Those crazy guys over at BBC Backstage have done it again! Another cheeky geeky event has been planned. This one is all about mashing up code and devs and seeing what people can come up with by collaborating and working together.
It sounds to me like a really interesting concept and I reckon some innovative softwares will come out at the end of it and possibly event a few business ventures! If you are interested in hearing more then http://hackday.org will take your applications – the wording on the site is a bit ‘official’ but that’s what happens when lawyers attack.
The event is going to be truly amazing, Tom and Matt have be working like crazy to make sure it’s going to be THE event for hackers in Europe. Essentially 400+ developers will descend on Alexandra Palace on the 16th and 17th of June – there’ll be truck loads of pizza, beer, wi-fi and shed loads of help.
The plan is arrive Saturday morning, register and listen to some funky people talk about funky stuff, before 24 hours of hacking madness begins – we’ve got the run of the palace overnight so you can pull apart and build ’till the wee small ours before grabbing a nap in a quiet corner. Once the hacking is over and done with you’ll be able to present your ideas to everyone on the main stage – just before we announce the winners and the evening gig starts – the band is MASSIVE – not telling who it is yet (it’s not Beck).
They’ll also be handing out extra tickets for the Sunday night gig – so if you get on the list you’ll be able to bring along a couple of friends for that night.
So you have no excuse – if you’re part of backstage.bbc.co.uk – then you’re right in the middle of the community that will rock this years Hack Day!
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