How we’re changing Colombia through open-source communities

https://medium.com/colombia-dev/how-we-re-changing-colombia-through-open-source-communities-and-why-we-need-your-help-7825a9fd020e

by robermiranda • 11 years ago

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mtalantikite• 11 years ago

I wish I had known about JSConf in Medellin, I totally would have come down from NYC! I spent time in Medellin, Santa Marta, and Cartagena in May and can't wait to get back to Colombia.

If you need any volunteers for the next round of conferences let me know!

buritica6• 11 years ago

will do

stevenmays• 11 years ago

Nothing really to add, but Colombia is a beautiful country. If I had to leave the U.S. I'd be in Medellin, Colombia. If you get a chance to visit I highly recommend it.

buritica6• 11 years ago

thanks

pipelf2• 11 years ago

T-shirt and Hoodie on the way. Great Colombia Dev logo. Best of luck on raising the funds you need. I'll try to go to a meet up next time I am in Colombia.

buritica6• 11 years ago

thanks, do let us know!! glad you liked the logo

pipelf2• 11 years ago

Do you guys already have a date in mind for the 2016 jsconf. I would like to plan to be there and bring some my fellow Florida developer friends.

buritica6• 11 years ago

thanks for sharing this :D

robermiranda• 11 years ago

smithclay• 11 years ago

Have a feeling JSConf Colombia is going to be a hard ticket to get next year.

Here's the link for their recent (10/16-10/17) conference, some great talks: http://jsconf.co

brianbreslin• 11 years ago

I wish I had known about this too. Would love to help any way I can from Miami. @buritica, email me brian at refreshmiami .com to see how we can help.

buritica6• 11 years ago

will do! thx

ramisama• 11 years ago

great job! Got my t-shirt and sticker.

metral• 11 years ago

As a 2nd generation Colombian myself (parents were born in raised in Barranquilla but I grew up in the states) I applaud you and your team for this effort. Colombia tech has always been a bit "behind" the times from my POV and unless efforts like this continue to grow & thrive then we can't elevate the overall education for the status quo, so thank you. I will be purchasing the sticker & t-shirt

notsrg2• 11 years ago

Bought a sticker, it's not much but I hope it helps.

buritica6• 11 years ago

it is much

notsrg2• 11 years ago

Any suggestions for other ways in which I can help? I've always envisioned that access to technology and the internet was going to help a lot of the developing countries catch up, but I feel like we're still so far away from that actually happening.

davnicwil• 11 years ago

I'm English and living in Bogota.

I don't speak Spanish very well (taking lessons though) and have been kinda busy up to this point, and both these things have put me off seriously looking around at what's going on, but I would absolutely love to go to meetups in Bogota, just to meet fellow developers/entrepreneurs in the city.

I'd be completely at sea if the meetups were totally in Spanish, and though I wish it weren't the case it'd be basically pointless me being there with my present level, and since the BogotaJS page is written in Spanish I'm not sure if this would be the case here.

Anyway long story short, if anybody can point me towards any English-speaking development / entrepreneurship meetups in Bogota, please let me know (my email's on my profile) - or hey, if anyone's in a similar situation and interested, let's organise one!

Alternatively, if there's anything I can do, as a native English speaker, to help with BogotaJS I'd be more than happy to get involved.

sebas8824• 11 years ago

I'm really glad about this read. And the best part is that this doesn't really need some government propaganda. It's just made by the community. Kudos for that.

woakas• 11 years ago

https://teespring.com/colombia-dev-shirt for the t-shirt

How we’re changing Colombia through open-source communities

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