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Hey!!

For the last few months the idea of running a Community Led Airtable Hackathon has been lingering in my head. When, how, and what is not clear at all to me yet, so I wanted to open up the discussion early on to make sure this is really community led.

Brainstorming:

  • Format: Virtual (for sure). Synchronous (everyone builds during a given time frame) or asynchronous (projects submitted over a few weeks).

  • Themes: Specific theme (e.g. procurement, marketing ops, nonprofits, etc.), or leave it totally open to “build whatever you enjoy”?


Why I think this could be fun:

  • A chance to show off creativity.

  • A way to learn from each other’s builds.

  • An opportunity to meet new peers.

  • A reason to push Airtable to its limits in unusual or inspiring ways (different to the day-to-day work we do for our clients or within our organizations).

 

Would love to get some input from the usual suspects here, and from any other Airtable enthusiast!

​@ScottWorld
​@TheTimeSavingCo 
​@DisraeliGears01 
​@Taha-Jiruwala 
​@Alexey_Gusev 
​@airvues 
​@mtrebinonixon
​@BuildForAT 
​@dilipborad 
​@Milan_Automable  


In addition to commenting on this post, you can also reach out to me at mike@automaticnation.com.

Mentioning ​@GCheung and ​@MaddieJ in case you have any thoughts/comments/ideas :D

I know that posts which are not strictly related to an actual Airtable dev issue usually do not get to much attention/engagement, but hey… that never stopped me from giving it a shot :D. With my current level of engagement expectations, a single like/comment will probably be more that what I need to pursue this lol.

We can push discussion to a different channel if needed.

Go Airtable 🚀🚀🚀🚀

Mike, Consultant @ Automatic Nation 
YouTube Channel

I love this idea.  Sign me up!

​@Mike_AutomaticN 

You always have great and creative ideas! I think you should run with this idea! I think it would be cool if all the builds were happening during the same timeframe, so we could potentially watch all the builds happening live.

- ScottWorld, Expert Airtable Consultant 

This is a cool idea, ​@Mike_AutomaticN 😍 Would love to see what the appetite is from the community and we can go from there!

Definitely sounds fun ​@Mike_AutomaticN, count me in 😎👍

Hey!!! Thanks for the support ​@ScottWorld ​@DisraeliGears01 ​@GCheung ​@drnemer ​@BillH!!!

Let’s give it a shot and get signups using this form. Details to follow :D

Mike, Consultant @ Automatic Nation 
YouTube Channel

Love this!! I am a home grown Airtable user/builder and have found myself recommending and subsequentially implementing the tool at the last 3 companies I’ve worked for - and I work in marketing/commercialization, lol. All to say, I am not a power builder but would love the opportunity to represent the “business side” when it comes to innovative builds. Is this the kind of hackathon that can use that type of insight? 

I've been absent from this community for a while, and just happened to stumble across this when looking to see if the outage was listed here. A hackathon sounds fun.

Some thoughts…

Would you have individual builders or would there be teams?
What prizes would there be in addition to bragging rights?
Would there be sponsors?

How would the finished entries be published?

I like the idea of a theme and a limited time frame to give structure to the hackathon. I think the first hackathon should not be specific to any particular industry or vertical--too many people might think it is not for them. I like the idea of a low barrier to entry.

I think it would be nice to have an online meeting open the event and another online meeting to close the event. The theme could be announced at the opening meeting. Awards could be announced at the closing meeting, with demos of the winning entries. Then demos of all the entries could be published after the closing meeting.

Love this!! I am a home grown Airtable user/builder and have found myself recommending and subsequentially implementing the tool at the last 3 companies I’ve worked for - and I work in marketing/commercialization, lol. All to say, I am not a power builder but would love the opportunity to represent the “business side” when it comes to innovative builds. Is this the kind of hackathon that can use that type of insight? 


Hey ​@carrie_on914,
 
This is amazing. Thanks for the support, and thanks for signing up already. We’d love to have you onboard and be a part of it all. I really appreciate your enthusiasm 💪💪💪 :D

Oh, and make sure to spread the word!!! The more the merrier!

Mike, Consultant @ Automatic Nation 
YouTube Channel

Great idea!  Would love to participate!

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