19th
HermosilloDevHouse: First DevHouse of Latin America
Last week Nearsoft brought a couple of us out to the great city of Hermosillo in Mexico to hang out and help them pilot their first SuperHappyDevHouse. Nearsoft is a software outsourcing shop full of young hackers just waiting for something like DevHouse. So we brought it to them! And they had a blast.
Nearsoft bankrolled the whole thing while respecting the non-marketing aspect of these events. Like our DevHouses, their event was non-exclusive and anybody interested or curious could show up. Without much promotion, a good number of locals outside Nearsoft found their way to the event. Even with both the Internet and the power going out separately throughout the event (these things happen!), everybody had a great time nonetheless.
We spent 5 days in Hermosillo with the Nearsoft guys and girls, and enjoyed with them Carne Asada, paintball, the beach, and excellent food. They invited us to give talks to share the values of DevHouse and I think they really understand what it’s about, especially now after experiencing it. By the end of the event, 8 people volunteered to start planning the next HermosilloDevHouse in September. It looks like this could be the start of something big!
