On September 11th, 2011, Dreamfish Nairobi will host its first ever Hack-a-day with barbecue and music.
Why Sept 11? A good day to hack for global social change. And welcome Grant Bowman, Dreamfish's first technologist-in-residence in Nairobi, from California."Karibu sana Grant!"
We want to encourage people to show up, connect, network, and work on Free Open Source Software for...
[read more] On September 11th, 2011, Dreamfish Nairobi will host its first ever Hack-a-day with barbecue and music.
Why Sept 11? A good day to hack for global social change. And welcome Grant Bowman, Dreamfish's first technologist-in-residence in Nairobi, from California."Karibu sana Grant!"
We want to encourage people to show up, connect, network, and work on Free Open Source Software for Dreamfish, that is beneficial to all humankind. Lots of things to do - installation, bug triaging, documentation work, barbequing, and making music!!
Our hosts: Tiffany von Emmel, CEO of Dreamfish, Jamila Abass, CEO M-Farm and Bernard Owuor, CEO of NikoHapa.
Where? Dreamfish Place Nairobi is a beautiful collaboration space in nature with high speed internet and accomodations in Langata-Hardy Estate, Nairobi.
Chat: Freenode IRC #dreamfish (webchat:
http://webchat.freenode.net/ )
Agenda
10am - 11am - introductions and networking
11am - 12pm - discussing tech plan, prioritizing and signing up for projects of the day
12pm - 1:30 Barbeque lunch and live music (Reserve ticket for lunch. Details below)
1:30 - 6pm projects
6pm - 6:30 global chat - Freenode #dreamfish
Timezones: 6pm East Africa/8am San Francisco/11am New York/3pm West Africa
Potential projects:
install Ubuntu on machines
user testing of paper prototypes
bug triaging
set up Agile project management tool
install and configure Wordpress
CSS html for Wordpress theme
install and configure Forum
CSS html for Forum theme
Smooth user experience for IRC
Want food? Get a ticket. As a special offer, 200 ksh of your ticket will be applied to your Dreamfish membership! Limited number left. Already sold 40 tickets. Get yours today!
To get ticket for barbeque: MPesa 350 Ksh to 0705 185 020.
To find out more: contact Shiku Waithaka to 0705 185 020.
