This is the home page wiki for Hackathon Chicago, Nov 10-12, 2006. The static website is at http://hackathon.info

Did you write about the Hackathon?

If you wrote about the hackathon, or posted pictures, please post them on the reporting page.

Lessons learned from this Hackathon

Pete and Andy and a bunch of other people wrote up this post-hackathon recap.

Please add your advice for future Hackathon attendees to the Hackathon Attendees HOWTO.

The Perl-ish people -- who we are

• The attendees list is as complete as it can be. Make it more complete if you can.

The Perl-ish work -- what we do; what we did!

• The projects are the reason for coming
• Hackers: add your name to a project.
• Leaders: add a project to the list.
• If you're looking for a project, then highlight your skills so that project leaders can find you.
• Our successes for the weekend!
• Other notable events from the weekend.
• Leave your feedback here.

Communications (human, email, and computer)

• Andy Lester's cell: 815-245-1738
• Pete Krawczyk's cell: 815-260-8654
• Country Inn & Suites: 815-477-3500 (contact: Sharon in sales)
• Add to the Tech Needs page if you think the group may need it but not have it.
• The hackathon-chicago mailing list will be used to make announcements and hold discussions. Subscribe and monitor it.
• The Hotel wireless will connect us to the internet. (If you're non-wireless, please add your name to the Tech Needs page.)
• IRC channel: irc://irc.perl.org/hackathon

Hackathon logistics

• The Todo list tracks organizational tasks. Add your name if you can help out.

Transportation

• The Arrival Schedule will help coordinate transportation. Make a note if you'll need a ride to the hotel from either the Holiday Inn (van Galder bus drop-off point) or the Pingree Road (not the Crystal Lake) Metra station. The hotel will pick you up on Friday; Pete and Andy will do so other times. Please make it easy for them to schedule their time by signing up; they can't read minds.
• Use the Departure Schedule if you'd like to coordinate your leaving.

Lodging, Food, and Meeting space

• Country Inn & Suites is the place we're doing this. There's a special rate.
• Pete and Andy are going to get lots of snacks 'n' food 'n' stuff for hacking. Make specific requests, we'll do what we can.
• There is food nearby for meals.

Attendees

	Who	Fri	Sat	Sun	From Where	Online
A	David Adler (dha)	√	√	√	New York	dha on irc.perl.org
B	Jess Balint	X?	X	X?	Chicago	jessb5760
C	chromatic		√	√ !	Portland, OR
	Jason Carter		√ !		Crystal Lake, IL
	Jason Crome		√	√	DeKalb, IL	TheOneCromeDome
D	Richard Dice	√	√	√ !	Toronto, ON
	Matt Diephouse	√	√	X	Ann Arbor, MI
	Chris Dolan		√		Madison, WI
	Clyde Forrester		X		Forest Park, IL
F	Mike Fragassi		X		Chicago
G	Jerry Gay	√	√	√	Seattle, WA	mikethepod
	Patty Giorgas	X			Chicago
	Ryan Gerry		√	X	McHenry, IL
	Jason Gessner				Milwaukee, WI
H	Todd Hepler	√	X	X	St. Louis, MO
I	Kelli Ireland	√	√		Pittsburgh, PA	kelli3125
J	Andrew Johnson	?	√		Downers Grove, IL
	Kirsten Jones	√	√	√	Scotts Valley, CA	synedra@mac.com
K	Jim Keenan	√	√	√	Brooklyn, NY	irc.perl.org: kid51
	Pete Krawczyk	√	√	√	Wonder Lake, IL	pkrawczy
	Ken Krugler		√		Silicon Valley, CA
L	Andy Lester	√	√	√	McHenry, IL	petdance
	Doug Lim	X	√	X	Schaumburg, IL	dlim60194 doug_lim.rm
M	Josh McAdams		√	X	Chicago, IL
	John Melesky	√ !	X		Chicago, IL	phaedrusdeinus
	Adnan Menon	X			Chicago
O	Bill Odom	√	√	√	St. Louis, MO
P	Steve Peters		X?	X	Madison, WI	fisharerojo
	Pete Prodoehl		√		Milwaukee, WI	pjraster
	Jonathan Rockway	√	√	X	Chicago, IL	irc.perl.org: jrockway
	Andrew Rodland			√	Chicago	irc: hobbs
S	Chip Salzenberg	√	√	√	Jupiter	irc.perl.org: chip GroutNASA
	Michael Schwern	√	√	√	Portland, OR	MichaelSchwern irc.perl.org:Schwern
	Rick Scott	√	√	√	Sault Ste Marie, ON	irc.perl.org:shadowspar
	Elliot Shank	√	√	√	Chicago, IL	elliotshank
	Mark W. "catfood" Schumann		X	X	Cleveland, OH
	Vishal Soni	X	X	X	Minneapolis, MN
	Michael Stemle	√	√	X	Chicago, IL	irc.perl.org:manchicken mannhuhn
	Ken Swanson	√	X		St. Louis, MO
T	Al Tobey				Grand Rapids, MI	Tobert42
W	Michael R. Wolf	√	√	√	Seattle, WA
	Jonathan Worthington	√	√	√	Scarborough, England	irc.perl.org: jonathan

√ marks people who have arrived.

(Please keep this in alphabetical order)

Thinking of bringing a spouse or kids? Get some idea about what's around from the Hacker Widows and Hacker Orphans pages.