[HacktionLab] Why hacktionlab made me the person I am today!

[m3shrom]

Hello,

I've booked on to the form. I worked fine for me.
https://cryptpad.disroot.org/sheet/#/2/sheet/edit/jgnyyWEx7L7so7Gk19Tc7iEe/p/

I've arranged to stay with friends. So I'm all good there.

I'll put up an idea that I have for a workshop soon

https://hacktionlab.org/index.php?title=Workshops_for_HacktionLab_Summer_2023

It's about how people actually learn to code and to do digital projects 
of all kinds.

I just wrote a chapter about using a limited collection of gameplay 
design patterns as a way of kickstarting a community of novice coders to 
make games to share with family and friends.

Different people learn in different ways but it was through going to 
events like hacktionlab that I really ended up learning so much about 
more general ways of doing things and using tools.
It made me the nerd I am today.

I would be interested, as part of this workshop, or in the lead up, to 
know what helped people develop their skills in making digital things 
beyond clunking through tutorials. Were design patterns useful, what 
other tricks and tips did you pick up off other people? What advice 
would you give to novices now?

nice one
Mick