It’s been a blast seeing **[all the hacks and photos](http://mozillawebmaker.tumblr.com/)** from Summer Code Parties across the globe. There are a few more weeks to go, and we’re curious what what else people will come up with. ## Party Themes One idea we tossed around was…
This week, [Laura Hilliger](http://www.zythepsary.com/) and I held an **[Introduction to Popcorn Maker](http://www.supermarkt-berlin.net/en/content/diy-masterclass-4-remixing-and-editing-online-video)** workshop at Supermarkt, the lovely community space in Berlin, Wedding. Based on the participants’ feedback, **they really enjoyed it and learned a lot.** If you’re so inspired, please feel free to build on…
** Update:** A lot of key people have requested to reschedule the speed-geeking because of holiday travels. Since we want to pull this off with the right people in the room, packed and buzzing, we’ve decided to host the event on August 26. All the…
Earlier this month I was kindly invited to talk at **[Hack de Overheid](http://www.hackdeoverheid.nl/), a very well-organized hackathon** in Amsterdam for building apps around open data sets. There were **20-odd governmental organizations and civic institutions pitching their datasets.** The content ranged from cultural data from museums…
Last weekend was the **[kickoff of Mozilla’s Summer Code Party](https://webmaker.org/en-US/events/about/) [(#mozparty)](https://twitter.com/#!/search/%23mozparty).** In a summer-long campaign, there’s **over 400 scheduled events in nearly as many cities,** hosted by passionate people who want to **share their knowledge of the web and learn together with friends.** I’d like…