draw from these responses is that I should just do what I want -- there's no consensus to diverge from!

Thanks, Richard _______________________________________________ Haskell-Cafe mailing list Haskell-Cafe@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-cafe