{"id":741,"date":"2016-02-10T23:39:04","date_gmt":"2016-02-10T23:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordherd.wpengine.com\/blog\/field-notes-the-codex-hackathon-2016\/"},"modified":"2016-02-10T23:39:04","modified_gmt":"2016-02-10T23:39:04","slug":"field-notes-the-codex-hackathon-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordherd.io\/zh\/blog\/field-notes-the-codex-hackathon-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Field Notes: The Codex Hackathon 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"

Automatticians, the individuals who construct WordPress.com, take part in occasions and tasks all over the world day by day. Periodically, they report again on the thrilling issues they do locally. This week, I share my expertise on the\u00a0Codex Hackathon<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

We\u2019re massive followers of publishing right here at WordPress.com. From\u00a0fantastic content<\/a> created by our running a blog group and information from our WordPress.com VIP partners<\/a>, to\u00a0longform articles on Longreads<\/a>, we love\u00a0serving to publish one of the best content material on the web.<\/p>\n

In that spirit, Automattic sponsored the Codex Hackathon<\/a> final month. The occasion introduced collectively over 160 people who find themselves captivated with studying to the MIT Media Lab<\/a> in Cambridge, MA. Librarians, writers, editors, programmers,\u00a0and\u00a0designers got here from all throughout the globe to collaborate on small weekend-long\u00a0tasks to visualise\u00a0the way forward for studying. Mel Choyce<\/a>, Kelly Dwan<\/a>, Kat Hagan<\/a>, and I attended from Automattic, and we have been keen to satisfy and collaborate with the like-minded crowd.\u00a0It’s not typically that such a various group has the chance to drop the whole lot and are available collectively round one thing they love.<\/p>\n

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Photograph by Elisa Mala<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The weekend kicked off with a collection of brief shows on Saturday morning. Attendees discovered about\u00a0instruments (just like the WordPress.com API<\/a>!) and noticed\u00a0examples of publishing challenges\u00a0for inspiration. These of us who got here with pre-imagined challenge concepts shared them with the group, and people who didn’t might both be a part of a group, or take part in a brainstorming train. The attendees mingled and shared concepts, and undertaking groups began forming.<\/p>\n

I joined a staff, whereas Mel, Kelly, and Kat pitched in with design and improvement assist throughout many various tasks. The remainder of Saturday was spent assembly new individuals, brainstorming, sketching, designing, and writing code. Our Codex hosts stored us well-fed all through, and the environment was thrilling and galvanizing. Groups labored properly into the night on Saturday, and have been up vibrant and early on Sunday to shine our tasks.<\/p>\n

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Photograph by Elisa Mala<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

The occasion culminated in a set of brief\u00a0shows from every workforce. It was thrilling to see the totally different concepts\u00a0individuals\u00a0labored on. Because of the extremely brief weekend timeline, many\u00a0tasks have been nonetheless within the conceptual part,\u00a0however we have been handled to fairly a couple of software demos as nicely. You’ll be able to take a look at the complete listing of tasks on the Codex Hackathon 2016\u00a0projects page<\/a>. A few of my private favorites:<\/p>\n