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I'm at Give Camp this weekend
2010-Jan-16, Saturday 03:50 pmGiveCamp.org ("Coding for Charity") is an organization that arranges weekend-long events at which programmers, database administrators, and other professionals donate their time to build websites for non-profit organizations. The group started in 2007, but this is the first year that they've held an event in Minnesota. They chose my organization, Animal Humane Society, as their beneficiary.
http://twincitiesgivecamp.org/news/jan2010-give-camp-schedule/
I left work early on Friday, 2:30pm, to drive down to Bloomington at the Microsoft building. The event will continue until Sunday afternoon. Normally, the Give Camp is open and available to programmers throughout the duration of the camp, but (this being Microsoft) security restrictions here keep us out of the building during the wee hours of the night. Still, we're set up in a large (85-person) meeting room, and the adjoining meeting room is set up with XBox on projector screen for entertaining diversions. Food, drinks, and snacks are provided throughout the event. Either my boss or I try to be around throughout the event to answer any questions they may have.
I've seen about 10 programmers here at various times so far, with at least 4 people always hanging around and coding away at their laptops. There are occasional giveaways to offer people more breaks and encouragement. I've overheard them saying that it's been a very productive weekend for them, if for no other reason than they don't have emails coming in demanding their attention on other tasks.
Maybe on my next Furry Friday post, I'll link to the website that they're creating for us. :)
http://twincitiesgivecamp.org/news/jan2010-give-camp-schedule/
I left work early on Friday, 2:30pm, to drive down to Bloomington at the Microsoft building. The event will continue until Sunday afternoon. Normally, the Give Camp is open and available to programmers throughout the duration of the camp, but (this being Microsoft) security restrictions here keep us out of the building during the wee hours of the night. Still, we're set up in a large (85-person) meeting room, and the adjoining meeting room is set up with XBox on projector screen for entertaining diversions. Food, drinks, and snacks are provided throughout the event. Either my boss or I try to be around throughout the event to answer any questions they may have.
I've seen about 10 programmers here at various times so far, with at least 4 people always hanging around and coding away at their laptops. There are occasional giveaways to offer people more breaks and encouragement. I've overheard them saying that it's been a very productive weekend for them, if for no other reason than they don't have emails coming in demanding their attention on other tasks.
Maybe on my next Furry Friday post, I'll link to the website that they're creating for us. :)