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== Conference details == | == Conference details == | ||
[https://ohm2013.org/site/ OHM: Observe. Hack. Make.] A hacking/camping festival in the Netherlands that happens every four years. It is non-commercial, and community-run, though there are some corporate sponsors. | [https://ohm2013.org/site/ OHM: Observe. Hack. Make.] A hacking/camping festival in the Netherlands that happens every four years. It is non-commercial, and community-run, though there are some corporate sponsors. | ||
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== Overall feel of the event == | == Overall feel of the event == | ||
It's basically a festival with big tents in a field & a campout. It's volunteer organized and driven. It fits with the overall Mozilla mission. It's a good place for networking with passionate people. | It's basically a festival with big tents in a field & a campout. It's volunteer organized and driven. It fits with the overall Mozilla mission. It's a good place for networking with passionate people. | ||
The 4 main speaker tents were huge, with smaller tents and workshop areas for additional tracks. Talks covered a a wide mix of topics, from Web Security 101 to encryption to hacker darlings like Wikileaks and bitcoin. There we a lot of maker-projects as well - from making a "spork" to tie-dying t-shirts. | |||
== This event helped us… == | == This event helped us… == | ||
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As far as Mozilla company objectives, I think hackathons & general web training aren't quite the right fit for this crowd. Most of the big-tent talks seemed to be well attended, as were hands-on making physical things workshops. The low turnout for the three workshops we did were indicative of the fit not being quite right. | As far as Mozilla company objectives, I think hackathons & general web training aren't quite the right fit for this crowd. Most of the big-tent talks seemed to be well attended, as were hands-on making physical things workshops. The low turnout for the three workshops we did were indicative of the fit not being quite right. | ||
We also met 2-3 people who were really interested in becoming contributors to MDN, so if tat pans out it will definitely make the event worthwhile. | |||
I think if Mozilla participates again it would make the most sense to do talks on security & privacy (possibly Persona). This seems to be more in line with what many of the attendees are interested in & drew the most crowds. | I think if Mozilla participates again it would make the most sense to do talks on security & privacy (possibly Persona). This seems to be more in line with what many of the attendees are interested in & drew the most crowds. | ||