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Late at night, I'd rather read comments on Reddit or Slashdot than actually write code... Which reminded of one of the cures for that-- coding sprints and paired programming. Having someone looking over your shoulder or being in a room with others working on similar tasks helps to keep you focused.

Which got me thinking more... getting the motivation to write open source software when I'm not paid to do it is alot like getting the motivation to go exercise. It helps to have a buddy or team to train with.

What if every week there was a "mini-sprint" held at some central location downtown where folks can meet up and code? Kind of like a running club, but for coders. To fit into the work schedule of people who get paid to do other things, the sprint would be before the standard 8-5 work schedule of most office dwellers.

My proposal is that every Monday morning from 6 a.m. to 8 a.m., open source hackers meet in downtown Chicago and work on the projects that interest them.

Pythonistas, Rubyists, Perl Mongers, PHPimps, Javanauts, and DotNetters are welcome. Even Lispers, Schemers, OCamlists, Haskellians, Eiffelers, HyperTalkers, and Stegosauruses (COBOL programmers), too. :-)

-Jason Huggins

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